Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 19, Bulls 5)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.53/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$116.53

19 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$37

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

$3.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.37

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	117.01	647	16thin
Medium and Large 1	600	114.00	684	3thin

One grade step is worth $3.01/cwt here — about −$37 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 sale19 hd

116.53

—

VA average7 barns · 1,168 hd

118.91

−2.37

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

12 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	120.01/cwt	118.50–120.50	643	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	748	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	904	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	760	5

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 29, 2019

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 19, Bulls 5)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	122.00	122.00
3	—	575	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	114.00	114.00
2	—	655	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	121.00	121.00
2	—	785	95.00	95.00
12	—	536	118.50–120.50	120.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	132.00	132.00
4	—	550	136.00	136.00
4	—	650	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	130.00	130.00
5	—	549	138.50	138.50

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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