Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 167, Dairy Steers 42, Heifers 139, Bulls 4)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

*CORRECTION -- DAIRY STEERS LOTS WERE MISLABELED AS STEERS*

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.00/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −81.95 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$396.00

14 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$28.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.24

vs VA average

+16.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	398.00	2,127	13thin
Medium and Large 2	510	370.00	1,887	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale14 hd

396.00

—

VA average7 barns · 173 hd

369.76

+26.24

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

+16.87

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−81.95

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	384.27/cwt	368.00–390.00	2,363	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,062	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	556	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,155	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	928	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	439	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,866	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	499	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,747	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	362.74/cwt	334.00–380.00	2,242	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	832	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,621	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	1050–1100	1,070	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	499	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,083	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	676	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,265	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,565	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	400–450	400	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	930	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,581	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	650–700	676	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,265	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	761	350.06/cwt	290.00–357.00	2,664	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	505	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,967	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	516	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,100	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	778	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,311	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	647	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,103	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,085	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,238	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	611	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,261	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	462	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,525	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	833	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,270	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	706	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,316	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	766	324.81/cwt	322.00–328.00	2,488	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	646	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,125	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	682	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,230	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,196	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	770	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,252	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	619	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,981	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	276.26/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,757	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	400–450	416	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,134	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	950–1000	978	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,760	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	500–550	501	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,328	14
Dairy Steers	Large 2	900–950	905	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,742	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	1150–1200	1,159	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,434	21

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 Jul 10, 2025

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

Receipts 352Last week 329Year ago 472

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 167, Dairy Steers 42, Heifers 139, Bulls 4)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

*CORRECTION -- DAIRY STEERS LOTS WERE MISLABELED AS STEERS*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	615	368.00–390.00	384.27
11	700–750	706	328.00	328.00
23	750–800	766	322.00–328.00	324.81
2	800–850	833	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	439	425.00	425.00
4	450–500	499	417.50	417.50
6	550–600	556	387.50	387.50
11	600–650	618	334.00–380.00	362.74
11	650–700	668	335.00	335.00
3	700–750	705	292.50	292.50
10	800–850	832	315.00	315.00
2	900–950	930	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	510	370.00	370.00
1	750–800	750	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	676	335.00	335.00
20	750–800	761	290.00–357.00	350.06
2	1050–1100	1,070	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	405.00	405.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	676	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	516	407.00	407.00
4	600–650	611	370.00	370.00
13	650–700	682	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	407.50	407.50
3	700–750	700	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	810	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	770	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	675	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	367.50	367.50
1	700–750	710	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	462	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	505	295.00	295.00
18	550–600	570	345.00	345.00
20	600–650	647	325.00	325.00
18	750–800	778	297.00	297.00
2	900–950	928	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	499	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	535	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	646	329.00	329.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	335.00	335.00
8	600–650	636	267.50–277.50	276.26
3	700–750	747	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	619	320.00	320.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	416	272.50	272.50
2	950–1000	978	180.00	180.00
21	1150–1200	1,159	210.00	210.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	501	265.00	265.00
1	900–950	905	192.50	192.50

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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