Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 314, Heifers 119, Bulls 1)

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 $179.73/cwt on 313 head.

Average price

$179.73

313 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,219

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$353

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$55.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.88

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	192.33	1,223	106
Medium and Large 1-2	693	185.31	1,284	132
Medium and Large 2	735	154.73	1,137	59
Small 1	620	144.82	898	11thin
Medium and Large 3	635	137.00	870	5thin

One grade step is worth $55.33/cwt here — about $353 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 sale313 hd

179.73

—

VA average10 barns · 2,000 hd

175.85

+3.88

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

56 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	Small 1Value Added	—	637	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,180	7
Steers	Small 1	—	835	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	188.21/cwt	164.00–197.25	1,280	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	218.82/cwt	215.00–221.00	993	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	875	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,269	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	195.03/cwt	180.00–201.00	1,213	14
Steers	Small 1	—	580	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	711	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,031	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	455	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	801	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,346	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	721	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,269	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,215	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	819	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,253	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	558	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,122	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	978	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,438	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	975	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,155	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	635	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	435	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	777	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,181	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	492	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,058	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,014	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	856	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	569	193.55/cwt	185.00–202.50	1,101	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	677	179.64/cwt	177.00–189.50	1,216	17
Steers	Small 1	—	450	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	698	1
Steers	Small 1	—	672	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	453	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	910	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	201.28/cwt	176.00–204.00	1,252	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,203	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	752	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	880	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,053	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	910	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	768	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,167	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	719	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	685	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	726	1
Steers	Small 1	—	513	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	821	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	867	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,309	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	555	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	644	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	452	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	881	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	830	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	825	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,271	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,048	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	823	3

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 Jan 12, 2023

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

Receipts 434Last week 936Year ago 759

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 314, Heifers 119, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	544	217.00	217.00
8	—	470	224.00	224.00
3	—	422	219.00	219.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	143.00	143.00
1	—	580	153.00	153.00
1	—	450	155.00	155.00
3	—	672	127.00	127.00
2	—	513	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	680	164.00–197.25	188.21
11	—	454	215.00–221.00	218.82
31	—	622	176.00–204.00	201.28
6	—	542	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	875	145.00	145.00
14	—	622	180.00–201.00	195.03
41	—	801	168.00	168.00
27	—	721	176.00	176.00
6	—	978	147.00	147.00
14	—	511	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	711	145.00	145.00
4	—	455	170.00	170.00
30	—	819	153.00	153.00
1	—	435	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	132.00	132.00
7	—	777	152.00	152.00
3	—	492	215.00	215.00
10	—	569	185.00–202.50	193.55
17	—	677	177.00–189.50	179.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	558	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	635	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	181.00	181.00
1	—	495	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	867	151.00	151.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	134.00	134.00
2	—	525	137.00	137.00
5	—	431	132.00	132.00
3	—	605	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	719	141.00	141.00
4	—	569	150.50	150.50
3	—	505	147.00	147.00
1	—	675	138.00	138.00
5	—	485	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	153.00	153.00
25	—	558	163.00	163.00
21	—	768	152.00	152.00
19	—	659	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	91.00	91.00
6	—	825	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	106.00	106.00
2	—	555	116.00	116.00
3	—	452	115.00	115.00
1	—	830	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	625	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	181.00	181.00

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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