Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 110, Heifers 146, Bulls 17)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.63/cwt on 144 head.

Average price

$144.63

144 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$427

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

$67.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.11

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	553	148.99	824	75
Medium and Large 1	647	142.30	921	61
Medium and Large 2	383	135.00	517	6thin
Small 1	490	81.00	397	2thin

One grade step is worth $67.99/cwt here — about $427 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 sale144 hd

144.63

—

VA average9 barns · 1,878 hd

134.52

+10.11

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

42 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	—	715	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,158	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	677	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	902	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Steers	Small 1	—	609	124.00/cwt	123.00–127.00	755	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	735	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	875	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	587	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	974	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	451	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	834	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	873	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,292	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,028	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	622	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	191.20/cwt	187.00–195.00	1,032	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	182.28/cwt	177.00–183.00	993	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	591	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	887	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	662	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	996	15
Steers	Small 1	—	675	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	776	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,218	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	829	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	474	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	870	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	738	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,055	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	798	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	958	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	945	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	913	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,233	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	490	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	498	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	576	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	788	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	840	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	485	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	985	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	831	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	146.87/cwt	144.00–148.00	696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	792	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,136	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	557	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	969	10

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 Oct 27, 2022

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

Receipts 273Last week 820Year ago 562

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 110, Heifers 146, Bulls 17)

Value Added 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
4	—	715	162.00	162.00
5	—	614	167.50	167.50
8	—	545	177.00–183.00	182.28
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	609	123.00–127.00	124.00
1	—	675	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	171.00	171.00
4	—	451	185.00	185.00
7	—	776	157.00	157.00
10	—	557	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	136.00	136.00
5	—	587	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	873	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	338	184.00	184.00
19	—	540	187.00–195.00	191.20
21	—	631	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	591	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	183.00	183.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	147.00	147.00
1	—	505	137.00	137.00
1	—	565	148.00	148.00
3	—	467	145.00	145.00
10	—	649	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	662	150.50	150.50
12	—	580	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	535	155.00	155.00
11	—	622	152.00	152.00
7	—	353	141.00	141.00
8	—	440	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	354	134.00	134.00
2	—	440	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	738	143.00	143.00
4	—	798	120.00	120.00
9	—	913	135.00	135.00
13	—	515	153.00	153.00
2	—	840	122.00	122.00
2	—	485	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	129.00	129.00
1	—	895	110.00	110.00
13	—	552	150.50	150.50
7	—	474	144.00–148.00	146.87

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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