Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 206, Holstein Steers 35, Heifers 75, Bulls 13)

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 $385.21/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −92.75 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$385.21

24 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,094

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$644

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$110.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.85

vs VA average

+4.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	405.00	2,203	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	400.00	2,244	9thin
Medium and Large 2	521	385.00	2,006	5thin
Small 1	529	295.00	1,560	3thin

One grade step is worth $110.00/cwt here — about $644 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 sale24 hd

385.21

—

VA average9 barns · 449 hd

374.36

+10.85

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

+4.20

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−92.75

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

50 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 1Value Added	600–650	645	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,080	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,073	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,849	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,613	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,197	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,046	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,022	301.25/cwt	301.25–301.25	3,079	6
Steers	Small 1	650–700	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	503	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,484	2
Steers	Small 1	950–1000	955	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,273	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	750–800	762	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,156	7
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	653	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	733	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,324	5
Steers	Small 1	750–800	750	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,950	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	580	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,420	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	450–500	460	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,426	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	388	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,348	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	800–850	843	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,749	5
Dairy Steers	Large 2	1050–1100	1,055	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,136	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	858	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,703	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	468	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	947	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,832	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	736	325.71/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,397	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	330.26/cwt	327.50–337.50	2,034	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	950–1000	961	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,643	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	688	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,150	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,244	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,085	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	783	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	315	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	929	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	776	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,281	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	532	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,873	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	460	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,235	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,254	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	934	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,830	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,927	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,771	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	736	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,296	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	823	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,448	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,006	5

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 Jun 12, 2025

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

Receipts 329Last week 835Year ago 392

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 206, Holstein Steers 35, Heifers 75, Bulls 13)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	645	322.50	322.50
4	700–750	736	312.00	312.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	442	365.00	365.00
8	500–550	536	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	585	330.00	330.00
2	650–700	653	317.50	317.50
1	800–850	825	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	653	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	733	317.00	317.00
19	950–1000	961	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	349.00	349.00
13	500–550	532	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	499	410.00	410.00
7	500–550	544	405.00	405.00
5	650–700	651	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	823	297.50	297.50
10	900–950	947	299.00	299.00
6	1000–1050	1,022	301.25	301.25
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	503	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	580	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	665	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	750	260.00	260.00
2	950–1000	955	238.00	238.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	762	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	405.00	405.00
9	550–600	561	400.00	400.00
11	600–650	616	327.50–337.50	330.26
12	650–700	682	330.50	330.50
40	700–750	736	320.00–332.00	325.71
51	850–900	858	315.00	315.00
17	900–950	934	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	688	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	783	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	776	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	521	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	610	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	400.00	400.00
6	450–500	463	382.50	382.50
2	500–550	528	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	735	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	381.00	381.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	347.50	347.50
2	450–500	460	310.00	310.00
5	800–850	843	207.50	207.50
3	1050–1100	1,055	202.50	202.50

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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