Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 451, Heifers 348, Bulls 11)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.89/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −163.07 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$314.89

111 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$97.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.39

vs VA average

+9.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	317.08	1,726	66
Medium and Large 1-2	556	316.61	1,761	42
Medium and Large 2	568	253.75	1,440	2thin
Small 1	585	220.00	1,287	1thin

One grade step is worth $97.08/cwt here — about $439 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $521.53, low $392.83, median $477.95 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale111 hd

314.89

—

VA average10 barns · 678 hd

296.50

+18.39

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+9.42

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−163.07

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

64 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	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	870	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,159	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	439	305.56/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,341	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	503	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,685	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	322.71/cwt	320.00–329.00	1,694	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,771	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	720	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,709	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	749	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,873	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	378	255.05/cwt	246.00–263.00	964	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,333	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	471	225.80/cwt	210.00–250.00	1,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,085	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,404	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,292	5
Steers	Small 1	400–450	412	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	985	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,706	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,187	14
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	578	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,098	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	1
Steers	Small 1	300–350	340	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	912	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,984	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	477	304.52/cwt	232.50–317.50	1,453	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	672	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,781	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	565	315.02/cwt	200.00–331.00	1,780	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	443	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,351	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	213.91/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	485	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,140	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	555	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,038	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	560	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	496	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,190	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	932	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	369	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	923	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	760	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,064	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,640	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,259	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	456	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,197	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	696	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,434	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,025	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,133	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	444	258.81/cwt	257.50–261.00	1,149	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	475	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	314.80/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,942	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	237.86/cwt	195.00–251.00	1,361	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,291	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,321	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	713	268.36/cwt	259.00–274.00	1,913	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	901	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,730	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	825	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,873	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	389	318.85/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,240	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	390	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	936	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	636	226.68/cwt	199.50–238.00	1,442	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,545	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	313.54/cwt	280.00–337.50	1,772	36

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 Apr 11, 2024

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

Receipts 810Last week 102Year ago 841

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 451, Heifers 348, Bulls 11)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	378	246.00–263.00	255.05
5	450–500	471	210.00–250.00	225.80
11	600–650	645	239.50	239.50
1	700–750	720	185.00	185.00
1	850–900	870	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	250.00	250.00
14	450–500	470	252.50	252.50
12	500–550	528	252.50	252.50
1	550–600	565	232.50	232.50
1	600–650	640	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	578	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	381	269.00	269.00
9	400–450	441	257.00	257.00
2	450–500	475	210.00–217.50	213.91
3	550–600	557	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	485	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	250.00	250.00
4	450–500	496	240.00	240.00
4	550–600	555	187.00	187.00
2	750–800	760	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	240.00	240.00
24	400–450	444	257.50–261.00	258.81
11	450–500	456	262.50	262.50
48	550–600	572	195.00–251.00	237.86
55	600–650	636	199.50–238.00	226.68
9	650–700	696	206.00	206.00
65	750–800	754	217.50	217.50
18	900–950	901	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	389	300.00–335.00	318.85
28	450–500	477	232.50–317.50	304.52
22	550–600	565	200.00–331.00	315.02
3	600–650	635	182.50	182.50
13	650–700	672	265.00	265.00
8	700–750	749	250.00	250.00
55	900–950	912	217.50	217.50
5	1050–1100	1,085	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	439	302.50–310.00	305.56
6	500–550	503	335.00	335.00
36	550–600	565	280.00–337.50	313.54
27	600–650	617	307.50–320.00	314.80
24	650–700	676	262.00	262.00
63	700–750	713	259.00–274.00	268.36
61	800–850	825	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	435	297.00	297.00
9	450–500	453	310.00	310.00
34	500–550	525	320.00–329.00	322.71
10	550–600	564	302.50	302.50
1	650–700	675	267.50	267.50
4	800–850	844	202.50	202.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	225.00	225.00
3	400–450	412	239.00	239.00
1	550–600	585	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	305.00	305.00
1	450–500	475	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	560	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	575	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	595	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	270.00	270.00
1	350–400	360	200.00	200.00
4	500–550	518	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	595	217.00	217.00

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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