Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 284, Heifers 156, Bulls 32)

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 $299.37/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −178.58 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$299.37

25 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.60

vs VA average

−3.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	590	301.00	1,776	7thin
Medium and Large 1	561	300.96	1,690	16thin
Medium and Large 2	508	281.00	1,427	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $348 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale25 hd

299.37

—

VA average6 barns · 336 hd

288.77

+10.60

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

−3.54

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−178.58

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

63 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 1	500–550	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,692	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	581	295.62/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,718	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,776	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	472	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,260	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1200–1250	1,220	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,306	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	673	267.77/cwt	215.00–278.00	1,802	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	742	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,929	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	674	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,624	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	220.01/cwt	217.50–225.00	1,384	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	945	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,051	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	953	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,001	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	961	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,326	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	750–800	799	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,792	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,330	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	531	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	892	4
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	785	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,413	1
Steers	Small 1	850–900	875	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,663	4
Steers	Small 1	750–800	760	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,931	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,465	7
Steers	Large 2-3	950–1000	975	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,940	2
Steers	Large 2-3Value Added	1100–1150	1,144	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,174	13
Steers	Large 2-3	1200–1250	1,228	166.32/cwt	155.00–177.50	2,042	2
Heifers	Large 2-3	1300–1350	1,335	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,270	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	607	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	905	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	448	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,452	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	545	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,499	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	556	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,473	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,627	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	935	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	261.74/cwt	256.00–267.50	1,589	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,503	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	761	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,522	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,632	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,316	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	772	252.86/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,952	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	866	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,143	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,236	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	900	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	348	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,096	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	303.22/cwt	270.00–308.00	1,477	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	350–400	359	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	862	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	400–450	400	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	650	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	358	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	278.66/cwt	250.00–283.00	1,430	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,363	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	790	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,888	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,090	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,084	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	451	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,484	12

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 Jul 11, 2024

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

Receipts 472Last week 392Year ago 513

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 284, Heifers 156, Bulls 32)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	301.00	301.00
3	450–500	470	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	540	290.00	290.00
4	550–600	563	307.00	307.00
1	600–650	630	241.00	241.00
9	650–700	656	258.00	258.00
1	700–750	700	255.00	255.00
2	750–800	798	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	531	307.00	307.00
7	550–600	581	285.00–300.00	295.62
7	600–650	631	284.00	284.00
18	650–700	673	215.00–278.00	267.77
17	700–750	742	260.00	260.00
2	900–950	945	217.00	217.00
51	950–1000	961	242.00	242.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	203.00	203.00
1	1200–1250	1,220	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	448	324.00	324.00
7	550–600	590	301.00	301.00
8	600–650	607	295.00	295.00
28	750–800	772	252.00–254.00	252.86
46	850–900	866	247.50	247.50
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	799	215.00	215.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	210.00	210.00
4	850–900	875	190.00	190.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	975	199.00	199.00
2	1200–1250	1,228	155.00–177.50	166.32
Steers — Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1100–1150	1,144	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	315.00	315.00
1	350–400	380	270.00	270.00
12	450–500	451	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	487	270.00–308.00	303.22
2	500–550	508	281.00	281.00
4	600–650	607	256.00–267.50	261.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	472	267.00	267.00
16	500–550	545	275.00	275.00
16	550–600	556	265.00	265.00
16	600–650	628	259.00	259.00
15	650–700	674	241.00	241.00
2	900–950	905	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	245.00	245.00
2	500–550	543	245.00	245.00
2	550–600	575	245.00	245.00
9	600–650	629	217.50–225.00	220.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	750–800	790	239.00	239.00
4	950–1000	953	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1300–1350	1,335	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	356	262.50	262.50
3	550–600	567	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	235.00	235.00
1	400–450	435	255.00	255.00
8	500–550	513	250.00–283.00	278.66
4	550–600	560	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	400	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	650	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	553	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	650	251.00	251.00
7	750–800	761	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	618	200.00	200.00

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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