Rockingham Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Thursday, December 12, 2024

527 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $225.39/cwt ≈ $1,751/hd at 777 lb · 55 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $259.75/cwt +7.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,734/hd at 668 lb · 31 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $246.00/cwt ≈ $1,860/hd at 756 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	527	826	627
Feeder cattle	527	826	627

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 268, Heifers 250, Bulls 9) Value Added 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
423 value added	423	6	342.50	$342.50	$1,449	—
430	430	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,398	+30.00
455–473 value added	470	6	250.00–335.00	$318.40	$1,496	—
490	490	4	300.00–314.00	$310.50	$1,521	+14.61
557	557	16	309.00	$309.00	$1,721	+17.66
559 value added	559	10	317.00	$317.00	$1,772	+32.58
621	621	16	266.00	$266.00	$1,652	-6.32
640 value added	640	10	279.50	$279.50	$1,789	—
651–674 value added	667	23	255.00–272.50	$260.71	$1,739	—
669	669	8	257.00	$257.00	$1,719	+5.20
735	735	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,727	-6.23
813 value added	813	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,699	-32.36
965–983 value added	979	4	190.00–197.50	$191.85	$1,878	-30.15
1059–1062 value added	1061	13	208.00–210.00	$209.08	$2,218	—
1118 value added	1118	34	203.50	$203.50	$2,275	—
1150	1150	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,771	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543 value added	543	12	310.00	$310.00	$1,683	+3.50
614–646 value added	633	25	265.00–276.00	$269.46	$1,706	+3.50
756 value added	756	29	246.00	$246.00	$1,860	—
902–944 value added	913	28	214.00–218.50	$217.34	$1,984	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,475	—
550–579	573	5	252.50–286.00	$279.57	$1,602	+42.07
655	655	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,670	—
670 value added	670	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,508	—
993 value added	993	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,638	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,064	+47.50
523	523	2	175.00	$175.00	$915	+5.00
640	640	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,200	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
519 value added	519	21	267.00	$267.00	$1,386	+26.00
655 value added	655	11	245.00	$245.00	$1,605	+22.00
741 value added	741	18	225.00	$225.00	$1,667	—
771–786 value added	777	55	225.00–226.00	$225.39	$1,751	—
920–948 value added	936	27	200.00–220.00	$208.74	$1,954	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	235.00	$235.00	$752	—
328 value added	328	2	250.00	$250.00	$820	—
405	405	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,053	+56.00
432 value added	432	14	269.00	$269.00	$1,162	—
491–497	494	11	225.00–263.00	$242.39	$1,197	+2.79
521 value added	521	8	265.00	$265.00	$1,381	—
548	548	12	250.00	$250.00	$1,370	+16.23
551–590	568	23	242.50–263.00	$253.74	$1,441	+18.55
641	641	22	226.00	$226.00	$1,449	+5.16
705	705	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,340	—
775–790	783	2	192.50–208.00	$200.18	$1,567	-34.82
1060 value added	1060	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,988	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	4	259.00	$259.00	$1,264	+34.00
537	537	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,369	—
645	645	3	215.00–218.00	$217.00	$1,400	+17.00
763	763	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,526	—
815 value added	815	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,434	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	215.00	$215.00	$882	+34.00
778	778	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,136	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,088	+55.00
452	452	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,266	+39.00
505	505	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,351	—
620	620	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,550	—

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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.