Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 350, Heifers 249, Bulls 19)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $413.12/cwt on 207 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −64.84 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$413.12

207 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,283

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$541

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

$112.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.47

vs VA average

−45.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	423.18	2,254	82
Medium and Large 1	566	410.49	2,324	120
Medium and Large 2	551	311.00	1,714	5thin

One grade step is worth $112.18/cwt here — about $541 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale207 hd

413.12

—

VA average10 barns · 546 hd

400.65

+12.47

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−45.02

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−64.84

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

59 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 2Natural	400–450	445	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,647	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	300–350	325	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,528	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	623	366.43/cwt	357.50–382.50	2,283	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	624	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,065	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	667	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,134	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	806	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	749	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,517	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	490	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	950–1000	970	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	716	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,334	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	561	371.83/cwt	360.00–374.00	2,086	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	623	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,975	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,699	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	485	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,043	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	540	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	350–400	375	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,763	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,216	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	553	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	688	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,580	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	376.14/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,441	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	323.35/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,076	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	348.99/cwt	320.00–367.50	1,822	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	571	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,884	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	416.58/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,404	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,010	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,006	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,139	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	693	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,172	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,152	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	416.05/cwt	372.50–418.00	2,209	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,375	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	498	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,693	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	413	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	463	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,945	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	371.90/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,488	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	376.65/cwt	315.00–382.50	1,947	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	500	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	526	443.29/cwt	437.50–445.00	2,332	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	667	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,118	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	593	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,431	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	494	379.30/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,874	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,164	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	586	400.02/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,344	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	433	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,949	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	393.31/cwt	262.50–420.00	2,088	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,871	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	718	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,441	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	780	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,633	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	424	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,611	18

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 Oct 23, 2025

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

Receipts 618Last week 631Year ago 396

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 350, Heifers 249, Bulls 19)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	595	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	470.00	470.00
15	400–450	433	450.00	450.00
47	500–550	526	437.50–445.00	443.29
14	600–650	623	357.50–382.50	366.43
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	272.50	272.50
4	500–550	540	307.50	307.50
4	600–650	623	317.00	317.00
5	700–750	716	326.00	326.00
4	800–850	806	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	385.00	385.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	500	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	553	330.00	330.00
26	650–700	688	375.00	375.00
5	700–750	718	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	435.00	435.00
11	450–500	472	425.00	425.00
24	500–550	531	372.50–418.00	416.05
72	550–600	577	405.00–420.00	416.58
13	600–650	621	382.50	382.50
18	650–700	669	370.00–375.00	371.90
1	700–750	705	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	445.00	445.00
2	450–500	463	420.00	420.00
18	550–600	586	390.00–410.00	400.02
2	650–700	693	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	531	262.50–420.00	393.31
6	550–600	593	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	435.00	435.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	370.00–380.00	376.14
3	500–550	522	320.00–367.50	348.99
3	600–650	642	310.00–330.00	323.35
2	750–800	763	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	577	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	424	380.00	380.00
59	550–600	561	360.00–374.00	371.83
19	600–650	624	331.00	331.00
8	650–700	667	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	667	320.00	320.00
44	700–750	749	336.00	336.00
8	750–800	780	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	347.50	347.50
1	500–550	535	317.50	317.50
1	600–650	625	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	302.50	302.50
1	950–1000	970	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	498	340.00	340.00
7	550–600	571	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	352.50	352.50
2	350–400	358	327.50	327.50
24	500–550	517	315.00–382.50	376.65
11	550–600	580	371.00	371.00
2	600–650	638	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	494	365.00–382.50	379.30

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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