Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Heifers 203, Bulls 11)

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 $376.72/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −101.24 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$376.72

26 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$532

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

$69.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.61

vs VA average

−48.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	572	385.17	2,203	22
Medium and Large 2	525	375.00	1,969	1thin
Medium and Large 1	530	315.31	1,671	3thin

One grade step is worth $69.86/cwt here — about $532 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 sale26 hd

376.72

—

VA average7 barns · 306 hd

385.33

−8.61

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−48.15

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−101.24

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

52 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 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	385.17/cwt	380.00–391.00	2,203	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,270	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	657	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,119	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,597	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	400–450	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,060	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	688	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,202	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	631	369.29/cwt	325.00–378.00	2,330	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	781	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,499	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,174	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	600	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	578	283.08/cwt	240.00–292.00	1,636	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	450–500	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	7
Steers	Small 1	600–650	605	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,361	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	450	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	718	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,070	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	450	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,046	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	643	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,929	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,280	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,978	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	315.10/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,297	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	764	308.64/cwt	228.00–316.50	2,358	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	864	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,804	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	790	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,291	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	890	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,679	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	496	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,550	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	875	265.26/cwt	250.00–277.50	2,321	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	973	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,287	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	744	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,120	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,693	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	299.14/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,846	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,903	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	414.05/cwt	412.50–416.00	1,958	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	340.48/cwt	310.00–347.50	2,240	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	302.56/cwt	285.00–310.00	2,006	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	498	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,017	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,858	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,257	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,371	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	315.31/cwt	275.00–402.00	1,671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	388.78/cwt	380.00–391.00	1,598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	666	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,378	10

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 Nov 13, 2025

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

Receipts 440Last week 618Year ago 826

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Heifers 203, Bulls 11)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	572	380.00–391.00	385.17
36	600–650	631	325.00–378.00	369.29
8	650–700	688	320.00	320.00
5	700–750	705	322.00	322.00
30	750–800	781	320.00	320.00
15	850–900	890	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	490	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	525	375.00	375.00
2	650–700	670	307.50	307.50
1	800–850	805	270.00	270.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	605	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	405.00	405.00
2	600–650	643	300.00	300.00
10	650–700	666	357.00	357.00
1	750–800	790	290.00	290.00
42	850–900	864	324.50	324.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	395.00	395.00
5	400–450	411	380.00–391.00	388.78
11	450–500	473	412.50–416.00	414.05
3	500–550	530	275.00–402.00	315.31
11	650–700	658	310.00–347.50	340.48
1	700–750	740	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	496	312.50	312.50
18	550–600	575	331.00	331.00
12	600–650	617	297.50–300.00	299.14
32	650–700	657	322.50	322.50
45	750–800	764	228.00–316.50	308.64
18	850–900	875	250.00–277.50	265.26
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	232.50	232.50
1	600–650	600	245.00	245.00
2	700–750	718	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	303.00	303.00
3	450–500	478	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	628	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	578	240.00–292.00	283.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	403	317.50	317.50
16	450–500	470	320.00	320.00
11	500–550	546	310.00	310.00
4	700–750	701	265.00	265.00
1	750–800	770	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
7	650–700	663	285.00–310.00	302.56
4	700–750	744	285.00	285.00
3	950–1000	973	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	528	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	510	310.00–320.00	315.10
2	600–650	623	317.50	317.50

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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