Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 175, Holstein Steers 16, Heifers 103, Bulls 4)

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 $358.13/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −119.82 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$358.13

16 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,051

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$28.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.19

vs VA average

−29.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	550	377.50	2,076	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	590	357.50	2,109	7thin
Medium and Large 1	564	349.18	1,970	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.32/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale16 hd

358.13

—

VA average7 barns · 215 hd

366.32

−8.19

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−29.36

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−119.82

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

42 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
Dairy Steers	Large 2	650–700	658	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,652	16
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	830	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,076	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	721	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,893	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	569	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,844	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,349	2
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	325	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	585	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,000	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	771	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,282	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,792	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,990	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,109	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,271	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,025	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,178	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	680	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,210	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	649	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,129	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	683	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,233	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	473	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,745	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	836	317.25/cwt	317.25–317.25	2,652	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,140	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,915	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,838	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	321.42/cwt	321.00–322.00	2,035	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	341.02/cwt	315.00–382.50	1,964	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	342.00/cwt	330.00–346.00	2,490	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	488	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	831	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,651	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	744	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,582	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,654	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	820	289.10/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,371	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 Aug 14, 2025

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

Receipts 298Last week 352Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 175, Holstein Steers 16, Heifers 103, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	658	251.00	251.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	410.00	410.00
3	550–600	550	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	471	422.50	422.50
7	550–600	590	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	420.00	420.00
6	600–650	618	367.50	367.50
5	800–850	831	319.00	319.00
48	1000–1050	1,025	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	680	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	744	347.00	347.00
60	800–850	836	317.25	317.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	505	390.00	390.00
5	550–600	576	315.00–382.50	341.02
13	700–750	728	330.00–346.00	342.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	417.50	417.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	370.00	370.00
7	400–450	424	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	510	327.50	327.50
3	550–600	560	325.00	325.00
7	600–650	633	321.00–322.00	321.42
2	700–750	743	288.00	288.00
1	800–850	800	270.00	270.00
1	950–1000	950	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	721	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	569	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	585	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	543	330.00	330.00
1	900–950	945	170.00	170.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	369.00	369.00
12	550–600	570	336.00	336.00
15	650–700	683	327.00	327.00
6	750–800	771	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	649	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	547	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	820	285.00–305.00	289.10

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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