Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Cattle (Steers 380, Heifers 195, Bulls 25)

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 $521.53/cwt on 112 head, up $40.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 9 comparable sales and sits +43.58 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$521.53

▲ 40.14 vs prior sale

112 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$378

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

$108.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+37.34

vs VA average

+38.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	534.75	2,775	62
Medium and Large 1-2	550	510.15	2,807	47
Medium and Large 2	562	426.67	2,396	3thin

One grade step is worth $108.08/cwt here — about $378 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 sale112 hd

521.53

—

VA average9 barns · 404 hd

484.19

+37.34

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

+38.35

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

+43.58

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

50 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 1-2Value Added	450–500	495	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,079	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	473	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	579	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,837	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	354	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,142	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	603	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,291	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	533	430.67/cwt	428.00–435.00	2,295	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	602	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,528	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,145	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	331.58/cwt	329.00–332.50	2,245	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	733	400.99/cwt	392.50–405.00	2,939	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	555	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,331	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,872	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	759	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	497.73/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,738	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	637	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,930	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	590	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	351.78/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,568	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,054	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	432	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,061	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	480.85/cwt	435.00–505.00	1,837	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	468.21/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,308	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,343	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,675	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	373	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	1,843	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	760	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,093	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	632	453.83/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,868	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,304	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	437	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,436	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	552	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,374	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,107	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	498	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	732	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,401	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	697	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,910	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	451.68/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,791	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	413	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	526.43/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,774	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	435	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,262	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	823	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	390.14/cwt	350.00–411.00	2,415	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	570	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	486	552.76/cwt	545.00–557.50	2,686	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	507	552.42/cwt	510.00–555.00	2,801	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	689	415.26/cwt	405.00–422.50	2,861	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Steers	Large 1Value Added	650–700	690	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,208	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 Apr 2, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle (Steers 380, Heifers 195, Bulls 25)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	420.00	420.00
10	550–600	555	420.00	420.00
12	600–650	619	350.00–411.00	390.14
38	650–700	677	329.00–332.50	331.58
3	700–750	732	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	445.00	445.00
25	500–550	533	428.00–435.00	430.67
63	600–650	602	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	423	442.50	442.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	373	494.00	494.00
13	400–450	432	477.00	477.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	435.00–505.00	480.85
2	400–450	408	480.00	480.00
4	450–500	465	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	760	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	579	490.00	490.00
38	600–650	637	460.00	460.00
32	650–700	697	417.50	417.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	354	605.00	605.00
6	400–450	413	617.50	617.50
26	500–550	527	520.00–530.00	526.43
21	600–650	618	450.00–455.00	451.68
31	700–750	733	392.50–405.00	400.99
3	800–850	823	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	437	557.50	557.50
13	450–500	486	545.00–557.50	552.76
37	500–550	507	510.00–555.00	552.42
11	550–600	550	495.00–500.00	497.73
65	600–650	632	410.00–460.00	453.83
20	650–700	689	405.00–422.50	415.26
6	700–750	730	335.00–355.00	351.78
4	750–800	759	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	590	472.50	472.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	440	532.50	532.50
10	500–550	500	535.00	535.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	520.00	520.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	570	440.00	440.00
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	490.00	490.00
3	550–600	552	430.00	430.00
4	600–650	603	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	495.00	495.00
6	450–500	493	465.00–485.00	468.21
3	600–650	647	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	715	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	475.00	475.00
1	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	810	260.00	260.00

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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