Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 179, Heifers 118, Bulls 4)

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 $477.95/cwt on 44 head, up $59.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 9 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$477.95

▲ 59.93 vs prior sale

44 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$48.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.47

vs VA average

−0.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	498.18	2,657	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	475.00	2,664	28
Medium and Large 1	574	450.00	2,583	5thin

One grade step is worth $48.18/cwt here — about $74 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale44 hd

477.95

—

VA average5 barns · 108 hd

456.49

+21.47

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−0.44

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

+0.00

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

37 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	400–450	418	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,818	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,062	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	692	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,865	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	660	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,620	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	951	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,487	4
Steers	Small 1Value Added	450–500	498	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	408	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,812	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,201	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	561	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,749	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	404	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,020	8
Steers	Small 1	600–650	620	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,938	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	513	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,616	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	882	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,972	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	408.46/cwt	397.00–423.00	2,573	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,716	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,732	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	786	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,759	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	503	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,823	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	416.14/cwt	395.00–432.50	2,368	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	604	457.15/cwt	430.00–461.00	2,761	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	771	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,675	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	763	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,800	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	900	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	490	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,117	11

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 Feb 12, 2026

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

Receipts 301Last week 336Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 179, Heifers 118, Bulls 4)

Value Added 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
4	400–450	418	435.00	435.00
4	500–550	539	382.50	382.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	660	397.00	397.00
14	750–800	771	347.00	347.00
1	900–950	900	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	408	444.00	444.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	437.50	437.50
2	550–600	568	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	490	432.00	432.00
27	550–600	569	395.00–432.50	416.14
22	600–650	630	397.00–423.00	408.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	692	414.00	414.00
10	750–800	763	367.00	367.00
7	950–1000	951	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	495	502.50	502.50
5	550–600	574	450.00	450.00
3	600–650	617	428.00	428.00
2	700–750	748	335.00	335.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	495.00	495.00
1	500–550	545	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	404	500.00	500.00
6	500–550	513	510.00	510.00
4	550–600	561	490.00	490.00
8	600–650	604	430.00–461.00	457.15
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	503	500.00	500.00
20	550–600	584	465.00	465.00
6	600–650	618	442.00	442.00
11	650–700	669	422.00	422.00
3	700–750	700	402.00	402.00
10	750–800	786	351.00	351.00
33	850–900	882	337.00	337.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	465.00	465.00
2	550–600	565	390.00	390.00
1	700–750	700	320.00	320.00

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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