Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 320, Heifers 157, Bulls 5)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.51/cwt on 319 head.

Average price

$134.51

319 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$184

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small 1

$39.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.24

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	450	152.50	686	5thin
Medium and Large 2	519	139.00	721	21
Medium and Large 1-2	722	135.83	980	167
Medium and Large 1	765	132.04	1,010	114
Medium and Large 3	610	126.40	771	10thin
Small 1	770	113.00	870	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.50/cwt here — about −$184 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale319 hd

134.51

—

VA average9 barns · 1,631 hd

140.75

−6.24

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

47 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	—	849	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,080	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	606	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	891	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	447	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	639	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	529	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	799	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	922	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,129	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	907	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	923	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	923	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	703	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	116.03/cwt	114.00–118.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	534	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	734	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	481	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	654	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	747	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	840	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	626	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	506	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	643	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	395	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	703	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	725	6
Steers	Small 1	—	770	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,090	107.00/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	769	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	982	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	567	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	748	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	808	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	933	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	603	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	772	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	865	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	453	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	661	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	564	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	780	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	896	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	631	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	915	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	450	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	752	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	464	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	763	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	523	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	766	6

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 Jun 11, 2020

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

Receipts 482Last week 0Year ago 357

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 320, Heifers 157, Bulls 5)

Value Added and Natural 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
59	—	849	127.25	127.25
47	—	769	127.75	127.75
15	—	718	130.00	130.00
8	—	631	145.00	145.00
6	—	470	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	606	147.00	147.00
56	—	922	122.50	122.50
2	—	1,090	106.00–108.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	833	116.00	116.00
5	—	762	119.00	119.00
3	—	518	144.50	144.50
23	—	556	145.25	145.25
8	—	642	139.50	139.50
6	—	459	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	447	143.00	143.00
6	—	523	146.50	146.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	529	151.00	151.00
20	—	464	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	533	136.00	136.00
1	—	790	108.00	108.00
1	—	690	118.00	118.00
1	—	395	140.00	140.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	567	132.00	132.00
2	—	780	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	450	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	110.00	110.00
2	—	703	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	117.00	117.00
2	—	428	129.00	129.00
2	—	615	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	100.00	100.00
2	—	865	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	112.00	112.00
8	—	534	137.50	137.50
38	—	747	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	114.00–118.00	116.03
3	—	727	109.00	109.00
10	—	474	132.00	132.00
22	—	542	129.75	129.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	481	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	506	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	395	135.50	135.50
29	—	453	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	564	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	603	128.00	128.00
1	—	660	115.00	115.00

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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