Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 419, Dairy Steers 66, Heifers 141, Bulls 9)

Value Added and some Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.44/cwt on 135 head, down $33.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −21.51 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$456.44

▼ 33.04 vs prior sale

135 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$44.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.46

vs VA average

−3.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	469.68	2,526	43
Medium and Large 1	561	450.53	2,528	91
Medium and Large 2	580	425.00	2,465	1thin

One grade step is worth $44.68/cwt here — about $61 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 sale135 hd

456.44

—

VA average3 barns · 173 hd

448.98

+7.46

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

−3.04

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−21.51

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

58 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,132	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	629	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,667	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	654	428.59/cwt	412.50–434.50	2,803	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	634	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,267	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	732	362.85/cwt	352.00–371.00	2,656	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,504	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	580	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,028	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,186	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	447	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,079	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	535	467.22/cwt	463.00–475.00	2,500	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,754	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	772	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	340.17/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,782	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	662	420.77/cwt	400.00–422.50	2,785	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	856	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,919	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,340	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	468	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,410	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	373	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	498	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	426	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,224	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	554	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,576	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	661	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,505	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	484	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,178	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	774	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,477	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	544	449.32/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,444	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	647	419.74/cwt	355.00–422.50	2,716	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	532	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,155	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	435	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	532	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,168	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	405.44/cwt	385.00–445.00	1,845	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	724	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,701	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	398	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	973	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,114	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	580	446.29/cwt	382.50–451.00	2,588	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	511	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,177	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	571	389.74/cwt	350.00–397.00	2,225	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,604	9
Steers	Small 1Value Added	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,227	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,006	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	463.02/cwt	462.50–472.50	2,505	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,573	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	950–1000	955	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,483	17
Dairy Steers	Large 2	1000–1050	1,000	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,850	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2	1050–1100	1,050	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,441	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	1100–1150	1,123	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,201	45

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 Jul 9, 2026

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

Receipts 635Last week 351Year ago 352

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 419, Dairy Steers 66, Heifers 141, Bulls 9)

Value Added and some Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	510	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	561	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	445	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	590	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	629	424.00	424.00
71	650–700	654	412.50–434.50	428.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	511	490.00	490.00
4	600–650	624	375.00	375.00
17	650–700	675	408.00	408.00
16	700–750	732	352.00–371.00	362.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	468	515.00	515.00
1	550–600	580	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	505.00	505.00
1	450–500	465	385.00	385.00
3	750–800	772	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	525.00	525.00
23	500–550	535	463.00–475.00	467.22
14	550–600	554	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	510.00	510.00
7	400–450	426	522.00	522.00
8	450–500	498	505.00	505.00
28	500–550	544	430.00–450.00	449.32
45	550–600	580	382.50–451.00	446.29
48	600–650	647	355.00–422.50	419.74
27	650–700	662	400.00–422.50	420.77
8	700–750	724	373.00	373.00
18	850–900	856	341.00	341.00
13	950–1000	973	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	515.00	515.00
18	500–550	541	462.50–472.50	463.02
9	650–700	651	400.00	400.00
1	800–850	810	325.00	325.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	634	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	422.50	422.50
3	500–550	524	320.00–350.00	340.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	447	465.00	465.00
16	500–550	532	407.50	407.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	484	450.00	450.00
10	500–550	532	405.00	405.00
19	650–700	661	379.00	379.00
5	750–800	774	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	385.00–445.00	405.44
3	550–600	590	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	600	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	655	340.00	340.00
2	700–750	735	312.50	312.50
1	900–950	910	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	511	426.00	426.00
33	550–600	571	350.00–397.00	389.74
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	950–1000	955	260.00	260.00
3	1000–1050	1,000	285.00	285.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	232.50	232.50
45	1100–1150	1,123	285.00	285.00

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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