Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 61, Bulls 22)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.40/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$100.40

61 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$7.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.14

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	106.00	605	14thin
Medium and Large 2	570	98.73	563	47

One grade step is worth $7.28/cwt here — about $42 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 sale61 hd

100.40

—

VA average10 barns · 2,278 hd

109.53

−9.14

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

24 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	—	685	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	454	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	568	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	454	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	554	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	547	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	602	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	104.61/cwt	104.00–105.00	550	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	736	94.52/cwt	93.00–95.00	696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	518	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	557	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	571	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	135.27/cwt	128.00–137.00	583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,010	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	126.73/cwt	124.00–129.00	716	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	689	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 Sep 9, 2019

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

Receipts 120Last week 377Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 61, Bulls 22)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	90.00	90.00
5	—	454	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	95.00	95.00
7	—	454	122.00	122.00
7	—	547	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	104.00	104.00
3	—	753	103.00	103.00
4	—	446	111.00	111.00
5	—	526	104.00–105.00	104.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	60.00	60.00
2	—	385	99.00	99.00
4	—	736	93.00–95.00	94.52
8	—	471	110.00	110.00
12	—	640	87.00	87.00
20	—	549	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	758	114.00	114.00
4	—	609	123.50	123.50
5	—	431	128.00–137.00	135.27
8	—	808	125.00	125.00
9	—	565	124.00–129.00	126.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	130.00	130.00
1	—	670	116.00	116.00
2	—	743	114.00	114.00
3	—	540	127.50	127.50

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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