Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 30, Bulls 20)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $124.87/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$124.87

59 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$19

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

$2.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.78

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	607	126.34	767	22
Medium and Large 1	633	124.00	785	37

One grade step is worth $2.34/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale59 hd

124.87

—

VA average9 barns · 1,940 hd

125.66

−0.78

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

28 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	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	583	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	667	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	448	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	564	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	594	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	585	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	914	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	117.63/cwt	100.00–123.50	762	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	118.49/cwt	117.00–123.00	852	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	758	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	736	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	861	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	744	9

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 16, 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 59, Heifers 30, Bulls 20)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
5	—	463	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	63.00	63.00
2	—	660	94.00	94.00
5	—	538	124.00	124.00
6	—	448	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
2	—	478	115.00	115.00
2	—	725	98.00	98.00
3	—	537	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	86.00	86.00
1	—	710	72.00	72.00
3	—	467	110.00	110.00
4	—	775	88.00	88.00
5	—	658	103.00	103.00
8	—	545	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	120.00	120.00
3	—	593	127.00	127.00
5	—	430	136.00	136.00
6	—	544	134.00	134.00
6	—	768	119.00	119.00
8	—	648	100.00–123.50	117.63
8	—	719	117.00–123.00	118.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	137.00	137.00
2	—	578	119.00	119.00
5	—	632	120.00	120.00
5	—	736	117.00	117.00
9	—	549	135.50	135.50

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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