Rockingham Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Thursday, April 13, 2023

841 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Rockingham Graded Feeder Cattle Sale report →

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $186.38/cwt ≈ $1,182/hd at 634 lb · 83 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $174.86/cwt ≈ $1,327/hd at 759 lb · 77 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $256.73/cwt ≈ $1,385/hd at 540 lb · 62 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	841	109	934
Feeder cattle	841	109	934

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 459, Heifers 354, Bulls 28) Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410 value added	410	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,025	—
464–486 value added	473	16	242.50–255.00	$247.59	$1,171	—
502–532 value added	524	49	230.00–256.00	$243.11	$1,274	—
585 value added	585	15	253.00	$253.00	$1,480	—
631 value added	631	18	244.50	$244.50	$1,543	—
662–674 value added	670	25	224.00–227.00	$225.07	$1,508	—
702–745 value added	724	30	193.00–207.00	$204.06	$1,477	—
787 value added	787	9	181.00	$181.00	$1,424	—
800 value added	800	57	191.00	$191.00	$1,528	—
993 value added	993	5	174.00	$174.00	$1,728	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	250.00	$250.00	$912	—
431	431	7	240.00	$240.00	$1,034	—
436 value added	436	7	252.00	$252.00	$1,099	—
452–486	469	40	247.50	$247.50	$1,161	—
539	539	21	245.50	$245.50	$1,323	—
525–545 value added	540	41	236.00–265.00	$262.48	$1,417	—
555	555	16	242.00	$242.00	$1,343	—
555–580 value added	568	2	175.00–230.00	$201.89	$1,147	—
630 value added	630	12	251.00	$251.00	$1,581	—
648	648	6	217.50	$217.50	$1,409	—
684 value added	684	4	212.50	$212.50	$1,454	—
708 value added	708	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,487	—
751 value added	751	4	177.00	$177.00	$1,329	—
815 value added	815	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,508	—
894–895 value added	894	9	169.00–184.00	$180.66	$1,615	—
1154 value added	1154	24	163.00	$163.00	$1,881	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	215.00	$215.00	$806	—
441	441	8	245.00	$245.00	$1,080	—
525	525	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,273	—
553 value added	553	6	145.00	$145.00	$802	—
615	615	1	149.00	$149.00	$916	—
655	655	1	138.00	$138.00	$904	—
655–680 value added	672	3	159.00–192.00	$181.27	$1,218	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	100.00	$100.00	$390	—
585	585	1	138.00	$138.00	$807	—
700	700	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,015	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349 value added	349	7	190.00	$190.00	$663	—
468 value added	468	27	216.50	$216.50	$1,013	—
476	476	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,023	—
543	543	8	214.00	$214.00	$1,162	—
554 value added	554	42	209.00	$209.00	$1,158	—
617–639 value added	634	83	184.00–193.00	$186.38	$1,182	—
686 value added	686	4	147.50	$147.50	$1,012	—
756–763 value added	759	77	172.50–176.75	$174.86	$1,327	—
875 value added	875	2	163.00	$163.00	$1,426	—
968 value added	968	2	153.00	$153.00	$1,481	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–380	368	9	213.00–215.00	$213.92	$787	—
444	444	19	202.00	$202.00	$897	—
484	484	8	202.50	$202.50	$980	—
528	528	3	187.50	$187.50	$990	—
625	625	2	168.00	$168.00	$1,050	—
653 value added	653	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,175	—
778 value added	778	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,284	—
847 value added	847	3	163.00	$163.00	$1,381	—
980 value added	980	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,396	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	5	220.00	$220.00	$777	—
431	431	6	200.00	$200.00	$862	—
500 value added	500	4	212.00	$212.00	$1,060	—
525	525	7	190.00	$190.00	$998	—
550 value added	550	2	155.00	$155.00	$852	—
560	560	1	137.50	$137.50	$770	—
675 value added	675	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,148	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	138.00	$138.00	$593	—
525	525	1	140.00	$140.00	$735	—
563	563	3	130.00	$130.00	$732	—
663	663	5	154.00	$154.00	$1,021	—
745	745	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,229	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556 value added	556	4	145.00	$145.00	$806	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	2	205.00	$205.00	$734	—
468–471	470	9	175.00–215.00	$206.16	$969	—
562	562	7	212.00	$212.00	$1,191	—
660	660	5	181.00	$181.00	$1,195	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	3	200.00	$200.00	$944	—
560	560	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,204	—

↑ Back to top

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.