Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 268, Heifers 250, Bulls 9)

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 $301.67/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −176.28 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$301.67

46 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$825

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$137.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.89

vs VA average

−22.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	312.08	1,741	26
Medium and Large 1-2	543	310.00	1,683	12thin
Medium and Large 2	561	282.14	1,582	6thin
Small 1	523	175.00	915	2thin

One grade step is worth $137.08/cwt here — about $825 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 sale46 hd

301.67

—

VA average7 barns · 297 hd

297.78

+3.89

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−22.68

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−176.28

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

56 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 1	450–500	452	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,266	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,088	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	242.39/cwt	225.00–263.00	1,197	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,370	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	543	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,683	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	269.46/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,706	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,789	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,061	209.08/cwt	208.00–210.00	2,218	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	318.40/cwt	250.00–335.00	1,496	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	559	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,772	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	260.71/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,739	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1100–1150	1,118	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	2,275	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,150	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	913	217.34/cwt	214.00–218.50	1,984	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	756	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,860	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	813	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	423	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,449	6
Steers	Small 1	600–650	640	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,652	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	950–1000	993	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,638	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	523	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	279.57/cwt	252.50–286.00	1,602	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,060	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	936	208.74/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,954	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,605	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	777	225.39/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,751	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	217.00/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,449	22
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	778	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,136	3
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	410	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	200.18/cwt	192.50–208.00	1,567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,526	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,386	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	253.74/cwt	242.50–263.00	1,441	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	328	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,264	4
Steers	Small 1	450–500	495	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	979	191.85/cwt	190.00–197.50	1,878	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	432	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,162	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	521	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,381	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	310.50/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	741	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,667	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	815	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,434	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,721	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,719	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	670	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,508	1

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 Dec 12, 2024

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

Receipts 527Last week 826Year ago 627

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 268, Heifers 250, Bulls 9)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	290.00	290.00
3	450–500	452	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	505	267.50	267.50
3	600–650	620	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	235.00	235.00
2	400–450	405	260.00	260.00
11	450–500	494	225.00–263.00	242.39
12	500–550	548	250.00	250.00
23	550–600	568	242.50–263.00	253.74
22	600–650	641	226.00	226.00
1	700–750	705	190.00	190.00
2	750–800	783	192.50–208.00	200.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	250.00	250.00
14	400–450	432	269.00	269.00
8	500–550	521	265.00	265.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	519	267.00	267.00
11	650–700	655	245.00	245.00
18	700–750	741	225.00	225.00
55	750–800	777	225.00–226.00	225.39
27	900–950	936	200.00–220.00	208.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	259.00	259.00
3	500–550	537	255.00	255.00
3	600–650	645	215.00–218.00	217.00
2	750–800	763	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	215.00	215.00
3	750–800	778	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	815	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	543	310.00	310.00
25	600–650	633	265.00–276.00	269.46
29	750–800	756	246.00	246.00
28	900–950	913	214.00–218.50	217.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	342.50	342.50
6	450–500	470	250.00–335.00	318.40
10	550–600	559	317.00	317.00
10	600–650	640	279.50	279.50
23	650–700	667	255.00–272.50	260.71
3	800–850	813	209.00	209.00
4	950–1000	979	190.00–197.50	191.85
13	1050–1100	1,061	208.00–210.00	209.08
34	1100–1150	1,118	203.50	203.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	325.00	325.00
4	450–500	490	300.00–314.00	310.50
16	550–600	557	309.00	309.00
16	600–650	621	266.00	266.00
8	650–700	669	257.00	257.00
2	700–750	735	235.00	235.00
1	1150–1200	1,150	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	295.00	295.00
5	550–600	573	252.50–286.00	279.57
3	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	215.00	215.00
2	500–550	523	175.00	175.00
1	600–650	640	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	225.00	225.00
2	950–1000	993	165.00	165.00

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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