Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 299, Heifers 154, Bulls 8)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.02/cwt on 296 head.

Average price

$127.02

296 head · 738 lb average

Value per head Derived

$937

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$35.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.19

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	711	128.85	915	168
Medium and Large 1	813	126.76	1,031	109
Medium and Large 2	480	126.36	607	11thin
Medium and Large 3	642	93.00	597	8thin

One grade step is worth $35.85/cwt here — about $318 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 sale296 hd

127.02

—

VA average11 barns · 2,606 hd

123.83

+3.19

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

51 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,162	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,162	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	463	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	649	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	889	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	695	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,065	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	578	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	938	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,088	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	956	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,176	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	570	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	734	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	954	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	641	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	583	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	770	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	631	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	632	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	632	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	547	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	684	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	567	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	735	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	560	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	456	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	502	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	485	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	860	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	912	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,036	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	943	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	679	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	416	83.26/cwt	81.00–84.00	346	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	482	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	125.27/cwt	124.00–128.00	666	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	695	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	860	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	710	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	554	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	577	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	427	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,025	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	819	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,048	51
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	512	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	818	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	502	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	658	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	434	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	569	4

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 Sep 12, 2019

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

Receipts 461Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 299, Heifers 154, Bulls 8)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	111.00	111.00
3	—	532	124.00–128.00	125.27
1	—	695	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,162	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,065	112.00	112.00
52	—	956	123.00	123.00
25	—	734	130.00	130.00
15	—	558	138.00	138.00
7	—	512	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	356	130.00	130.00
6	—	422	137.00	137.00
46	—	807	127.00	127.00
15	—	634	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	649	137.00	137.00
6	—	938	116.00	116.00
5	—	435	131.00	131.00
3	—	558	127.00	127.00
51	—	819	128.00	128.00
16	—	502	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	128.00	128.00
2	—	588	125.00	125.00
1	—	440	116.00	116.00
1	—	300	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	718	121.50	121.50
3	—	645	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	641	91.00	91.00
1	—	650	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	434	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	101.00	101.00
3	—	557	110.00	110.00
34	—	764	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	679	115.00	115.00
2	—	485	110.00	110.00
13	—	602	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	101.00	101.00
6	—	445	109.00	109.00
3	—	647	105.00	105.00
2	—	518	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	632	100.00	100.00
5	—	567	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	547	125.00	125.00
10	—	588	125.00	125.00
7	—	456	110.00	110.00
6	—	1,036	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	665	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	660	125.00	125.00
2	—	860	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	81.00–84.00	83.26
3	—	577	74.00	74.00

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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