Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 328, Heifers 211, Bulls 18)

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 $137.90/cwt on 324 head.

Average price

$137.90

324 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$72.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.07

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	497	163.19	811	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	737	138.85	1,024	171
Medium and Large 1	735	136.65	1,004	141
Small 1	701	90.63	635	4thin

One grade step is worth $72.56/cwt here — about $176 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 sale324 hd

137.90

—

VA average10 barns · 2,586 hd

146.96

−9.07

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

55 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	—	485	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	683	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	854	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	590	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	762	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	711	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	959	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	475	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	863	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	760	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	589	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	914	12
Heifers	Small 1	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	628	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	440	2
Steers	Small 1	—	763	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	572	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	883	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,068	39
Steers	Small 1	—	515	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	709	140.60/cwt	140.50–141.00	997	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	380	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	856	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	822	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	544	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	729	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	716	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	812	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,047	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	669	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	729	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	962	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	137.49/cwt	137.00–138.00	876	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	400	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	593	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	484	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	675	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	454	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	790	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	360	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	446	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	540	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	783	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	830	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	467	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	665	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	543	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	885	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	153.62/cwt	153.00–156.00	968	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	122.65/cwt	121.00–126.00	822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	803	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	784	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	964	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	498	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	896	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	745	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	786	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	917	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,041	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	728	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,019	10

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 Mar 11, 2021

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

Receipts 557Last week 348Year ago 679

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 328, Heifers 211, Bulls 18)

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	—	485	132.50	132.50
3	—	683	125.00	125.00
4	—	590	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	587	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	133.00	133.00
3	—	670	121.00–126.00	122.65
1	—	460	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	693	110.00	110.00
7	—	543	131.00	131.00
4	—	455	133.00	133.00
18	—	644	122.00	122.00
4	—	715	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	115.00	115.00
2	—	760	85.00	85.00
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
2	—	628	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	856	96.00	96.00
22	—	544	134.00	134.00
9	—	669	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	962	81.00	81.00
5	—	587	127.00	127.00
36	—	783	106.00	106.00
9	—	467	142.50	142.50
30	—	637	126.00	126.00
11	—	680	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	400	148.25	148.25
12	—	484	139.50	139.50
5	—	360	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	135.00	135.00
5	—	439	134.00	134.00
1	—	650	107.00	107.00
4	—	549	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	738	130.00	130.00
2	—	523	165.00	165.00
1	—	995	70.00	70.00
2	—	493	164.00	164.00
6	—	637	137.00–138.00	137.49
1	—	385	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	589	155.25	155.25
49	—	709	140.50–141.00	140.60
1	—	380	150.00	150.00
64	—	812	129.00	129.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	763	75.00	75.00
1	—	515	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	883	121.00	121.00
15	—	543	163.00	163.00
47	—	630	153.00–156.00	153.62
16	—	784	123.00	123.00
15	—	498	180.00	180.00
29	—	917	113.50	113.50
10	—	728	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	136.00	136.00
2	—	485	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	454	174.00	174.00
1	—	540	137.50	137.50

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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