Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 18, Bulls 15)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.28/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$109.28

18 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$89

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$11.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.29

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	443	117.17	518	6thin
Medium and Large 1	577	105.33	608	12thin

One grade step is worth $11.83/cwt here — about −$89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

109.28

—

VA average8 barns · 761 hd

113.57

−4.29

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

16 lots · USDA AMS · Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	907	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	135.63/cwt	131.00–138.00	780	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	535	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	616	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	499	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	579	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	544	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	751	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	121.18/cwt	108.00–128.00	693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Mon Jul 22, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 41Last week 38Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 18, Bulls 15)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	137.00	137.00
1	—	725	139.00	139.00
1	—	515	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	131.00–138.00	135.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	123.00	123.00
1	—	540	90.00	90.00
1	—	375	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	616	100.00	100.00
4	—	499	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	118.00	118.00
2	—	460	133.00	133.00
1	—	620	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	544	138.00	138.00
3	—	572	108.00–128.00	121.18
2	—	678	117.00	117.00
1	—	445	130.00	130.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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