Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 29)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

*Correction to Medium and Large 1-2 Steers 550 lbs*

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.31/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$136.31

39 head · 728 lb average

Value per head Derived

$993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$218

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

$31.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.87

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	641	142.60	914	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	733	136.12	997	33
Medium and Large 2	1,020	111.00	1,132	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.60/cwt here — about −$218 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 sale39 hd

136.31

—

VA average12 barns · 3,008 hd

147.18

−10.87

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

18 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	—	495	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	687	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	909	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	713	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	763	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	988	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	593	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	699	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	951	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	1,020	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	603	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	467	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	566	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	685	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	635	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	832	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,102	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	744	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	550	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	880	3

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 Mar 18, 2021

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 29)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

*Correction to Medium and Large 1-2 Steers 550 lbs*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	126.00	126.00
4	—	570	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	118.00	118.00
2	—	713	115.00	115.00
3	—	467	132.00	132.00
5	—	566	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	633	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	645	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	763	129.50	129.50
9	—	832	132.50	132.50
3	—	550	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	147.00	147.00
10	—	699	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	145.00	145.00

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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