Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2021-03-18

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Mar 18
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
68 head
▼ 489 vs last sale 557▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 29)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

*Correction to Medium and Large 1-2 Steers 550 lbs*

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.31/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$136.31
39 head · 728 lb average
Value per head Derived
$993
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.87
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1641142.609145thin
Medium and Large 1-2733136.1299733
Medium and Large 21,020111.001,1321thin
One grade step is worth $31.60/cwt here — about −$218 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 sale39 hd
136.31
—
VA average12 barns · 3,008 hd
147.18
−10.87
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

18 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—495126.00/cwt126.00–126.006242
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570120.50/cwt120.50–120.506874
SteersMedium and Large 1—645141.00/cwt141.00–141.009093
HeifersSmall 1—590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005901
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—660118.00/cwt118.00–118.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—713115.00/cwt115.00–115.008202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—763129.50/cwt129.50–129.509889
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural—593147.00/cwt147.00–147.008722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural—699136.00/cwt136.00–136.0095110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325136.00/cwt136.00–136.004421
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—1,020111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1321
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—603108.00/cwt108.00–108.006512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—467132.00/cwt132.00–132.006163
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—566121.00/cwt121.00–121.006855
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—635145.00/cwt145.00–145.009212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—832132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,1029
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—633117.50/cwt117.50–117.507448
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—550160.00/cwt160.00–160.008803

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.