Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 393, Heifers 99, Bulls 10)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $332.66/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −145.29 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$332.66

48 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+22.45

vs VA average

−8.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	562	332.66	1,869	48

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale48 hd

332.66

—

VA average5 barns · 161 hd

310.21

+22.45

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−8.55

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−145.29

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

41 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	500–550	530	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	692	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,647	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	783	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,715	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	623	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,012	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	589	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,955	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	721	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,113	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	325.71/cwt	324.00–328.00	1,889	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,855	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	687	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,027	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	854	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,267	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	748	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,027	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	460	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,909	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	959	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,417	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	948	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,275	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	635	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,768	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	303.58/cwt	294.00–311.00	2,019	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	932	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,022	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	310.81/cwt	309.00–314.00	1,967	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,192	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,169	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	839	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,148	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	622	316.25/cwt	292.00–321.00	1,967	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	970	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	370	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	479	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,514	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,856	3
Steers	Small 1	650–700	663	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,618	2
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	775	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	345	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	392	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,313	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	786	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,651	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,595	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	746	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,749	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	681	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,730	11

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 Feb 20, 2025

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

Receipts 502Last week 250Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 393, Heifers 99, Bulls 10)

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	500–550	530	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	665	246.00	246.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	692	238.00	238.00
4	750–800	783	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	282.50	282.50
1	500–550	510	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	335.00	335.00
12	750–800	786	210.00	210.00
2	950–1000	970	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	479	316.00	316.00
27	550–600	580	275.00	275.00
22	650–700	665	263.00	263.00
4	700–750	746	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	775	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	681	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	589	332.00	332.00
22	600–650	623	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
38	700–750	721	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	460	357.00	357.00
13	500–550	508	348.00	348.00
28	550–600	580	324.00–328.00	325.71
19	600–650	633	309.00–314.00	310.81
40	650–700	665	294.00–311.00	303.58
6	750–800	754	246.00	246.00
5	900–950	932	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	358.00	358.00
15	600–650	622	292.00–321.00	316.25
39	650–700	687	295.00	295.00
13	700–750	748	271.00	271.00
19	800–850	839	256.00	256.00
45	850–900	854	265.50	265.50
8	900–950	948	240.00	240.00
15	950–1000	959	252.00	252.00
17	1150–1200	1,192	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	347.50	347.50
3	600–650	640	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	725	245.00	245.00
24	750–800	753	253.50	253.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	260.00	260.00
5	600–650	635	285.00	285.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	663	244.00	244.00

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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