Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 318, Heifers 134, Bulls 10)

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 $140.58/cwt on 318 head.

Average price

$140.58

318 head · 783 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$18.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.58

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	751	145.42	1,093	142
Medium and Large 1	841	137.86	1,159	149
Medium and Large 2	597	137.13	818	8thin
Small 1	644	127.21	819	19thin

One grade step is worth $18.20/cwt here — about $274 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 sale318 hd

140.58

—

VA average3 barns · 443 hd

142.16

−1.58

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	458	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	448	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	543	138.11/cwt	135.00–139.00	750	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	604	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	945	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	699	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	977	8
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	602	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	710	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	756	1
Steers	Small 1	—	855	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,086	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	765	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,014	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	715	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,033	12
Steers	Small 1	—	549	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	741	4
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	658	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	875	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	867	5
Steers	Small 1	—	710	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	724	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	441	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,080	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,361	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	130.29/cwt	124.00–133.00	836	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	667	142.40/cwt	132.00–147.50	950	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	832	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	548	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	882	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	824	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,187	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	894	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,207	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	649	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	957	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	654	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	811	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,059	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	593	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	721	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,042	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	936	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	877	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,175	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	823	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	938	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	656	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	887	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	903	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,057	2

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 8, 2021

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

Receipts 462Last week 201Year ago 432

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 318, Heifers 134, Bulls 10)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	120.00	120.00
3	—	655	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	162.00	162.00
1	—	790	100.00	100.00
3	—	627	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	160.50	160.50
14	—	604	156.50	156.50
11	—	548	161.00	161.00
61	—	824	144.00	144.00
2	—	593	133.00	133.00
32	—	721	144.50	144.50
4	—	683	137.00	137.00
16	—	877	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	153.00	153.00
2	—	470	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	656	149.00	149.00
5	—	532	163.00	163.00
1	—	775	138.00	138.00
11	—	730	145.00	145.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	602	118.00	118.00
7	—	658	133.00	133.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	127.00	127.00
4	—	549	135.00	135.00
1	—	710	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	715	144.50	144.50
29	—	1,080	126.00	126.00
18	—	667	132.00–147.50	142.40
59	—	894	135.00	135.00
6	—	649	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	654	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	543	135.00–139.00	138.11
28	—	765	132.50	132.50
4	—	441	122.00	122.00
20	—	656	135.25	135.25
2	—	903	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	490	120.00	120.00
1	—	585	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	119.00	119.00
9	—	542	129.00	129.00
1	—	675	112.00	112.00
10	—	642	124.00–133.00	130.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	823	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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