Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 217, Heifers 86, Bulls 4)

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 $235.16/cwt on 216 head.

Average price

$235.16

216 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$52.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.30

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	522	245.38	1,281	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	726	241.99	1,757	100
Medium and Large 1	719	232.75	1,674	92
Medium and Large 2-3	679	210.00	1,426	8thin
Small 1	548	192.50	1,055	8thin

One grade step is worth $52.88/cwt here — about $226 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 sale216 hd

235.16

—

VA average10 barns · 1,368 hd

234.86

+0.30

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	713	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,693	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,823	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	936	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,111	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,076	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	661	247.81/cwt	226.00–254.00	1,638	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,067	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	247.40/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,455	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	851	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,017	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	502	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	679	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,426	8
Steers	Small 1	—	620	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,147	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	708	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,713	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	603	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,447	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	817	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,695	3
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	585	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,243	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,429	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	184.40/cwt	140.00–229.00	819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,248	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,028	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,018	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	458	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,672	10
Steers	Small 1	—	463	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	652	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,324	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	241.80/cwt	227.50–254.00	1,352	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	748	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,604	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,170	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	651	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,400	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	469	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,126	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,469	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,075	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	632	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,387	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	420	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	966	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	635	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,301	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	684	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	545	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	915	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,464	1

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 Aug 10, 2023

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

Receipts 307Last week 513Year ago 497

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 217, Heifers 86, Bulls 4)

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 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	713	237.50	237.50
18	—	936	225.50	225.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	185.00	185.00
29	—	738	247.00	247.00
5	—	422	255.00	255.00
1	—	800	221.00	221.00
4	—	333	137.50	137.50
10	—	753	222.00	222.00
11	—	559	227.50–254.00	241.80
3	—	625	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	661	226.00–254.00	247.81
14	—	588	241.00–250.00	247.40
33	—	851	237.00	237.00
17	—	708	242.00	242.00
3	—	817	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	254.00	254.00
1	—	625	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	502	247.00	247.00
2	—	603	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	679	210.00	210.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	185.00	185.00
3	—	463	177.50	177.50
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	729	196.00	196.00
4	—	444	140.00–229.00	184.40
3	—	640	195.00	195.00
1	—	575	175.00	175.00
3	—	468	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	652	203.00	203.00
5	—	469	240.00	240.00
2	—	420	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	748	214.50	214.50
3	—	532	220.00	220.00
8	—	651	215.00	215.00
3	—	578	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	160.00	160.00
2	—	358	191.00	191.00
1	—	545	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	120.00	120.00
15	—	632	219.50	219.50
1	—	915	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	70.00	70.00
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
2	—	545	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	235.00	235.00
1	—	530	210.00	210.00

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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