Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 202, Dairy Steers 3, Heifers 155, Dairy Heifers 4, Bulls 28)

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 $306.64/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −171.32 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$306.64

56 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$556

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$89.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.58

vs VA average

+7.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	324.77	1,801	24
Medium and Large 1	567	307.54	1,743	18thin
Medium and Large 2-3	570	289.17	1,648	10thin
Small 1	530	245.00	1,299	1thin
Medium and Large 3	530	235.00	1,246	3thin

One grade step is worth $89.77/cwt here — about $556 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale56 hd

306.64

—

VA average8 barns · 385 hd

294.06

+12.58

National average149 barns · 7,793 hd

299.42

+7.22

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−171.32

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

66 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	640	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	300–350	330	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	941	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	900–950	934	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,635	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	850–900	897	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	677	264.57/cwt	200.00–287.00	1,791	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	1,994	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,512	10
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	565	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,257	3
Steers	Small 1	500–550	530	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,299	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	458	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,337	2
Steers	Small 1	750–800	785	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,554	2
Heifers	Small 1	900–950	910	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	221.59/cwt	217.00–231.00	1,372	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,854	5
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	473	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,123	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	282.60/cwt	281.00–283.00	1,331	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	588	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	536	298.50/cwt	258.00–325.00	1,600	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,048	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,243	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	759	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,951	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,037	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	746	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,034	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,099	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	625	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	531	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,558	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	630	260.36/cwt	245.00–280.00	1,640	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,835	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	929	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,165	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	328.84/cwt	327.00–332.00	1,697	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	500–550	530	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,246	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	700–750	705	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,234	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	621	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,646	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	800–850	828	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	570	289.17/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,648	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	650–700	651	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,862	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	565	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,123	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	794	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,241	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,781	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	644	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,475	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	359	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,167	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	1050–1100	1,068	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	317.56/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,832	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	778	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,735	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	543	284.71/cwt	283.00–288.50	1,546	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	469	292.80/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,373	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	485	339.46/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,646	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	322.73/cwt	319.00–324.00	1,852	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	299.16/cwt	289.00–303.00	1,876	11

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 Jun 13, 2024

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

Receipts 392Last week 532Year ago 400

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 202, Dairy Steers 3, Heifers 155, Dairy Heifers 4, Bulls 28)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	565	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	640	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	473	237.50	237.50
3	550–600	565	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	301.00	301.00
2	600–650	605	278.00	278.00
1	700–750	735	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	473	237.50	237.50
2	500–550	508	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	630	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	285.00	285.00
3	500–550	530	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	705	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	536	258.00–325.00	298.50
2	550–600	588	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	625	254.00	254.00
11	650–700	677	200.00–287.00	264.57
26	700–750	738	270.25	270.25
7	750–800	759	257.00	257.00
6	1000–1050	1,048	214.00	214.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	292.00	292.00
1	500–550	530	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	785	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	577	307.00–320.00	317.56
5	600–650	614	302.00	302.00
5	650–700	660	278.00	278.00
2	800–850	820	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	485	335.00–347.00	339.46
8	500–550	516	327.00–332.00	328.84
16	550–600	574	319.00–324.00	322.73
11	600–650	627	289.00–303.00	299.16
23	900–950	929	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	570	285.00–295.00	289.17
10	650–700	651	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	325.00	325.00
4	600–650	644	229.00	229.00
2	1050–1100	1,068	210.00	210.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	900–950	934	175.00	175.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	897	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	279.00	279.00
8	500–550	531	293.50	293.50
11	600–650	630	245.00–280.00	260.36
4	700–750	746	226.00	226.00
4	1000–1050	1,034	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	266.00	266.00
5	450–500	471	281.00–283.00	282.60
10	550–600	562	269.00	269.00
6	600–650	619	217.00–231.00	221.59
5	650–700	668	230.00	230.00
2	750–800	780	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	910	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	470	264.00	264.00
1	500–550	535	265.00	265.00
3	700–750	700	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	621	265.00	265.00
6	800–850	828	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	250.00	250.00
4	750–800	794	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	469	290.00–294.00	292.80
22	500–550	543	283.00–288.50	284.71
17	650–700	662	269.00	269.00
8	750–800	778	223.00	223.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.