Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 103, Bulls 6)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.97/cwt on 103 head.

Average price

$123.97

103 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$19.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.61

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	583	125.68	733	68
Medium and Large 2	464	122.67	569	3thin
Medium and Large 1	667	120.93	807	31
Small 1	540	106.00	572	1thin

One grade step is worth $19.68/cwt here — about $160 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 sale103 hd

123.97

—

VA average9 barns · 1,770 hd

125.58

−1.61

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

33 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	—	538	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	683	119.60/cwt	114.00–125.00	817	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	139.77/cwt	139.50–140.00	932	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	903	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	939	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	869	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	965	4
Steers	Small 1	—	690	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	690	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	540	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	572	1
Steers	Small 1	—	495	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	123.86/cwt	121.00–124.50	785	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	424	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	154.83/cwt	151.50–156.00	867	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	795	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	859	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	945	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	689	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	841	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,049	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	813	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,100	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	668	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	461	131.93/cwt	128.00–134.00	608	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	890	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	552	126.32/cwt	124.00–127.00	697	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	775	120.72/cwt	118.00–123.00	936	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,012	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	847	6

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 Jun 10, 2021

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

Receipts 201Last week 696Year ago 482

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 103, Bulls 6)

Value Added 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
2	—	538	138.00	138.00
2	—	683	114.00–125.00	119.60
2	—	775	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	111.00	111.00
3	—	597	120.00	120.00
7	—	540	125.00	125.00
7	—	646	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	869	111.00	111.00
27	—	634	121.00–124.50	123.86
15	—	461	128.00–134.00	131.93
22	—	552	124.00–127.00	126.32
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	120.00	120.00
1	—	355	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	107.00	107.00
11	—	775	118.00–123.00	120.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	667	139.50–140.00	139.77
2	—	710	135.00	135.00
2	—	913	117.00	117.00
9	—	560	151.50–156.00	154.83
1	—	1,135	106.00	106.00
1	—	760	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	614	147.00	147.00
8	—	668	140.50	140.50
5	—	424	165.00	165.00
6	—	560	159.00	159.00
5	—	718	141.00	141.00
6	—	523	162.00	162.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	100.00	100.00
1	—	495	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	859	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	689	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	813	135.25	135.25

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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