Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 160, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.92/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −114.27 against this barn's trailing median of $395.19.

Average price

$280.92

33 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,541

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$42.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.77

vs VA average

−24.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	505	297.50	1,502	3thin
Medium and Large 1	546	291.40	1,590	20
Medium and Large 2-3	567	255.00	1,446	10thin

One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.62, low $356.06, median $395.19 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 sale33 hd

280.92

—

VA average3 barns · 93 hd

252.15

+28.77

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−24.32

This barn, trailing median9 sales

395.19

−114.27

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

35 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	750–800	790	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,613	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	488	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,055	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,110	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	707	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	319.95/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	774	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,896	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	372	383.25/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,426	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	853	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,175	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1100–1150	1,140	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,394	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	662	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,847	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	400–450	410	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,435	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	763	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,999	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,818	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	475	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	743	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,932	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,847	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	515	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,566	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	640	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	1,682	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	505	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	567	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,446	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	611	278.43/cwt	227.50–291.00	1,701	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	425	296.47/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,260	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	903	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,167	40
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	691	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,831	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,610	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,665	3

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 Jan 9, 2025

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

Receipts 250Last week 527Year ago 457

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 160, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural 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	750–800	790	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	287.50	287.50
8	550–600	592	272.50	272.50
1	950–1000	970	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	295.00	295.00
9	600–650	623	258.50	258.50
8	650–700	691	265.00	265.00
12	700–750	730	253.00	253.00
2	1050–1100	1,055	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	515	304.00	304.00
45	600–650	640	262.75	262.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	280.00–305.00	296.47
3	500–550	505	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	567	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	653	255.00	255.00
40	900–950	903	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	380.00–385.00	383.25
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
5	600–650	611	227.50–291.00	278.43
3	700–750	707	222.50	222.50
8	750–800	774	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	357.50	357.50
2	500–550	530	317.50–322.50	319.95
1	600–650	600	260.00	260.00
7	650–700	662	279.00	279.00
6	700–750	743	260.00	260.00
8	850–900	853	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	763	262.00	262.00
9	1100–1150	1,140	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	410	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	493	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	620	277.50	277.50
7	650–700	661	275.00	275.00
2	950–1000	968	247.00	247.00

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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