Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 464, Heifers 330, 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 $290.65/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −187.30 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$290.65

128 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$673

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

$136.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.15

vs VA average

−14.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	522	306.50	1,600	25
Medium and Large 1	560	288.45	1,616	101
Medium and Large 2	560	237.50	1,330	1thin
Small 1	545	170.00	927	1thin

One grade step is worth $136.50/cwt here — about $673 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 sale128 hd

290.65

—

VA average9 barns · 359 hd

275.51

+15.15

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−14.79

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−187.30

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

57 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	750–800	764	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,604	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	1,600	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	412	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,257	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	291.34/cwt	227.50–301.00	1,678	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	843	241.36/cwt	234.00–243.00	2,035	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	979	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,173	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	904	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	524	259.93/cwt	182.50–291.00	1,362	10
Steers	Small 1	450–500	485	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	812	2
Steers	Small 1	800–850	845	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,259	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	545	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	590	284.42/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,678	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	701	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,654	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	782	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,928	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	241.23/cwt	237.50–243.00	1,754	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	295.89/cwt	212.50–304.00	1,408	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	478	271.83/cwt	220.00–299.00	1,299	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	235.50/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,564	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	265.96/cwt	213.00–281.00	1,676	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,158	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,116	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,121	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,334	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,071	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	214.94/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,447	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	220.84/cwt	212.00–227.00	1,396	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	929	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	239.60/cwt	234.00–243.00	1,136	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	652	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,454	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	911	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,799	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	943	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,111	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	395	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	683	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	404	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,010	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	233.77/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,251	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	272.32/cwt	258.00–281.00	1,686	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	294.87/cwt	242.50–299.00	1,560	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	235.19/cwt	234.00–236.00	1,378	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	877	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	406	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	251.80/cwt	207.00–258.00	1,682	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,306	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	480	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,205	35

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 Nov 14, 2024

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

Receipts 826Last week 396Year ago 885

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 464, Heifers 330, Bulls 32)

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
3	650–700	683	189.00	189.00
11	750–800	764	210.00	210.00
9	900–950	911	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	437	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	490	225.00	225.00
3	550–600	563	205.00–220.00	214.94
2	600–650	643	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	815	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	430	204.00	204.00
13	450–500	474	234.00–243.00	239.60
78	500–550	535	221.00–240.00	233.77
25	550–600	586	234.00–236.00	235.19
38	600–650	632	212.00–227.00	220.84
2	750–800	760	235.00	235.00
1	1100–1150	1,100	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	900–950	929	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	404	250.00	250.00
35	450–500	480	251.00	251.00
56	500–550	542	241.00	241.00
20	650–700	652	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	406	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	412	305.00	305.00
17	450–500	478	220.00–299.00	271.83
25	500–550	522	306.50	306.50
26	600–650	630	213.00–281.00	265.96
10	650–700	664	235.00–236.00	235.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	235.00	235.00
1	550–600	560	237.50	237.50
1	750–800	775	195.00	195.00
1	850–900	890	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
19	450–500	476	212.50–304.00	295.89
26	500–550	529	242.50–299.00	294.87
55	550–600	576	227.50–301.00	291.34
32	600–650	619	258.00–281.00	272.32
8	650–700	668	207.00–258.00	251.80
19	700–750	727	237.50–243.00	241.23
1	750–800	750	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	524	182.50–291.00	259.93
10	550–600	590	279.00–290.00	284.42
7	700–750	701	236.00	236.00
65	750–800	782	246.50	246.50
71	800–850	843	234.00–243.00	241.36
4	900–950	904	195.00	195.00
28	950–1000	979	222.00	222.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	167.50	167.50
1	500–550	545	170.00	170.00
1	800–850	845	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	461	241.00	241.00
6	550–600	594	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	235.00	235.00
6	400–450	443	253.00	253.00
2	450–500	463	241.00	241.00
4	550–600	563	237.00	237.00
3	650–700	653	204.00	204.00

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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