Rockingham Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report, Harrisonburg, VA

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

Sale of Thursday, October 24, 2024

396 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $252.28/cwt +17.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,227/hd at 487 lb · 47 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $315.86/cwt +73.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,837/hd at 581 lb · 44 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $254.00/cwt +15.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,422/hd at 560 lb · 41 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	396	494	897
Feeder cattle	396	494	897

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 180, Heifers 186, Bulls 30) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are 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
412	412	16	325.00	$325.00	$1,339	—
459 value added	459	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,377	—
459–493	486	35	302.00–346.00	$337.69	$1,641	—
506 value added	506	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,366	—
556	556	12	302.00	$302.00	$1,679	—
576–587 value added	581	7	267.50–272.50	$270.33	$1,571	+6.82
623 value added	623	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,526	-7.90
802 value added	802	6	214.00	$214.00	$1,716	—
863 value added	863	2	229.00	$229.00	$1,976	—
949 value added	949	4	216.00	$216.00	$2,050	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345 value added	345	1	311.00	$311.00	$1,073	+86.00
445	445	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,380	+50.96
462	462	5	292.50	$292.50	$1,351	—
540	540	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,377	-10.00
570	570	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,425	+5.78
582	582	42	319.00	$319.00	$1,857	+74.78
662	662	14	280.00	$280.00	$1,854	—
680	680	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,615	—
715	715	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,630	+8.00
778 value added	778	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,774	-12.25
970 value added	970	4	221.00	$221.00	$2,144	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	2	290.00	$290.00	$835	—
515	515	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,300	—
535	535	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,204	—
568	568	3	217.50	$217.50	$1,235	—
638 value added	638	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,372	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,101	—
593	593	2	209.00	$209.00	$1,239	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	6	250.00	$250.00	$808	—
407	407	26	250.00	$250.00	$1,018	—
416 value added	416	14	239.50	$239.50	$996	—
484 value added	484	7	231.00	$231.00	$1,118	-4.00
487	487	40	256.00	$256.00	$1,247	—
564 value added	564	7	235.00	$235.00	$1,325	+21.00
713 value added	713	5	214.00	$214.00	$1,526	—
794 value added	794	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,667	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–371	370	5	231.00–236.00	$235.01	$870	—
528–535	530	3	216.00–220.00	$217.35	$1,152	-11.76
560	560	41	254.00	$254.00	$1,422	+49.00
678	678	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,424	+8.00
938 value added	938	4	201.50	$201.50	$1,890	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625 value added	625	8	209.00	$209.00	$1,306	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,159	+19.28
583–595 value added	589	6	225.00–232.50	$228.79	$1,348	+19.79

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439 value added	439	5	221.00	$221.00	$970	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	216.00	$216.00	$810	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	6	302.00	$302.00	$1,196	—
530	530	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,113	—
601 value added	601	9	207.00	$207.00	$1,244	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	265.00	$265.00	$835	-2.50
440	440	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,210	—
526	526	7	282.00	$282.00	$1,483	+39.50
662	662	3	191.00	$191.00	$1,264	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	235.00	$235.00	$999	—

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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.