Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 169, Heifers 138, Dairy Heifers 8, Bulls 21)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $418.03/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −59.93 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$418.03

50 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$13.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.77

vs VA average

−48.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	578	425.35	2,459	22
Medium and Large 2	596	412.50	2,459	7thin
Medium and Large 1	574	412.20	2,368	21

One grade step is worth $13.15/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $521.53, low $392.83, median $477.95 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale50 hd

418.03

—

VA average6 barns · 174 hd

416.26

+1.77

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−48.30

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

−59.93

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

49 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	500–550	528	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,218	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,231	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,996	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,474	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,102	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,774	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	596	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,459	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	302	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	463	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,921	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,189	8
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	900–950	945	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,339	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	450–500	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	1100–1150	1,145	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,100	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	548	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,326	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	914	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,907	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	755	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,529	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	365.43/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,309	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	750–800	788	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,029	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,067	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	493	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,972	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,739	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	415.03/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,436	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	637	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,771	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	381	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,486	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	497	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,336	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	400	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	857	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,768	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	785	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	383.08/cwt	369.00–395.00	2,180	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	649	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,158	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,293	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,131	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,953	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,002	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,474	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	727	397.29/cwt	396.00–402.00	2,888	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1100–1150	1,100	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	417.48/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,384	15

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 Jan 8, 2026

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

Receipts 336Last week 415Year ago 250

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 169, Heifers 138, Dairy Heifers 8, Bulls 21)

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	450–500	455	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	528	420.00	420.00
4	600–650	646	320.00	320.00
8	800–850	820	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	470	355.00–395.00	365.43
1	800–850	810	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	485	460.00	460.00
9	550–600	587	405.00–420.00	415.03
7	650–700	691	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	596	412.50	412.50
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	365.00	365.00
2	900–950	945	247.50	247.50
1	1100–1150	1,145	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	583	399.00	399.00
32	700–750	727	396.00–402.00	397.29
1	750–800	755	335.00	335.00
6	850–900	857	323.00	323.00
12	900–950	914	318.00	318.00
1	1100–1150	1,100	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	497	470.00	470.00
13	550–600	572	432.50	432.50
30	600–650	637	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	440.00	440.00
15	550–600	571	405.00–435.00	417.48
2	600–650	633	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	432	402.50	402.50
13	500–550	513	389.00	389.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	452	392.50	392.50
2	650–700	683	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	302	270.00	270.00
3	350–400	360	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	548	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	400	412.50	412.50
2	450–500	493	400.00	400.00
39	550–600	569	369.00–395.00	383.08
20	600–650	649	332.50	332.50
8	700–750	700	327.50	327.50
2	750–800	785	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	367.50	367.50
4	500–550	534	399.00	399.00
8	550–600	564	355.00	355.00
8	600–650	601	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	830	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	305.00	305.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	788	257.50	257.50

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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