Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 598, Heifers 324, 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 $176.73/cwt on 598 head.

Average price

$176.73

598 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,139

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$362

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$80.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.54

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	617	180.09	1,112	198
Medium and Large 1-2	662	178.51	1,182	368
Medium and Large 2	564	162.43	917	7thin
Small 1	590	129.06	762	19thin
Medium and Large 2-3	709	129.00	915	5thin
Medium and Large 3	750	100.00	750	1thin

One grade step is worth $80.09/cwt here — about $362 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 sale598 hd

176.73

—

VA average10 barns · 2,782 hd

171.19

+5.54

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

73 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	—	648	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	351	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	502	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	434	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,137	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	813	171.32/cwt	156.00–175.00	1,393	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	929	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,394	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	480	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,012	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	759	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,268	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	191.35/cwt	169.00–194.00	1,106	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	203.25/cwt	200.00–205.00	955	15
Heifers	Small 1	—	560	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	177.35/cwt	159.00–180.00	1,259	82
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	632	172.76/cwt	159.00–182.00	1,092	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	913	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,196	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	685	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	993	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	176.83/cwt	121.00–191.00	820	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	168.49/cwt	167.50–169.00	1,117	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	792	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	899	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,344	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	365	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	193.83/cwt	186.00–199.00	1,020	30
Heifers	Small 1	—	618	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	709	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	915	5
Steers	Small 1	—	390	144.56/cwt	140.00–149.00	564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	164.79/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,079	24
Steers	Small 1	—	655	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	832	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	190.54/cwt	161.00–197.00	1,080	66
Steers	Small 1	—	750	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,123	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	825	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,172	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	854	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	579	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	929	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	132.60/cwt	110.00–135.00	622	11
Heifers	Small 1	—	488	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	415	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	887	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	651	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	385	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	152.36/cwt	149.00–157.00	841	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	860	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,101	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	965	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	480	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	606	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	785	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,083	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	885	141.97/cwt	140.50–142.50	1,256	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	513	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	544	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	607	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	880	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	645	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,180	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	151.44/cwt	145.00–155.00	937	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	929	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	498	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	777	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	452	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	701	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	542	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	881	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,049	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	927	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,036	24
Steers	Small 1	—	835	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	953	5
Steers	Small 1	—	548	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	701	3
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	510	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	719	5
Steers	Small 1	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1

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 Dec 8, 2022

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

Receipts 936Last week 1,036Year ago 577

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 598, Heifers 324, Bulls 14)

Value Added and Natural 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
2	—	648	137.00	137.00
3	—	417	140.00	140.00
4	—	351	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	434	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	127.00	127.00
1	—	530	155.50	155.50
11	—	462	141.00	141.00
19	—	552	149.00–157.00	152.36
1	—	760	127.00	127.00
26	—	619	145.00–155.00	151.44
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	93.00	93.00
2	—	618	100.00	100.00
2	—	488	85.00	85.00
1	—	375	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	549	155.50	155.50
7	—	657	135.00	135.00
18	—	430	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	542	125.00	125.00
11	—	469	110.00–135.00	132.60
2	—	648	126.00	126.00
1	—	385	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	579	160.50	160.50
6	—	498	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	119.00	119.00
1	—	860	128.00	128.00
5	—	513	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	117.00	117.00
13	—	607	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	785	138.00	138.00
41	—	885	140.50–142.50	141.97
8	—	659	141.00	141.00
10	—	452	155.00	155.00
23	—	542	162.50	162.50
41	—	560	165.50	165.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	535	212.50	212.50
37	—	813	156.00–175.00	171.32
6	—	929	150.00	150.00
10	—	578	175.00	175.00
33	—	759	167.00	167.00
15	—	470	200.00–205.00	203.25
82	—	710	159.00–180.00	177.35
64	—	632	159.00–182.00	172.76
36	—	663	167.50–169.00	168.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	195.00	195.00
16	—	578	169.00–194.00	191.35
2	—	913	131.00	131.00
1	—	685	145.00	145.00
17	—	899	149.50	149.50
1	—	365	199.00	199.00
15	—	645	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	464	121.00–191.00	176.83
1	—	925	109.00	109.00
5	—	404	196.00	196.00
30	—	526	186.00–199.00	193.83
24	—	655	160.00–165.00	164.79
66	—	567	161.00–197.00	190.54
1	—	785	143.00	143.00
13	—	744	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	709	129.00	129.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	140.00–149.00	144.56
3	—	655	127.00	127.00
4	—	750	116.00	116.00
1	—	835	99.00	99.00
3	—	548	128.00	128.00
1	—	440	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	421	196.00	196.00
13	—	617	170.00	170.00
24	—	599	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	177.00	177.00
1	—	620	130.00	130.00
5	—	574	166.00	166.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	510	141.00	141.00

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