Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 102, Heifers 36, Bulls 3)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.23/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$137.23

101 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$48.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.53

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	524	140.00	734	5thin
Medium and Large 1	629	139.58	878	85
Medium and Large 1-2	759	127.50	968	8thin
Small 1	550	92.00	506	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.00/cwt here — about $228 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 sale101 hd

137.23

—

VA average11 barns · 2,582 hd

134.71

+2.53

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

30 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 1	—	420	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	538	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	820	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	135.36/cwt	125.00–142.00	835	15
Heifers	Small 1	—	433	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	429	3
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	550	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	506	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	675	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	473	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	715	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	543	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1Value Added	—	492	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	415	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	113.85/cwt	105.00–123.00	835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	771	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	138.54/cwt	135.00–146.50	740	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	474	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	626	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	556	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	679	136.95/cwt	132.00–139.00	930	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	973	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,099	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	637	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	935	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	630	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	726	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	748	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	759	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	968	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	529	2

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 Oct 22, 2020

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

Receipts 141Last week 674Year ago 361

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 102, Heifers 36, Bulls 3)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	142.00	142.00
1	—	635	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	95.00	95.00
5	—	434	131.00	131.00
5	—	566	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	99.00	99.00
1	—	675	70.00	70.00
1	—	715	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	492	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	474	132.00	132.00
5	—	556	123.00	123.00
3	—	630	112.00	112.00
4	—	726	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	538	152.50	152.50
1	—	415	152.00	152.00
7	—	679	132.00–139.00	136.95
9	—	973	113.00	113.00
10	—	637	146.75	146.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	617	125.00–142.00	135.36
1	—	850	93.00	93.00
4	—	733	105.00–123.00	113.85
10	—	485	159.00	159.00
10	—	534	135.00–146.50	138.54
12	—	560	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	550	92.00	92.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	142.50	142.50
1	—	780	117.00	117.00
2	—	355	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	759	127.50	127.50

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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