Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 298, Dairy Steers 47, Heifers 288, Bulls 31)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $498.88/cwt on 98 head, up $22.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 9 comparable sales and sits +20.92 against this barn's trailing median of $477.95.

Average price

$498.88

▲ 22.02 vs prior sale

98 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,180

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$233.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.25

vs VA average

+25.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	528.93	2,862	47
Medium and Large 1-2	542	485.00	2,626	41
Medium and Large 2	549	427.78	2,349	9thin
Small 1	570	295.00	1,682	1thin

One grade step is worth $233.93/cwt here — about $1,180 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 sale98 hd

498.88

—

VA average8 barns · 803 hd

475.63

+23.25

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+25.18

This barn, trailing median9 sales

477.95

+20.92

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

69 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 1Natural	450–500	498	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,216	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,131	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	643	454.57/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,923	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	496.66/cwt	437.50–506.00	2,409	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	843	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,664	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	801	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,771	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	3,044	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	461.34/cwt	370.00–482.00	2,616	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,499	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	416	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,038	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	519.83/cwt	445.00–540.00	2,428	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,195	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	3,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,137	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	403.24/cwt	380.00–450.00	1,327	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	622	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	532	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,421	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	440	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,090	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	569	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,316	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	3,043	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,375	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,453	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,906	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	870	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,654	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	463	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,246	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	631	433.76/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,737	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	477.95/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,686	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,951	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,556	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,938	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,181	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,292	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	710	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,741	13
Dairy Steers	Large 2	1000–1050	1,008	258.80/cwt	254.00–273.00	2,609	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	383	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,341	19
Dairy Steers	Large 2	1150–1200	1,180	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,985	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,214	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,248	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	483	223.32/cwt	160.00–290.00	1,079	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	557	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,089	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,223	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	594	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,376	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	587	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,084	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	534	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,976	5
Steers	Small 1	550–600	570	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	513	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,309	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,063	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	915	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	430	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	492.32/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,043	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	454	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,157	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	546	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,277	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	375.25/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,383	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,408	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,283	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,120	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	888	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,957	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	372	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,997	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,582	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,936	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	757	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,922	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	472	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,313	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 May 14, 2026

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

Receipts 664Last week 974Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 298, Dairy Steers 47, Heifers 288, Bulls 31)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	498	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	380.00–450.00	403.24
38	450–500	485	437.50–506.00	496.66
4	550–600	550	387.50	387.50
7	600–650	638	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	569	407.00	407.00
11	750–800	760	312.50	312.50
12	800–850	843	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	450.00	450.00
29	450–500	454	475.00	475.00
51	500–550	546	417.00	417.00
7	550–600	574	380.00	380.00
54	600–650	635	372.50–380.00	375.25
8	650–700	669	360.00	360.00
5	850–900	870	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	160.00–290.00	223.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	557	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	534	370.00	370.00
3	550–600	587	355.00	355.00
1	900–950	915	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	451	457.50	457.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	376	515.00	515.00
9	400–450	416	480.00	480.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	567	370.00–482.00	461.34
18	600–650	643	410.00–460.00	454.57
6	800–850	801	346.00	346.00
1	1150–1200	1,195	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	515.00	515.00
24	450–500	467	445.00–540.00	519.83
28	500–550	527	577.50	577.50
5	550–600	568	450.00	450.00
11	600–650	615	495.00	495.00
4	650–700	663	370.00	370.00
4	700–750	733	345.00	345.00
1	950–1000	985	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	475.00	475.00
3	500–550	532	455.00	455.00
3	600–650	622	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	490.00	490.00
24	500–550	527	490.00	490.00
17	550–600	562	475.00–480.00	477.95
19	600–650	631	420.00–440.00	433.76
13	700–750	710	386.00	386.00
22	750–800	757	386.00	386.00
29	850–900	888	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	380	510.00	510.00
9	400–450	400	530.00	530.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	570	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	480.00	480.00
5	500–550	513	450.00	450.00
4	550–600	594	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	480.00	480.00
6	400–450	415	455.00–500.00	492.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	416	490.00	490.00
4	550–600	568	440.00	440.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	463	485.00	485.00
3	500–550	515	445.00	445.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	447.50	447.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	480.00	480.00
1	550–600	575	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	620	362.50	362.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
3	600–650	643	355.00	355.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	383	350.00	350.00
8	1000–1050	1,008	254.00–273.00	258.80
20	1150–1200	1,180	253.00	253.00

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