Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 68, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $167.92/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$167.92

68 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$31

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.25

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	467	170.00	793	4thin
Medium and Large 1	637	169.25	1,078	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	699	169.15	1,183	55
Small 1	588	140.00	824	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale68 hd

167.92

—

VA average9 barns · 1,681 hd

178.17

−10.25

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

25 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 2	—	555	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,247	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,267	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	806	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,233	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	893	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	582	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,123	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	715	164.03/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,173	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,467	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,015	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,076	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	620	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,010	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	873	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,379	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	400	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	885	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	745	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,042	3

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 16, 2023

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

Receipts 84Last week 750Year ago 1,009

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 68, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	165.00	165.00
1	—	380	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	167.50	167.50
1	—	325	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	177.50	177.50
2	—	770	162.00	162.00
1	—	485	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	806	153.00	153.00
9	—	582	193.00	193.00
23	—	715	163.00–165.00	164.03
6	—	615	175.00	175.00
3	—	873	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	165.00	165.00
1	—	550	155.00	155.00
2	—	468	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	125.00	125.00
1	—	400	145.00	145.00
1	—	745	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	195.50	195.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	225.00	225.00
5	—	676	217.00	217.00
1	—	865	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	893	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,015	164.00	164.00

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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