Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 252, Heifers 223, Bulls 20)

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 $133.44/cwt on 252 head.

Average price

$133.44

252 head · 703 lb average

Value per head Derived

$938

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$35.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.59

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	469	155.50	729	7thin
Medium and Large 2	557	138.33	770	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	700	135.50	948	162
Medium and Large 1	751	126.90	953	75
Small 1	435	120.00	522	2thin

One grade step is worth $35.50/cwt here — about $207 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 sale252 hd

133.44

—

VA average9 barns · 1,693 hd

135.03

−1.59

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

57 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 1-2	—	559	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	660	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	857	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	968	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	780	123.24/cwt	118.00–126.50	961	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	943	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,084	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	934	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	782	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	872	22
Steers	Small 1	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	651	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	926	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	979	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	787	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	921	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	687	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	780	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	624	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	545	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	463	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	635	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	108.79/cwt	102.50–110.00	580	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	740	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	671	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	872	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	844	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	822	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	464	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	554	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	138.11/cwt	134.00–140.00	874	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	869	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	640	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	819	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	793	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	991	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	960	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	159.15/cwt	158.00–160.00	781	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	925	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,073	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	698	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	899	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	841	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	690	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	647	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	796	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	469	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	729	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	565	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	118.40/cwt	116.00–119.00	673	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	122.43/cwt	120.00–125.00	579	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	545	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	443	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	627	146.38/cwt	139.50–153.25	918	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	799	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	590	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	732	9

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 14, 2021

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

Receipts 495Last week 544Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 252, Heifers 223, Bulls 20)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	559	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	782	111.50	111.50
2	—	960	86.00	86.00
22	—	647	123.00	123.00
25	—	568	116.00–119.00	118.40
28	—	473	120.00–125.00	122.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	848	99.00	99.00
6	—	533	102.50–110.00	108.79
5	—	664	127.00	127.00
3	—	478	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	787	117.00	117.00
7	—	671	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	80.00	80.00
1	—	545	85.00	85.00
1	—	635	74.00	74.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	640	128.00	128.00
5	—	690	119.00	119.00
9	—	590	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	112.00	112.00
8	—	466	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	857	113.00	113.00
3	—	740	116.00	116.00
2	—	578	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	780	118.00–126.50	123.24
10	—	943	115.00	115.00
6	—	651	142.25	142.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	119.00	119.00
1	—	600	131.00	131.00
3	—	823	119.00	119.00
4	—	953	95.00	95.00
5	—	676	128.50	128.50
4	—	533	152.00	152.00
7	—	491	158.00–160.00	159.15
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	571	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	159.00	159.00
16	—	633	134.00–140.00	138.11
35	—	793	125.00	125.00
20	—	925	116.00	116.00
23	—	698	128.75	128.75
8	—	532	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	139.00	139.00
2	—	450	146.00	146.00
2	—	630	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	469	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	627	139.50–153.25	146.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	128.00	128.00
3	—	492	135.00	135.00
2	—	645	112.00	112.00
2	—	573	123.00	123.00
1	—	775	94.00	94.00
1	—	710	93.00	93.00
1	—	675	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	106.00	106.00
2	—	443	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	799	78.00	78.00

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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