Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 342, Dairy Steers 43, Heifers 183, Dairy Heifers 12, Bulls 22)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $481.40/cwt on 83 head, up $3.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 9 comparable sales and sits +3.44 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$481.40

▲ 3.44 vs prior sale

83 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,070

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

$213.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.35

vs VA average

+9.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	497.22	2,672	46
Medium and Large 2-3	563	485.00	2,731	6thin
Medium and Large 2	555	479.94	2,665	17thin
Medium and Large 1	546	469.55	2,562	11thin
Small 1	565	283.33	1,602	3thin

One grade step is worth $213.89/cwt here — about $1,070 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale83 hd

481.40

—

VA average9 barns · 530 hd

459.05

+22.35

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+9.20

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

+3.44

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

67 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 1-2Natural	750–800	750	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,854	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	479	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	644	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,801	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,318	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	801	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,307	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	829	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,761	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	672	418.46/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,812	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	512	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,555	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	494	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,347	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	563	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	963	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,101	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	339.34/cwt	335.00–341.00	2,253	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,180	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	550–600	558	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	400–450	433	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	600–650	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,513	4
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	490	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,666	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	520	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,794	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	550–600	588	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	400–450	405	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	350–400	365	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	350–400	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	540	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,953	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	700–750	716	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,023	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,087	266.59/cwt	245.00–283.00	2,898	37
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1250–1300	1,250	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	3,075	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	800–850	849	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,301	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	900–950	949	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	423.69/cwt	285.00–450.00	2,038	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,272	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,684	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,087	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	415.79/cwt	370.00–440.00	1,817	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,165	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,688	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	489.93/cwt	489.00–500.00	2,254	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	625	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,509	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,288	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,078	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	504	509.71/cwt	480.00–521.00	2,569	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	755	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,778	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	759	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,668	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	672	386.76/cwt	369.00–400.00	2,599	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	915	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	800–850	830	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,768	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,929	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	507	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,408	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	432	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,004	281.75/cwt	281.00–282.00	2,829	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,094	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	579	469.54/cwt	440.00–472.50	2,719	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	485.77/cwt	472.00–496.00	2,759	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	629	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,831	24

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 12, 2026

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

Receipts 602Last week 301Year ago 1,113

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 342, Dairy Steers 43, Heifers 183, Dairy Heifers 12, Bulls 22)

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 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	629	450.00	450.00
44	750–800	750	380.50	380.50
13	800–850	830	333.50	333.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	504	480.00–521.00	509.71
24	550–600	568	472.00–496.00	485.77
10	600–650	644	435.00	435.00
21	650–700	672	410.00–430.00	418.46
16	750–800	755	368.00	368.00
33	800–850	829	333.00	333.00
19	950–1000	963	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	489	474.00	474.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	512	499.00	499.00
11	550–600	579	440.00–472.50	469.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	494	475.00	475.00
6	550–600	563	485.00	485.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	485.00	485.00
2	600–650	635	300.00	300.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	345.00	345.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	588	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	480.00	480.00
12	450–500	460	489.00–500.00	489.93
6	550–600	578	465.00	465.00
8	650–700	674	405.00	405.00
1	700–750	730	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	525.00	525.00
1	450–500	465	515.00	515.00
5	500–550	507	475.00	475.00
1	600–650	625	395.00	395.00
7	650–700	672	369.00–400.00	386.76
30	750–800	759	351.50	351.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	479	395.00	395.00
26	550–600	566	370.00	370.00
18	600–650	632	345.00	345.00
37	650–700	664	335.00–341.00	339.34
22	800–850	801	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	395.00	395.00
6	450–500	488	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	433	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	558	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	540	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	405	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	395.00	395.00
4	350–400	355	425.00	425.00
8	400–450	437	370.00–440.00	415.79
5	450–500	490	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	595	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	740	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	370.00	370.00
13	650–700	650	352.00	352.00
2	900–950	915	287.50	287.50
4	1000–1050	1,004	281.00–282.00	281.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	551	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	475.00	475.00
1	650–700	655	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	420	465.00	465.00
6	450–500	481	285.00–450.00	423.69
2	500–550	535	390.00	390.00
5	550–600	590	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	680	335.00	335.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	716	282.50	282.50
7	800–850	849	271.00	271.00
1	1250–1300	1,250	246.00	246.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	900–950	949	283.00	283.00
37	1050–1100	1,087	245.00–283.00	266.59

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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