Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 36, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.10/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$106.10

36 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$5.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.16

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	109.92	571	13thin
Medium and Large 2	480	103.94	499	23

One grade step is worth $5.99/cwt here — about $72 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 sale36 hd

106.10

—

VA average10 barns · 2,193 hd

119.25

−13.16

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

26 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 1	—	465	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	662	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	833	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	665	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	695	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	611	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	586	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	77.01/cwt	76.00–78.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	83.85/cwt	79.00–94.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	437	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	514	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	886	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	714	3

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 Aug 12, 2019

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

Receipts 73Last week 116Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 36, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	132.00	132.00
2	—	630	90.00	90.00
3	—	538	123.00	123.00
3	—	672	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
4	—	610	109.00	109.00
5	—	556	125.00	125.00
8	—	463	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	103.00	103.00
1	—	610	90.00	90.00
1	—	655	99.00	99.00
1	—	780	88.00	88.00
2	—	388	122.50	122.50
3	—	433	116.00	116.00
4	—	514	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	75.00	75.00
2	—	578	76.00–78.00	77.01
3	—	540	89.00	89.00
3	—	619	79.00–94.00	83.85
6	—	363	120.50	120.50
8	—	447	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	139.00	139.00
1	—	720	123.00	123.00
3	—	528	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	141.00	141.00
3	—	545	131.00	131.00

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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