Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 425, Heifers 515, Bulls 39)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.15/cwt on 515 head.

Average price

$142.15

515 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$937

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$29.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.02

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	432	146.61	633	12thin
Medium and Large 1	652	144.12	940	290
Medium and Large 1-2	703	141.79	997	184
Medium and Large 3	624	133.58	834	7thin
Small 1	517	120.67	624	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	522	117.00	611	7thin

One grade step is worth $29.61/cwt here — about $22 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 sale515 hd

142.15

—

VA average10 barns · 1,695 hd

143.17

−1.02

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

74 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 1-2Value Added	—	424	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	816	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	626	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	914	7
Bulls	Small 1Value Added	—	521	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	677	6
Bulls	Small 1Value Added	—	652	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	782	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	798	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	943	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	981	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,256	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	813	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	180.42/cwt	180.00–182.50	689	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	623	153.40/cwt	150.25–159.00	956	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	597	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	940	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	915	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,138	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	163.00/cwt	150.00–167.50	1,014	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	712	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,118	5
Steers	Small 1	—	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	189.36/cwt	189.00–189.50	911	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	914	139.13/cwt	131.00–139.50	1,272	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	744	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	997	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,134	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	745	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	514	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	905	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	644	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,075	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	585	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,018	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,140	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	174.78/cwt	170.50–178.00	956	42
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	683	159.43/cwt	157.00–161.00	1,089	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,041	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,411	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	798	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,141	40
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	630	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	539	164.14/cwt	159.00–171.50	885	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	929	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	623	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	705	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	150.49/cwt	149.00–152.00	542	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	690	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	755	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,029	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	152.08/cwt	148.00–159.00	704	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	153.55/cwt	143.00–160.00	938	19
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	753	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	144.47/cwt	138.00–145.00	810	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	886	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	465	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	815	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,090	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	546	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	143.46/cwt	136.00–146.00	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	951	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	156.13/cwt	154.50–157.00	834	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	665	139.67/cwt	137.50–157.00	929	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	766	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,003	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	536	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	825	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	871	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,132	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,070	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	834	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,109	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	756	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,024	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	377	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	522	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	611	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	553	170.25/cwt	170.25–170.25	941	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	149.97/cwt	140.00–154.50	924	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	180.07/cwt	171.00–185.50	1,021	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	624	133.58/cwt	133.00–134.00	834	7
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	—	511	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	618	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	811	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,188	53

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 May 12, 2022

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

Receipts 979Last week 934Year ago 696

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 425, Heifers 515, Bulls 39)

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 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	192.50	192.50
12	—	539	159.00–171.50	164.14
8	—	615	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	449	181.00	181.00
6	—	382	180.00–182.50	180.42
4	—	774	147.00	147.00
31	—	622	150.00–167.50	163.00
15	—	481	189.00–189.50	189.36
9	—	667	170.00	170.00
4	—	826	141.00	141.00
2	—	710	160.50	160.50
42	—	547	170.50–178.00	174.78
42	—	567	171.00–185.50	180.07
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	543	168.50	168.50
1	—	310	162.50	162.50
1	—	380	175.00	175.00
7	—	438	170.00	170.00
1	—	470	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	712	157.00	157.00
23	—	914	131.00–139.50	139.13
17	—	644	167.00	167.00
10	—	585	174.00	174.00
35	—	683	157.00–161.00	159.43
14	—	1,041	135.50	135.50
40	—	798	143.00	143.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	744	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	514	176.00	176.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	811	146.50	146.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	626	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	521	130.00	130.00
3	—	652	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	566	141.00	141.00
6	—	655	144.00	144.00
1	—	485	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	160.00	160.00
1	—	380	164.00	164.00
2	—	753	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	981	128.00	128.00
45	—	755	136.25	136.25
11	—	834	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	623	150.25–159.00	153.40
15	—	597	157.50	157.50
1	—	465	113.00	113.00
39	—	766	131.00	131.00
8	—	536	154.00	154.00
5	—	871	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,070	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	450	125.00	125.00
1	—	705	94.00	94.00
1	—	690	120.00	120.00
1	—	535	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	360	149.00–152.00	150.49
24	—	463	148.00–159.00	152.08
19	—	611	143.00–160.00	153.55
28	—	561	138.00–145.00	144.47
5	—	661	134.00	134.00
3	—	743	128.00	128.00
44	—	534	154.50–157.00	156.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	146.00	146.00
5	—	365	149.50	149.50
4	—	506	136.00–146.00	143.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	815	133.75	133.75
46	—	665	137.50–157.00	139.67
2	—	435	151.00	151.00
56	—	756	135.50	135.50
3	—	377	154.00	154.00
22	—	553	170.25	170.25
13	—	616	140.00–154.50	149.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	522	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	624	133.00–134.00	133.58
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	511	121.00	121.00

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