Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 437, Dairy Steers 28, Heifers 468, Bulls 41)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $420.02/cwt on 85 head, down $7.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 9 comparable sales and sits +24.82 against this barn's trailing median of $395.19.

Average price

$420.02

▼ 7.60 vs prior sale

85 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,278

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

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

$32.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.75

vs VA average

−8.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	427.60	2,343	63
Medium and Large 1	528	398.45	2,104	21
Medium and Large 2	505	395.00	1,995	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.60/cwt here — about $348 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.62, low $356.06, median $395.19 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 sale85 hd

420.02

—

VA average8 barns · 520 hd

423.76

−3.75

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

−8.34

This barn, trailing median9 sales

395.19

+24.82

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

71 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,085	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	721	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,866	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,822	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	648	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,424	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	467	469.78/cwt	457.50–475.00	2,194	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	543	426.59/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,316	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,232	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,025	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	481.46/cwt	457.50–490.00	2,691	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	515	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	679	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,410	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,219	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	838	340.65/cwt	335.50–343.00	2,855	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	650–700	694	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,117	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	481	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,864	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	384	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,565	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,379	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	417	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,824	3
Steers	Small 1	700–750	705	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,304	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	650	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,918	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	400–450	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	364.33/cwt	332.50–375.00	2,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	656	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,230	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,006	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,093	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,275	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,182	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2	900–950	948	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,616	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,295	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	494.97/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,366	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,718	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	1,745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	750–800	781	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,675	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,607	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	528.37/cwt	521.00–530.00	2,045	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,233	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,317	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	398.45/cwt	391.00–410.00	2,104	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	490	481.92/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,361	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	556	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,391	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	551	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,356	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,045	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	677	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,691	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,068	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,525	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	348	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,251	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	466.67/cwt	462.50–472.50	2,651	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	474	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,216	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	759	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,505	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	952	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,570	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	353	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,021	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,854	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	341.98/cwt	300.00–350.00	2,541	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,944	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	657	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,332	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	410	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,183	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	860	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,485	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	759	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,755	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	745	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,719	65

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 Apr 9, 2026

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

Receipts 974Last week 600Year ago 853

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 437, Dairy Steers 28, Heifers 468, Bulls 41)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	305	500.00	500.00
10	350–400	370	501.00	501.00
29	400–450	439	475.00	475.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	417	437.50	437.50
1	450–500	485	362.50	362.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	492.50	492.50
45	450–500	467	457.50–475.00	469.78
34	500–550	543	425.00–430.00	426.59
15	550–600	556	430.00	430.00
44	600–650	648	374.00	374.00
14	650–700	657	355.00	355.00
61	750–800	759	330.00	330.00
10	850–900	860	289.00	289.00
6	950–1000	952	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	368	505.00	505.00
11	450–500	450	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	505	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	625	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	694	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	656	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	490.00	490.00
13	400–450	435	470.00	470.00
6	450–500	475	470.00	470.00
21	500–550	528	391.00–410.00	398.45
18	600–650	613	378.00	378.00
2	650–700	675	340.00	340.00
2	750–800	758	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	474	467.50	467.50
14	550–600	551	427.50	427.50
65	700–750	745	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	572.50	572.50
11	400–450	410	532.50	532.50
24	450–500	490	470.00–485.00	481.92
27	550–600	559	457.50–490.00	481.46
25	600–650	627	450.00	450.00
17	700–750	721	397.50	397.50
53	750–800	759	363.00	363.00
96	800–850	838	335.50–343.00	340.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	500.00	500.00
3	450–500	480	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	435.00	435.00
5	650–700	679	355.00	355.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	650	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	705	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	392.50	392.50
38	650–700	677	397.50	397.50
4	1000–1050	1,006	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	521.00	521.00
5	350–400	387	521.00–530.00	528.37
3	400–450	445	502.50	502.50
28	450–500	478	485.00–505.00	494.97
16	500–550	549	495.00	495.00
20	550–600	568	462.50–472.50	466.67
1	600–650	635	415.00	415.00
6	700–750	743	300.00–350.00	341.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	781	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	341	570.00	570.00
22	400–450	402	560.00	560.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	450.00	450.00
4	550–600	563	332.50–375.00	364.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	407.50	407.50
4	450–500	481	387.50	387.50
2	600–650	610	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	357	450.00	450.00
7	400–450	440	470.00	470.00
3	550–600	578	377.50	377.50
4	650–700	650	350.00	350.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	900–950	948	276.00	276.00

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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