Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 526, Holstein Steers 12, Heifers 248, Holstein Heifers 6, Bulls 12)

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 $146.76/cwt on 525 head.

Average price

$146.76

525 head · 780 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$28.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.14

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	784	148.90	1,167	309
Medium and Large 2	559	145.13	812	16thin
Medium and Large 1	798	144.69	1,154	189
Small 1	599	127.25	762	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	853	120.00	1,024	4thin

One grade step is worth $28.90/cwt here — about $143 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 sale525 hd

146.76

—

VA average10 barns · 1,971 hd

145.62

+1.14

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

61 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	481	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	556	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	759	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	922	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,413	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,137	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	839	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	120.00/cwt	106.00–127.00	978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	867	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,023	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	167.53/cwt	167.00–169.00	980	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	944	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,133	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	950	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,380	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	925	13
Steers	Small 1	—	850	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	701	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Steers	Small 1	—	710	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	795	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	886	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,187	10
Steers	Small 1	—	562	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	784	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,178	58
Steers	Small 1	—	473	122.87/cwt	115.00–131.00	581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	618	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	693	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3Value Added	—	440	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	396	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3Value Added	—	599	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	593	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3Value Added	—	569	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	569	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	807	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	708	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	920	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	951	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,334	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	564	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	459	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	620	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,259	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	695	147.03/cwt	134.00–150.00	1,022	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	163.13/cwt	151.00–166.00	767	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	593	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	833	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	657	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	862	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	782	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	891	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	817	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	865	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,254	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	648	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	690	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,014	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	853	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,024	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	536	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	884	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	524	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	681	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	553	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	785	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	605	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	747	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	661	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	992	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	551	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	854	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 Aug 12, 2021

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

Receipts 804Last week 462Year ago 506

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 526, Holstein Steers 12, Heifers 248, Holstein Heifers 6, Bulls 12)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	135.00	135.00
9	—	732	126.00	126.00
2	—	940	121.00	121.00
3	—	815	106.00–127.00	120.00
13	—	656	141.00	141.00
3	—	430	163.00	163.00
8	—	538	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,039	136.00	136.00
59	—	845	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	585	167.00–169.00	167.53
33	—	951	140.25	140.25
42	—	695	134.00–150.00	147.03
10	—	470	151.00–166.00	163.13
8	—	527	155.00	155.00
58	—	865	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	645	150.00	150.00
5	—	944	120.00	120.00
53	—	950	145.25	145.25
58	—	784	150.25	150.25
14	—	661	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	128.00	128.00
1	—	710	112.00	112.00
3	—	562	135.00	135.00
2	—	473	115.00–131.00	122.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	886	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	135.00	135.00
2	—	433	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	648	140.00	140.00
1	—	495	145.00	145.00
6	—	551	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	690	147.00	147.00
10	—	536	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	853	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	130.00	130.00
14	—	677	124.00	124.00
11	—	565	125.00	125.00
1	—	535	115.00	115.00
9	—	437	129.00	129.00
1	—	450	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	556	136.50	136.50
11	—	459	135.00	135.00
47	—	657	131.25	131.25
42	—	782	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	867	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
1	—	440	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	708	130.00	130.00
13	—	593	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
3	—	532	124.50	124.50
4	—	490	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	524	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	553	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	400	154.50	154.50
2	—	628	125.00	125.00
2	—	465	149.00	149.00
4	—	530	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	137.50	137.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	440	90.00	90.00
7	—	569	100.00	100.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	599	99.00	99.00

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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