Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 319, Heifers 106, Bulls 7)

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 $128.62/cwt on 311 head.

Average price

$128.62

311 head · 759 lb average

Value per head Derived

$976

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$44.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.76

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	146.82	782	17thin
Medium and Large 1	696	132.00	919	83
Medium and Large 1-2	806	126.49	1,019	202
Medium and Large 3	686	118.00	809	5thin
Small 1	729	102.00	744	4thin

One grade step is worth $44.82/cwt here — about $39 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 sale311 hd

128.62

—

VA average8 barns · 1,339 hd

134.38

−5.76

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

41 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	—	525	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	561	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	785	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	716	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	893	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	565	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	895	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,056	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	846	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	772	114.75/cwt	114.75–114.75	886	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	876	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	555	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	738	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	125.74/cwt	124.50–126.00	702	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	955	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	998	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	471	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	610	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	482	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	634	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	614	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	575	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	883	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,051	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	692	125.69/cwt	119.00–129.00	870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	819	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	832	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,082	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	621	142.09/cwt	135.00–143.00	882	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	879	6
Steers	Small 1	—	690	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	779	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	991	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	783	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	987	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	861	11
Steers	Small 1	—	742	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	545	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	499	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	788	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	643	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	862	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,065	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,129	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 Jul 9, 2020

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

Receipts 432Last week 0Year ago 481

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 319, Heifers 106, Bulls 7)

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
1	—	525	102.00	102.00
3	—	397	131.00	131.00
3	—	762	115.00	115.00
12	—	558	124.50–126.00	125.74
2	—	478	128.50	128.50
2	—	678	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	660	128.25	128.25
31	—	772	114.75	114.75
2	—	955	104.50	104.50
6	—	482	131.50	131.50
6	—	883	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	555	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	471	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	561	140.00	140.00
6	—	499	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	716	124.75	124.75
46	—	895	118.00	118.00
61	—	832	130.00	130.00
65	—	779	127.25	127.25
3	—	482	160.00	160.00
8	—	643	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	139.00	139.00
6	—	692	119.00–129.00	125.69
18	—	621	135.00–143.00	142.09
25	—	783	126.00	126.00
1	—	545	137.00	137.00
4	—	1,065	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	154.00	154.00
5	—	559	146.50	146.50
6	—	751	117.00	117.00
11	—	633	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	115.00	115.00
3	—	650	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	102.00	102.00
3	—	742	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	534	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	145.00	145.00
2	—	575	126.00	126.00
3	—	625	123.00	123.00

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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