Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Dairy Steers 63, Heifers 14, Dairy Heifers 4, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $266.56/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −156.06 against this barn's trailing median of $422.62.

Average price

$266.56

8 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$373

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$73.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.51

vs VA average

−24.68 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	275.71	1,750	7thin
Small 1	680	202.50	1,377	1thin

One grade step is worth $73.21/cwt here — about $373 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

9 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $443.22, low $371.41, median $422.62 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

266.56

—

VA average9 barns · 398 hd

271.07

−4.51

National average162 barns · 13,211 hd

291.24

−24.68

This barn, trailing median9 sales

422.62

−156.06

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

29 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
Dairy Steers	Large 2	900–950	936	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,572	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2	800–850	820	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,661	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	850–900	874	171.67/cwt	170.00–172.50	1,500	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2	700–750	708	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,381	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	750–800	787	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,196	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2	550–600	583	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,253	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	780	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,346	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	390	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	946	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	680	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,377	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	475	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,176	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	550–600	568	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,301	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	768	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,843	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,760	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,366	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	458	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,195	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	676	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,426	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	500–550	525	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,339	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	358	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	832	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	515	252.01/cwt	227.50–265.00	1,298	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	708	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	855	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,988	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	688	233.98/cwt	175.00–241.00	1,610	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	412	224.00/cwt	182.50–245.00	923	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	583	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,527	12
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,143	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,772	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	700–750	710	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,154	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	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 Mar 21, 2024

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

Receipts 102Last week 1,138Year ago 109

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Dairy Steers 63, Heifers 14, Dairy Heifers 4, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	255.00	255.00
2	550–600	583	215.00	215.00
8	700–750	708	195.00	195.00
1	800–850	820	202.50	202.50
6	850–900	874	170.00–172.50	171.67
6	900–950	936	168.00	168.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	232.50	232.50
3	400–450	412	182.50–245.00	224.00
3	500–550	515	227.50–265.00	252.01
12	550–600	583	262.00	262.00
15	650–700	688	175.00–241.00	233.98
1	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1100–1150	1,143	155.00	155.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	787	152.00	152.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	568	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	261.00	261.00
3	550–600	562	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	626	231.00	231.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	247.50	247.50
1	650–700	680	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	708	246.00	246.00
4	750–800	768	240.00	240.00
2	850–900	855	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	646	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	676	211.00	211.00

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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