Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Resending with additional 600 and 700 lbs Steers*

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 573, Heifers 233, Bulls 14)

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 $160.98/cwt on 573 head.

Average price

$160.98

573 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$381

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

$45.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.73

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	706	164.37	1,161	349
Medium and Large 1	637	161.26	1,028	166
Medium and Large 2	551	150.66	830	38
Small 1	655	119.14	780	20

One grade step is worth $45.23/cwt here — about $381 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 sale573 hd

160.98

—

VA average10 barns · 2,836 hd

160.25

+0.73

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

81 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 2	—	715	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	785	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,107	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	457	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	896	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,120	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,613	10
Steers	Small 1	—	592	135.95/cwt	120.00–144.00	805	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,082	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	137.12/cwt	130.00–144.00	775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,110	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	167	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	279	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	990	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	695	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,112	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	518	155.54/cwt	150.00–160.00	806	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,008	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	828	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,366	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	584	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,057	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	617	145.05/cwt	135.00–146.00	895	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	530	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	668	1
Steers	Small 1	—	350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	751	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,277	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	344	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	667	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	585	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,012	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	933	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,437	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	522	192.17/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,003	35
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	647	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	802	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	458	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	722	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,292	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,033	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	615	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	712	161.51/cwt	102.50–170.00	1,150	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,010	131.89/cwt	131.50–134.00	1,332	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	162.11/cwt	150.00–169.00	1,028	31
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	805	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	751	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	638	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	422	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	130.76/cwt	123.00–139.00	564	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	798	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	383	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	498	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	656	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	921	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,207	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	823	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	771	139.21/cwt	136.00–145.50	1,073	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	646	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	859	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	559	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	906	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	463	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	439	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	615	6
Steers	Small 1	—	790	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	1,070	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,252	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	702	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	983	20
Heifers	Small 1	—	325	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	317	1
Steers	Small 1	—	695	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	799	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	561	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	934	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,000	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,070	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	468	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	697	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	490	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	183.52/cwt	156.00–186.50	837	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	177.59/cwt	130.00–180.00	991	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	654	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	955	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	584	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	875	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	939	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	705	2
Steers	Small 1	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	178.53/cwt	176.00–181.00	668	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	153.03/cwt	117.50–155.00	975	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	934	95.00/cwt	92.50–102.50	887	4

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 13, 2022

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

Receipts 820Last week 76Year ago 683

*Resending with additional 600 and 700 lbs Steers*

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 573, Heifers 233, Bulls 14)

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	102.50	102.50
2	—	565	130.00–144.00	137.12
1	—	650	130.00	130.00
6	—	368	167.00	167.00
1	—	615	117.50	117.50
12	—	414	193.00	193.00
4	—	934	92.50–102.50	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	141.00	141.00
1	—	990	100.00	100.00
1	—	530	126.00	126.00
1	—	615	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	457	196.00	196.00
43	—	723	153.50	153.50
18	—	167	167.00	167.00
4	—	663	152.00	152.00
47	—	828	165.00	165.00
24	—	751	170.00	170.00
7	—	344	194.00	194.00
41	—	933	154.00	154.00
35	—	522	190.00–193.00	192.17
18	—	590	175.00	175.00
33	—	1,010	131.50–134.00	131.89
31	—	634	150.00–169.00	162.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,120	144.00	144.00
4	—	695	160.00	160.00
11	—	518	150.00–160.00	155.54
11	—	584	181.00	181.00
24	—	617	135.00–146.00	145.05
41	—	712	102.50–170.00	161.51
1	—	490	146.00	146.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	592	120.00–144.00	135.95
1	—	350	130.00	130.00
1	—	790	97.50	97.50
1	—	695	95.00	95.00
1	—	600	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	656	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	748	130.00	130.00
11	—	456	156.00–186.50	183.52
22	—	558	130.00–180.00	177.59
2	—	653	108.00	108.00
8	—	374	176.00–181.00	178.53
19	—	637	117.50–155.00	153.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	585	173.00	173.00
13	—	722	179.00	179.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	647	124.00	124.00
3	—	805	97.50	97.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	108.00	108.00
4	—	575	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	107.50	107.50
16	—	545	146.50	146.50
11	—	445	140.00	140.00
5	—	648	127.00	127.00
1	—	845	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	112.00	112.00
2	—	375	112.50	112.50
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
7	—	338	130.00	130.00
1	—	430	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	431	123.00–139.00	130.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	383	130.00	130.00
35	—	771	136.00–145.50	139.21
20	—	702	140.00	140.00
16	—	561	166.50	166.50
12	—	468	149.00	149.00
11	—	600	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	656	86.00	86.00
3	—	463	89.00	89.00
1	—	325	97.50	97.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	921	131.00	131.00
1	—	1,070	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	646	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	559	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	107.00	107.00
23	—	654	146.00	146.00
18	—	584	149.75	149.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	140.00	140.00
1	—	480	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	142.00	142.00
7	—	466	137.00	137.00
1	—	680	137.50	137.50

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