Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 675, Heifers 417, Bulls 21)

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 $367.19/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −110.77 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$367.19

167 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$472

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$111.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.98

vs VA average

+8.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	535	371.35	1,988	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	524	370.67	1,941	21
Medium and Large 1	549	369.46	2,028	125
Small 1	583	260.00	1,516	4thin

One grade step is worth $111.35/cwt here — about $472 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale167 hd

367.19

—

VA average8 barns · 555 hd

339.21

+27.98

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+8.52

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−110.77

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

65 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,983	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1100–1150	1,143	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,400	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,685	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	334.54/cwt	310.00–344.00	2,074	46
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	450–500	493	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	582	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,909	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	888	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,300	15
Steers	Small 1Value Added	550–600	583	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	666	305.26/cwt	232.50–311.00	2,033	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	553	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,825	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	322.65/cwt	304.00–340.00	2,026	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	820	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	279.67/cwt	235.00–285.00	2,042	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,879	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	434	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,779	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	509	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,990	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	319	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,148	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	745	258.41/cwt	253.00–274.00	1,925	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	678	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,081	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	543	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,058	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	825	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,174	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	816	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,105	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	500–550	510	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,015	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	919	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,206	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	636	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,749	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,387	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	227.22/cwt	217.50–237.50	1,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,383	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	288.08/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,581	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,164	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	470	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,128	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,354	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	296.20/cwt	252.50–300.00	1,674	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	247.33/cwt	230.00–248.50	1,825	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,124	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	676	256.42/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,733	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	769	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,880	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,015	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	763	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,877	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	373	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,343	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	470	330.31/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,552	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	254.36/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,702	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	304.73/cwt	304.00–306.00	1,618	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	646	263.93/cwt	255.00–266.50	1,705	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	769	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,046	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	871	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,029	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	398	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,095	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	944	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,077	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	575	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,809	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,040	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,158	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,367	4
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,018	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,921	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	630	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,016	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	574	294.85/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,692	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 Mar 13, 2025

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

Receipts 1,113Last week 502Year ago 1,138

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 675, Heifers 417, Bulls 21)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	790	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	385.00	385.00
19	400–450	432	390.00	390.00
9	450–500	471	384.00	384.00
11	500–550	545	352.50	352.50
18	550–600	578	343.00	343.00
2	600–650	640	285.00	285.00
3	650–700	690	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
93	500–550	543	379.00	379.00
3	550–600	574	280.00–302.50	294.85
33	600–650	628	304.00–340.00	322.65
27	650–700	666	232.50–311.00	305.26
72	700–750	730	235.00–285.00	279.67
1	800–850	820	225.00	225.00
15	850–900	888	259.00	259.00
9	900–950	919	240.00	240.00
3	1100–1150	1,143	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	434	410.00	410.00
28	450–500	465	404.00	404.00
14	500–550	509	391.00	391.00
7	550–600	553	330.00	330.00
46	600–650	620	310.00–344.00	334.54
12	650–700	678	307.00	307.00
88	700–750	745	253.00–274.00	258.41
27	750–800	769	266.00	266.00
64	800–850	825	263.50	263.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	319	360.00	360.00
6	550–600	582	328.00	328.00
7	600–650	630	320.00	320.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	583	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	816	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	510	395.00	395.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	317.50	317.50
13	450–500	463	292.50	292.50
12	500–550	545	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	625	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	328.00	328.00
3	400–450	447	289.00	289.00
1	550–600	565	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	373	360.00	360.00
36	450–500	470	320.00–332.50	330.31
43	500–550	531	304.00–306.00	304.73
61	550–600	565	252.50–300.00	296.20
67	600–650	646	255.00–266.50	263.93
32	650–700	669	240.00–266.00	254.36
16	850–900	871	233.00	233.00
5	1000–1050	1,040	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	490	285.00	285.00
29	650–700	676	254.00–260.00	256.42
30	700–750	738	230.00–248.50	247.33
20	750–800	763	246.00	246.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	275.00	275.00
3	550–600	575	230.00	230.00
14	750–800	769	244.50	244.50
4	900–950	944	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	636	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	295.00	295.00
2	500–550	530	217.50–237.50	227.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	465	297.50	297.50
3	550–600	564	275.00–295.00	288.08

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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