Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 294, Heifers 122, 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 $161.52/cwt on 294 head.

Average price

$161.52

294 head · 804 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,298

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$25.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.16

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	834	166.05	1,386	178
Medium and Large 1-2	797	157.42	1,255	64
Medium and Large 2	692	153.04	1,059	44
Small 1	778	140.25	1,091	8thin

One grade step is worth $25.80/cwt here — about $294 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 sale294 hd

161.52

—

VA average11 barns · 2,066 hd

166.69

−5.16

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

47 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
Heifers	Small 1	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	520	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,015	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	755	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	140.69/cwt	136.00–142.00	889	30
Steers	Small 1	—	858	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,081	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	788	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	771	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,087	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,122	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	647	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	928	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	167.23/cwt	155.00–168.00	1,176	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	160.87/cwt	159.00–161.00	787	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	858	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	961	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	734	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,292	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	684	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,118	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,004	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	934	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,015	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	854	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	813	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	168.66/cwt	168.00–169.00	1,074	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	586	164.56/cwt	148.00–170.00	964	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	942	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,451	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	850	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,279	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	509	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	972	7
Steers	Small 1	—	913	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,150	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	585	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	603	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	917	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	940	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,537	53
Steers	Small 1	—	748	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,159	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	774	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,242	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,170	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	971	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,568	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	176.12/cwt	172.00–179.50	1,101	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	340	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	435	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	869	4
Steers	Small 1	—	593	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	913	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	926	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,158	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	161.77/cwt	155.00–174.00	1,115	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	945	7

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 14, 2022

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

Receipts 426Last week 353Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 294, Heifers 122, Bulls 10)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
1	—	520	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	125.00	125.00
11	—	771	141.00	141.00
5	—	1,122	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	463	163.00	163.00
3	—	542	149.00	149.00
1	—	600	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	632	136.00–142.00	140.69
14	—	489	159.00–161.00	160.87
1	—	725	139.00	139.00
4	—	573	149.00	149.00
9	—	528	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	438	180.00	180.00
17	—	647	143.50	143.50
7	—	537	176.00	176.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	126.00	126.00
2	—	913	126.00	126.00
2	—	748	155.00	155.00
2	—	593	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	703	155.00–168.00	167.23
7	—	561	179.00	179.00
22	—	625	172.00–179.50	176.12
1	—	460	200.00	200.00
16	—	689	155.00–174.00	161.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	112.00	112.00
4	—	550	166.00	166.00
4	—	466	186.50	186.50
16	—	926	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	734	176.00	176.00
2	—	585	175.00	175.00
53	—	940	163.50	163.50
3	—	1,170	140.00	140.00
48	—	971	161.50	161.50
1	—	435	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	684	163.50	163.50
9	—	637	168.00–169.00	168.66
9	—	942	154.00	154.00
23	—	850	150.50	150.50
17	—	774	160.50	160.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	586	148.00–170.00	164.56
7	—	509	191.00	191.00
6	—	603	152.00	152.00
1	—	340	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	192.50	192.50
3	—	537	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	695	146.00	146.00

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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