Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 341, Heifers 128, Bulls 12)

Value added cattle are weaned and vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.56/cwt on 341 head.

Average price

$135.56

341 head · 748 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,014

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$47.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.70

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	143.44	755	27
Medium and Large 2	471	138.25	652	4thin
Medium and Large 1	780	135.78	1,059	297
Small 1	539	118.50	639	10thin
Medium and Large 3	580	96.00	557	3thin

One grade step is worth $47.44/cwt here — about $199 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 sale341 hd

135.56

—

VA average9 barns · 1,742 hd

134.86

+0.70

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

48 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 1	—	623	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	517	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	631	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	517	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	714	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	802	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	1,105	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	821	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	672	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	556	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	778	20
Heifers	Small 1	—	380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	430	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	950	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,207	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	795	15
Steers	Small 1	—	519	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	607	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	115.81/cwt	102.00–119.00	617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	489	123.70/cwt	118.00–125.00	605	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	439	121.28/cwt	121.00–122.00	532	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	846	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	877	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,169	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	129.37/cwt	129.00–130.00	745	8
Steers	Small 1	—	433	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	502	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	481	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	732	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	715	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	773	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	624	140.23/cwt	131.00–142.50	875	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	490	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	580	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	722	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	751	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	595	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	576	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	847	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	515	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	781	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	892	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	651	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	902	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	735	136.60/cwt	129.00–139.75	1,004	78
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	576	2

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 Jul 11, 2019

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

Receipts 481Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 341, Heifers 128, Bulls 12)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	114.00	114.00
2	—	660	114.00	114.00
5	—	533	102.00–119.00	115.81
4	—	418	115.00	115.00
3	—	362	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	517	122.00	122.00
4	—	556	121.00	121.00
15	—	781	114.25	114.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	118.00	118.00
4	—	531	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
1	—	380	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	654	119.00	119.00
15	—	489	118.00–125.00	123.70
12	—	615	119.00	119.00
8	—	722	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	439	121.00–122.00	121.28
2	—	715	91.00	91.00
2	—	595	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	116.00	116.00
3	—	363	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	431	137.00	137.00
3	—	538	116.00	116.00
1	—	550	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	476	150.00	150.00
62	—	802	137.75	137.75
1	—	430	139.00	139.00
53	—	950	127.00	127.00
45	—	877	133.25	133.25
21	—	624	131.00–142.50	140.23
12	—	576	147.00	147.00
10	—	651	138.50	138.50
78	—	735	129.00–139.75	136.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	144.00	144.00
2	—	400	144.00	144.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	523	152.00	152.00
8	—	576	129.00–130.00	129.37
2	—	490	149.00	149.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	519	117.00	117.00
3	—	433	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	136.00	136.00
2	—	515	150.00	150.00
2	—	495	147.00	147.00
1	—	665	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	121.00	121.00

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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