Rockingham Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report, Harrisonburg, VA

Harrisonburg, Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Thursday, December 10, 2020

544 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.67/cwt +1.69 vs last sale · ≈ $693/hd at 547 lb · 45 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $124.00/cwt ≈ $1,151/hd at 928 lb · 39 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.41/cwt -3.39 vs last sale · ≈ $569/hd at 454 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	544	790	727
Feeder cattle	544	790	727

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 290, Heifers 224, Bulls 30) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434 value added	434	8	167.00	$167.00	$725	+18.80
453 value added	453	3	153.00	$153.00	$693	—
528 value added	528	18	160.00	$160.00	$845	+8.88
669–680 value added	670	18	133.00–139.50	$138.77	$930	-2.48
731 value added	731	26	124.00–134.50	$131.67	$963	+4.67
753 value added	753	33	130.50	$130.50	$983	—
928 value added	928	39	124.00	$124.00	$1,151	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	4	165.00	$165.00	$607	—
466	466	13	165.00	$165.00	$769	+5.43
530	530	15	152.50	$152.50	$808	+3.18
570 value added	570	2	120.00	$120.00	$684	-34.00
582	582	11	146.00	$146.00	$850	±0.00
617–639 value added	621	23	134.50–145.00	$143.12	$889	-3.38
666 value added	666	7	137.50	$137.50	$916	-9.63
690	690	1	112.00	$112.00	$773	—
734	734	5	120.00	$120.00	$881	±0.00
785	785	3	119.00	$119.00	$934	—
807 value added	807	16	121.00	$121.00	$976	—
1114 value added	1114	9	98.00	$98.00	$1,092	—
1210	1210	3	104.00	$104.00	$1,258	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	3	158.00	$158.00	$611	—
467	467	6	150.00	$150.00	$700	+6.41
527	527	7	145.00	$145.00	$764	+15.59
600	600	3	128.00	$128.00	$768	-8.00
721	721	7	108.00	$108.00	$779	—
821 value added	821	4	106.50	$106.50	$874	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	2	125.00	$125.00	$591	+12.00
635	635	1	107.00	$107.00	$679	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–456	454	33	120.00–138.00	$125.41	$569	-3.39
505–548	547	30	124.50	$124.50	$681	+0.50
547 value added	547	15	131.00	$131.00	$717	+3.75
565 value added	565	3	126.00	$126.00	$712	—
593	593	13	133.00	$133.00	$789	—
650–675	651	28	105.00–109.00	$108.85	$709	+28.85
768–793	781	4	76.00–111.00	$93.22	$728	-11.78
947 value added	947	10	108.00	$108.00	$1,023	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447 value added	447	6	139.00	$139.00	$621	—
462 value added	462	12	129.00	$129.00	$596	±0.00
663 value added	663	31	125.25	$125.25	$830	—
727 value added	727	20	120.25	$120.25	$874	+2.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	111.00	$111.00	$416	—
446	446	8	119.00	$119.00	$531	—
555	555	2	125.00	$125.00	$694	—
910	910	1	72.00	$72.00	$655	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	110.00	$110.00	$512	—
540	540	1	115.00	$115.00	$621	+35.00
558	558	3	110.00	$110.00	$614	—
635	635	1	94.00	$94.00	$597	—
665	665	1	85.00	$85.00	$565	+9.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	4	145.00	$145.00	$642	+13.00
550	550	3	138.00	$138.00	$759	—
676	676	11	120.00	$120.00	$811	—
813	813	9	101.00	$101.00	$821	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	145.00	$145.00	$536	+16.00
725	725	1	91.00	$91.00	$660	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.