Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 403, Heifers 228, Bulls 7)

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 $163.98/cwt on 401 head.

Average price

$163.98

401 head · 741 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,215

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$40.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.36

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	618	177.88	1,098	129
Medium and Large 2	570	176.00	1,003	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	808	157.82	1,276	259
Medium and Large 3	533	154.00	821	2thin
Small 1	666	137.25	914	8thin

One grade step is worth $40.63/cwt here — about $184 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 sale401 hd

163.98

—

VA average9 barns · 1,526 hd

167.34

−3.36

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

50 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	—	771	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,203	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	701	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,143	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	442	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	862	5
Steers	Small 1	—	660	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	950	1
Steers	Small 1	—	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	500	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,003	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	670	167.46/cwt	145.00–171.00	1,122	22
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	533	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	821	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	575	190.66/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,096	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	533	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	821	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,052	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,460	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	180.19/cwt	161.00–190.50	950	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	178.64/cwt	176.00–180.25	1,125	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	883	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,272	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	928	146.65/cwt	145.00–149.50	1,361	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	788	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,257	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	627	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,119	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	747	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,188	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	979	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	831	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	966	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	547	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	946	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	182.41/cwt	178.00–184.50	1,031	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	566	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	867	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	603	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	874	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,024	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	920	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	451	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	670	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	652	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	965	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	913	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,205	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	880	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	836	1
Steers	Small 1	—	803	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	996	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,003	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	759	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	704	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,024	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	489	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	665	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	762	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,029	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	556	145.96/cwt	140.00–148.00	812	20
Heifers	Small 1	—	360	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	526	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	710	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	133.56/cwt	130.00–139.00	699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	752	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	445	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	133.64/cwt	125.00–134.00	881	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	733	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,125	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	816	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 Feb 10, 2022

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

Receipts 638Last week 759Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 403, Heifers 228, Bulls 7)

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
6	—	771	156.00	156.00
2	—	955	143.00	143.00
16	—	565	178.00–184.50	182.41
7	—	617	166.00	166.00
13	—	474	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	701	163.00	163.00
5	—	442	195.00	195.00
15	—	1,052	138.75	138.75
13	—	527	161.00–190.50	180.19
43	—	630	176.00–180.25	178.64
18	—	883	144.00	144.00
90	—	928	145.00–149.50	146.65
63	—	788	159.50	159.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	144.00	144.00
1	—	390	150.00	150.00
4	—	803	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	500	200.50	200.50
22	—	670	145.00–171.00	167.46
20	—	575	184.00–195.00	190.66
17	—	627	178.50	178.50
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	747	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	736	133.00	133.00
3	—	472	137.00	137.00
2	—	370	139.00	139.00
16	—	546	139.00	139.00
25	—	659	125.00–134.00	133.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	566	153.25	153.25
5	—	603	145.00	145.00
6	—	913	132.00	132.00
25	—	704	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	451	148.50	148.50
31	—	652	148.00	148.00
15	—	762	135.00	135.00
20	—	556	140.00–148.00	145.96
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	95.00	95.00
1	—	360	146.00	146.00
1	—	710	95.00	95.00
3	—	445	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	141.50	141.50
5	—	523	130.00–139.00	133.56
2	—	553	136.00	136.00
2	—	628	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	489	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	733	153.50	153.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	492	169.00	169.00
1	—	685	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	173.00	173.00

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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