Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 390, Heifers 382, Bulls 63)

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 $372.08/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −105.87 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$372.08

106 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$46.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.03

vs VA average

−6.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	376.35	2,051	67
Medium and Large 1-2	533	368.73	1,964	35
Medium and Large 2	533	330.00	1,759	4thin

One grade step is worth $46.35/cwt here — about $293 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

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 sale106 hd

372.08

—

VA average10 barns · 626 hd

371.05

+1.03

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−6.71

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−105.87

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

72 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 1-2	400–450	405	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,559	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	915	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,278	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	837	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,260	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	451	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,703	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	374.94/cwt	355.00–382.50	1,965	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	637	351.54/cwt	345.00–354.00	2,239	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	695	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,068	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	815	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,997	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,140	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,920	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	429	407.62/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,749	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	338.73/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,948	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	406.28/cwt	282.50–415.00	1,812	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,198	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	335.99/cwt	332.00–338.00	2,218	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	619	358.22/cwt	327.50–367.00	2,217	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	679	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,410	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	524	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,824	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	243.33/cwt	240.00–245.00	2,256	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	372.16/cwt	280.00–392.50	2,010	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	795	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,040	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	409.45/cwt	385.00–427.50	1,904	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	326.24/cwt	317.50–360.00	1,765	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,295	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,511	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,525	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,192	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	364.87/cwt	285.00–370.00	1,675	52
Steers	Small 1Value Added	450–500	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	448	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,165	3
Steers	Small 1	600–650	613	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,379	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,824	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	321.21/cwt	295.00–324.00	1,902	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,691	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,789	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,843	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	300.04/cwt	282.50–335.00	1,707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,528	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,091	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	400–450	423	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,639	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	300–350	344	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,213	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	750–800	778	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,023	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	383	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,206	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	950–1000	965	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,171	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	464	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,763	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	392	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	339.91/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,166	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,916	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	724	316.50/cwt	295.00–319.00	2,291	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	807	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,340	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	533	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	489	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,980	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	469	377.26/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,769	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,973	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	741	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,038	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	346.98/cwt	344.00–352.00	1,842	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,989	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,887	14

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 May 8, 2025

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

Receipts 835Last week 853Year ago 532

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 390, Heifers 382, Bulls 63)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	405	385.00	385.00
14	550–600	559	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	377.50	377.50
3	750–800	795	231.00	231.00
5	800–850	837	270.00	270.00
10	900–950	915	249.00	249.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
31	450–500	469	355.00–385.00	377.26
59	500–550	531	344.00–352.00	346.98
18	550–600	568	338.00	338.00
31	600–650	612	325.00	325.00
25	650–700	660	299.00	299.00
18	700–750	741	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	348	372.00	372.00
6	400–450	403	375.00	375.00
52	450–500	459	285.00–370.00	364.87
28	500–550	541	317.50–360.00	326.24
5	600–650	640	285.00	285.00
2	700–750	743	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	337.50–350.00	339.91
3	400–450	443	345.00	345.00
3	550–600	569	282.50–335.00	300.04
3	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	352.50	352.50
16	400–450	423	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	315.00	315.00
1	950–1000	965	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	429	390.00–415.00	407.62
9	450–500	489	405.00	405.00
29	500–550	524	355.00–382.50	374.94
6	550–600	575	337.50–340.00	338.73
22	600–650	637	345.00–354.00	351.54
56	700–750	724	295.00–319.00	316.50
38	800–850	807	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	567	377.50	377.50
26	600–650	619	327.50–367.00	358.22
13	650–700	679	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	384.00	384.00
5	350–400	395	386.00	386.00
15	400–450	446	282.50–415.00	406.28
21	450–500	465	385.00–427.50	409.45
51	500–550	540	280.00–392.50	372.16
13	550–600	560	392.50	392.50
16	600–650	640	342.50	342.50
12	650–700	660	332.00–338.00	335.99
3	900–950	927	240.00–245.00	243.33
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	315.00	315.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	613	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	397.50	397.50
1	600–650	615	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	778	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	485	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	362.50	362.50
4	500–550	533	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	524	348.00	348.00
4	650–700	695	297.50	297.50
2	800–850	815	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	448	377.50	377.50
4	450–500	474	377.50	377.50
1	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
10	550–600	592	295.00–324.00	321.21
1	600–650	615	312.50	312.50
1	650–700	670	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	735	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	555	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	635	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	390.00	390.00
7	450–500	464	380.00	380.00

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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