Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 366, Heifers 131)

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 $167.70/cwt on 366 head.

Average price

$167.70

366 head · 750 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,257

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$37.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.73

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	684	169.74	1,161	84
Medium and Large 1	798	169.49	1,352	220
Small 1	718	165.17	1,186	18thin
Medium and Large 3	581	165.00	959	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	638	158.00	1,008	20
Medium and Large 2	801	132.59	1,062	8thin

One grade step is worth $37.15/cwt here — about $99 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 sale366 hd

167.70

—

VA average10 barns · 1,268 hd

170.43

−2.73

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

44 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,017	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	766	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,001	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	159.15/cwt	157.50–160.00	732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	778	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,245	20
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	650	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	975	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	735	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,161	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	819	131.53/cwt	128.00–153.00	1,077	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	718	164.81/cwt	162.50–168.00	1,183	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	940	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,532	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	686	174.49/cwt	169.00–187.00	1,197	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,066	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,019	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,539	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,001	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	565	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,040	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	475	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	646	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,124	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	552	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,021	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	168.92/cwt	168.00–169.00	1,338	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,125	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	455	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,130	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	718	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,134	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	647	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,042	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	865	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,246	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	825	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,213	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	536	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	917	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	657	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,084	15
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	759	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,343	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,050	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	578	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	798	14
Heifers	Small 1	—	510	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,122	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	581	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	959	16
Steers	Small 1	—	665	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	928	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,197	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	749	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,105	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,070	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	675	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	638	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,008	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	826	171.64/cwt	167.00–175.00	1,418	87

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 Aug 11, 2022

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

Receipts 497Last week 426Year ago 804

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 366, Heifers 131)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	142.00	142.00
4	—	678	150.00	150.00
5	—	467	164.00	164.00
5	—	550	151.00	151.00
7	—	646	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	157.50–160.00	159.15
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	122.50	122.50
1	—	510	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	113.00	113.00
13	—	647	161.00	161.00
4	—	865	144.00	144.00
8	—	825	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	718	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	536	171.00	171.00
15	—	657	165.00	165.00
5	—	928	129.00	129.00
19	—	749	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	578	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	778	160.00	160.00
7	—	735	158.00	158.00
28	—	686	169.00–187.00	174.49
17	—	625	170.50	170.50
10	—	565	184.00	184.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	650	150.00	150.00
11	—	759	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	819	128.00–153.00	131.53
1	—	675	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	718	162.50–168.00	164.81
48	—	940	163.00	163.00
2	—	475	184.00	184.00
4	—	646	174.00	174.00
8	—	552	185.00	185.00
87	—	826	167.00–175.00	171.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,019	151.00	151.00
7	—	541	185.00	185.00
12	—	792	168.00–169.00	168.92
3	—	703	160.00	160.00
5	—	645	174.00	174.00
4	—	668	173.00	173.00
5	—	588	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	581	165.00	165.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	638	158.00	158.00

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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