Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 351, Heifers 162, Bulls 6)

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 $258.10/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −219.86 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$258.10

54 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$533

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

$76.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.96

vs VA average

−16.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	266.89	1,487	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	553	263.87	1,460	17thin
Medium and Large 2	595	258.85	1,540	24
Medium and Large 2-3	502	190.00	954	3thin

One grade step is worth $76.89/cwt here — about $533 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 sale54 hd

258.10

—

VA average10 barns · 343 hd

265.06

−6.96

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

−16.98

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−219.86

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

54 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 1-2Value Added	550–600	554	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,371	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	928	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,972	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	640	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,472	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	805	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,952	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	923	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,421	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	437	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,241	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	772	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,598	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	237.49/cwt	156.00–245.00	1,225	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,317	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	183.75/cwt	165.00–202.50	1,158	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	266.89/cwt	220.00–272.50	1,487	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	448	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,109	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	654	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,566	17
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	623	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,171	2
Steers	Small 1	800–850	840	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,638	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	635	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,107	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,704	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	697	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,673	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	877	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,991	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,031	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	585	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,445	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	600–650	642	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,316	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	450–500	468	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,030	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	502	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	468	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,086	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	375	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	595	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,547	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	454	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	990	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,240	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,097	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	761	223.14/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,698	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	863	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,032	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	347	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,088	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,002	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,004	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	689	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,743	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,541	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	1200–1250	1,225	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,262	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	259.76/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,390	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	493	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,336	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	226.81/cwt	182.50–234.00	1,622	8

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 8, 2024

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

Receipts 519Last week 472Year ago 307

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 351, Heifers 162, Bulls 6)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	554	247.50	247.50
7	600–650	640	230.00	230.00
3	750–800	772	220.00	220.00
8	900–950	928	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	450	246.00	246.00
15	500–550	516	156.00–245.00	237.49
14	550–600	551	239.00	239.00
10	600–650	646	220.00	220.00
2	750–800	770	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	448	247.50	247.50
17	650–700	654	239.50	239.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	623	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	222.50	222.50
1	350–400	375	222.50	222.50
2	450–500	468	232.00	232.00
24	550–600	585	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	642	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	454	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	220.00	220.00
3	450–500	458	237.50	237.50
2	500–550	545	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	697	240.00	240.00
37	800–850	805	242.50	242.50
5	850–900	877	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	260.00	260.00
10	550–600	557	220.00–272.50	266.89
2	600–650	630	165.00–202.50	183.75
9	650–700	658	259.00	259.00
8	700–750	715	182.50–234.00	226.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	437	284.00	284.00
9	450–500	493	271.00	271.00
9	500–550	535	255.00–270.00	259.76
8	550–600	574	268.50	268.50
17	600–650	623	256.50	256.50
71	650–700	689	253.00	253.00
63	750–800	761	222.00–228.00	223.14
20	850–900	863	235.50	235.50
3	1000–1050	1,002	200.00	200.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	190.00	190.00
1	800–850	840	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	275.00	275.00
3	400–450	410	267.50	267.50
1	550–600	595	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	502	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	595	260.00	260.00
1	1200–1250	1,225	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	626	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	245.00	245.00
1	400–450	425	242.50	242.50
1	450–500	490	256.00	256.00
1	500–550	505	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	515	245.00	245.00

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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