Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 203, Heifers 129, Bulls 11)

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 $141.69/cwt on 202 head.

Average price

$141.69

202 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$947

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$361

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

$42.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.99

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	641	147.79	947	77
Medium and Large 1	698	140.07	977	112
Medium and Large 2	607	132.00	801	7thin
Small 1	558	105.00	586	6thin

One grade step is worth $42.79/cwt here — about $361 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 sale202 hd

141.69

—

VA average11 barns · 1,214 hd

142.68

−0.99

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

43 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	587	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	816	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	557	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	822	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	896	3
Steers	Small 1	—	580	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	392	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	608	3
Steers	Small 1	—	670	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	760	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.50	476	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	690	12
Heifers	Small 1	—	430	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	409	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	748	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	768	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	651	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	887	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	880	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	896	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	340	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	500	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	653	141.77/cwt	141.00–142.25	926	13
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	524	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	603	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	835	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,123	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	589	146.14/cwt	139.00–149.00	861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	993	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,192	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	634	144.01/cwt	138.00–145.00	913	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	733	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,023	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	413	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	766	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	539	129.84/cwt	129.50–131.00	700	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	467	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	602	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	436	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	674	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	884	14

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 Jan 9, 2020

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

Receipts 343Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 203, Heifers 129, Bulls 11)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	147.00	147.00
7	—	614	140.25	140.25
3	—	538	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	822	109.00	109.00
1	—	605	132.00	132.00
3	—	392	155.00	155.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	89.00	89.00
1	—	670	81.00	81.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	455	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	578	155.00	155.00
26	—	835	134.50	134.50
6	—	436	154.50	154.50
14	—	620	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	151.00	151.00
2	—	500	156.00	156.00
13	—	653	141.00–142.25	141.77
7	—	589	139.00–149.00	146.14
8	—	993	120.00	120.00
14	—	634	138.00–145.00	144.01
56	—	733	139.50	139.50
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	524	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	113.00	113.00
1	—	375	125.00	125.00
1	—	650	101.00	101.00
2	—	445	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	116.00	116.00
3	—	480	116.00	116.00
6	—	382	124.00–125.50	124.50
12	—	535	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	748	117.00	117.00
1	—	880	122.00	122.00
2	—	413	120.00	120.00
5	—	560	136.75	136.75
26	—	539	129.50–131.00	129.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	576	133.25	133.25
31	—	651	136.25	136.25
15	—	467	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	115.00	115.00
1	—	630	81.00	81.00
3	—	433	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	114.00	114.00

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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