Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 208, Dairy Steers 30, Heifers 162, Bulls 15)

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 $410.23/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −67.72 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$410.23

56 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,261

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$313

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

$73.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.55

vs VA average

−20.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	422.17	2,310	43
Medium and Large 1	561	380.44	2,133	9thin
Medium and Large 2	573	348.93	1,998	4thin

One grade step is worth $73.24/cwt here — about $313 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale56 hd

410.23

—

VA average7 barns · 158 hd

386.69

+23.55

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−20.40

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−67.72

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

51 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 1-2	900–950	935	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,010	2
Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,162	229.04/cwt	211.00–235.00	2,661	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,018	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,242	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,867	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,615	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	640	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,616	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	440	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,298	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	500	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,900	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,477	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	570	330.35/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	528	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	634	383.55/cwt	383.00–385.00	2,432	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,113	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	429	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,909	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	430	367.08/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,578	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,046	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	357.56/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,913	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	485	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,061	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	509	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,278	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	556	416.38/cwt	412.00–420.00	2,315	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	870	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,828	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	696	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,471	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	769	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,215	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	974	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,971	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	351.51/cwt	337.50–372.50	2,383	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,067	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	656	310.03/cwt	304.00–319.00	2,034	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	840	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	693	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,432	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,080	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,404	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	318.66/cwt	317.00–319.00	2,594	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	629	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,437	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	580	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	553	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,212	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	875	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,441	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,213	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	345	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	779	294.25/cwt	265.00–307.50	2,292	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,989	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,968	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,112	8

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 Dec 11, 2025

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

Receipts 415Last week 440Year ago 527

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 208, Dairy Steers 30, Heifers 162, Bulls 15)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	935	215.00	215.00
28	1150–1200	1,162	211.00–235.00	229.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	550	350.00	350.00
9	700–750	708	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	325.00	325.00
12	500–550	549	340.00	340.00
8	600–650	643	306.00	306.00
1	650–700	690	270.00	270.00
8	700–750	704	300.00	300.00
3	750–800	773	290.00	290.00
3	800–850	812	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	500	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	428	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	603	292.50	292.50
3	650–700	650	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	528	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	430	365.00–370.00	367.08
35	500–550	535	350.00–375.00	357.56
14	550–600	588	348.00	348.00
25	650–700	656	304.00–319.00	310.03
16	750–800	769	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	352.50	352.50
1	550–600	580	295.00	295.00
3	850–900	875	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	425.00	425.00
2	550–600	575	367.50	367.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	640	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	310.00–350.00	330.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	509	447.50	447.50
35	550–600	556	412.00–420.00	416.38
29	600–650	634	383.00–385.00	383.55
15	650–700	693	351.00	351.00
20	850–900	870	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	429	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	400.00	400.00
11	600–650	629	387.50	387.50
13	650–700	696	355.00	355.00
5	750–800	779	265.00–307.50	294.25
2	800–850	840	290.00	290.00
9	950–1000	974	305.00	305.00
1	1050–1100	1,080	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	290.00	290.00
6	550–600	569	389.00	389.00
12	650–700	678	337.50–372.50	351.51
8	700–750	749	321.00	321.00
6	800–850	814	317.00–319.00	318.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	498	415.00	415.00

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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