Rockingham Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Thursday, April 8, 2021

758 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.10/cwt ≈ $838/hd at 654 lb · 82 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.24/cwt ≈ $815/hd at 565 lb · 66 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.00/cwt ≈ $897/hd at 741 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	758	176	650
Feeder cattle	758	176	650

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 376, Heifers 357, Bulls 25) Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	159.00	$159.00	$533	—
395	395	1	170.00	$170.00	$672	—
474	474	4	174.50	$174.50	$827	—
521	521	8	171.00	$171.00	$891	—
571 value added	571	8	167.00	$167.00	$954	—
632	632	13	148.50	$148.50	$939	—
641 value added	641	10	143.00	$143.00	$917	—
673–690 value added	675	19	99.00–150.00	$144.51	$975	—
713 value added	713	38	142.00	$142.00	$1,012	—
760 value added	760	2	127.00	$127.00	$965	—
812 value added	812	61	129.50	$129.50	$1,052	—
880 value added	880	14	124.50	$124.50	$1,096	—
912	912	27	119.25	$119.25	$1,088	—
986 value added	986	4	117.00	$117.00	$1,154	—
1055 value added	1055	1	89.00	$89.00	$939	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458 value added	458	4	173.00	$173.00	$792	—
529 value added	529	18	179.00	$179.00	$947	—
583 value added	583	12	164.00	$164.00	$956	—
612–639 value added	626	24	157.00–162.00	$159.45	$998	—
689 value added	689	8	135.00	$135.00	$930	—
720 value added	720	10	138.00	$138.00	$994	—
772 value added	772	23	130.25	$130.25	$1,006	—
807	807	39	135.00	$135.00	$1,089	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293 value added	293	5	140.00	$140.00	$410	—
573 value added	573	9	153.00	$153.00	$877	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447 value added	447	7	171.00	$171.00	$764	—
467	467	3	172.50	$172.50	$806	—
535	535	1	174.00	$174.00	$931	—
630	630	1	138.00	$138.00	$869	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	1	120.00	$120.00	$954	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	5	134.00	$134.00	$612	—
517–528 value added	524	9	122.00–135.00	$130.73	$685	—
545	545	5	125.00	$125.00	$681	—
645	645	4	117.50	$117.50	$758	—
654–656 value added	654	82	123.00–128.50	$128.10	$838	—
721	721	44	126.25	$126.25	$910	—
774 value added	774	6	117.25	$117.25	$908	—
820	820	1	107.00	$107.00	$877	—
842 value added	842	6	113.00	$113.00	$951	—
855–882 value added	877	23	102.00–106.00	$102.68	$901	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462–469 value added	463	26	147.00–150.00	$149.53	$692	—
558–593 value added	565	66	141.00–146.50	$144.24	$815	—
741 value added	741	61	121.00	$121.00	$897	—
798 value added	798	3	114.00	$114.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223 value added	223	4	128.00	$128.00	$285	—
331 value added	331	5	133.00	$133.00	$440	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355 value added	355	1	133.00	$133.00	$472	—
406	406	6	133.00	$133.00	$540	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	140.00	$140.00	$629	—
529	529	7	137.00	$137.00	$725	—
600	600	1	121.00	$121.00	$726	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407	407	3	156.00	$156.00	$635	—
540	540	1	137.00	$137.00	$740	—
633	633	2	130.00	$130.00	$823	—
721 value added	721	6	120.00	$120.00	$865	—

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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.