Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 253, Heifers 177, Bulls 17)

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 $154.21/cwt on 253 head.

Average price

$154.21

253 head · 743 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$480

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

$44.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.56

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	725	157.36	1,141	93
Medium and Large 1	763	152.93	1,167	149
Medium and Large 2	617	152.00	938	9thin
Small 1	585	113.00	661	2thin

One grade step is worth $44.36/cwt here — about $480 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 sale253 hd

154.21

—

VA average8 barns · 982 hd

150.65

+3.56

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

45 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	—	570	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	858	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	116.26/cwt	105.00–127.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	830	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	604	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	906	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	790	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	638	162.40/cwt	158.00–165.00	1,036	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	955	137.95/cwt	137.95–137.95	1,317	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	647	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,003	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	169.64/cwt	169.00–171.00	728	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	889	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	857	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,294	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	459	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	789	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	872	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,153	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,499	5
Steers	Small 1	—	465	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	498	1
Steers	Small 1	—	705	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	365	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	845	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	715	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,139	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	638	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	839	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	557	148.04/cwt	144.00–150.50	825	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	935	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	644	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,030	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	703	156.44/cwt	154.00–159.50	1,100	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	802	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,247	50
Heifers	Small 1	—	875	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,094	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	104.03/cwt	52.00–117.00	928	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	623	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,089	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	814	11
Heifers	Small 1	—	735	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	591	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	527	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	813	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	1,120	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	162.13/cwt	160.50–163.00	877	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	870	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	141.34/cwt	139.00–144.00	769	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	730	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	965	37

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 Sep 9, 2021

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

Receipts 447Last week 804Year ago 634

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 253, Heifers 177, Bulls 17)

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	—	570	150.50	150.50
2	—	625	105.00–127.00	116.26
5	—	525	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	604	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	134.00	134.00
5	—	892	52.00–117.00	104.03
12	—	458	136.00	136.00
2	—	735	123.00	123.00
1	—	640	125.00	125.00
28	—	544	139.00–144.00	141.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	638	131.50	131.50
34	—	557	144.00–150.50	148.04
5	—	725	129.00	129.00
7	—	438	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	125.00	125.00
1	—	735	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	119.00	119.00
9	—	813	137.75	137.75
2	—	870	120.00	120.00
37	—	730	132.25	132.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	404	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	638	158.00–165.00	162.40
27	—	955	137.95	137.95
6	—	558	159.25	159.25
54	—	857	151.00	151.00
5	—	1,153	130.00	130.00
1	—	845	132.00	132.00
5	—	715	159.25	159.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	647	155.00	155.00
1	—	365	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	429	169.00–171.00	169.64
4	—	721	151.00	151.00
11	—	465	175.00	175.00
2	—	640	154.00	154.00
23	—	541	160.50–163.00	162.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	459	172.00	172.00
4	—	570	153.00	153.00
15	—	644	160.00	160.00
18	—	703	154.00–159.50	156.44
50	—	802	155.50	155.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	107.00	107.00
1	—	705	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	125.00	125.00
2	—	588	154.00	154.00

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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