Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 151, Heifers 176, Bulls 30)

Value added cattle are weaned and vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.79/cwt on 176 head.

Average price

$116.79

176 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$29.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.23

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	121.01	710	113
Medium and Large 1-2	679	111.31	755	32
Medium and Large 2	486	110.14	535	23
Medium and Large 2-3	834	105.00	876	4thin
Small 1	444	91.50	406	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.51/cwt here — about $303 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale176 hd

116.79

—

VA average9 barns · 2,005 hd

121.02

−4.23

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

52 lots · USDA AMS · Rockingham Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Harrisonburg, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	692	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	837	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	717	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	405	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	475	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	741	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,023	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	514	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	727	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	771	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	452	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	712	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	665	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	964	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	834	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	636	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	738	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	114.44/cwt	114.00–116.00	708	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	599	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	713	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	117.04/cwt	107.00–120.50	439	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	471	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	824	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	641	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	570	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	348	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	355	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	941	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	457	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	658	3
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	610	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	504	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	766	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	864	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	813	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,012	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	787	2
Steers	Small 1	—	710	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	845	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,268	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	124.19/cwt	124.00–124.50	668	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	470	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	540	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	437	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	721	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	536	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	799	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	996	1
Steers	Small 1	—	530	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	477	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	649	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	969	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	726	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	908	16

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Rockingham Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Harrisonburg, VA

Thu Jun 13, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 357Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 151, Heifers 176, Bulls 30)

Value added cattle are weaned and vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	692	121.00	121.00
7	—	599	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	100.00	100.00
6	—	375	120.50	120.50
9	—	619	114.00–116.00	114.44
1	—	740	106.00	106.00
12	—	475	120.00	120.00
1	—	575	115.00	115.00
41	—	538	124.00–124.50	124.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	443	116.00	116.00
4	—	375	107.00–120.50	117.04
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
7	—	605	100.00	100.00
2	—	468	100.50	100.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	727	106.00	106.00
17	—	636	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	834	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	348	102.00	102.00
2	—	540	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	516	139.00	139.00
3	—	457	144.00	144.00
2	—	845	150.00	150.00
2	—	670	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	505	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	139.00	139.00
5	—	430	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	153.00	153.00
3	—	645	130.00	130.00
16	—	726	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	145.00	145.00
1	—	450	154.00	154.00
2	—	713	120.00	120.00
2	—	550	143.00	143.00
1	—	830	120.00	120.00
1	—	655	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	475	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	110.00	110.00
1	—	960	98.00	98.00
1	—	325	145.00	145.00
12	—	540	152.50	152.50
2	—	718	131.00	131.00
19	—	626	138.00	138.00
1	—	550	149.00	149.00
6	—	468	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	665	145.00	145.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	504	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	813	124.50	124.50
8	—	536	149.00	149.00
7	—	649	149.25	149.25
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	97.00	97.00
1	—	530	90.00	90.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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