Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 56, Bulls 15)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $98.51/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$98.51

56 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$17.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.18

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	107.03	624	28
Medium and Large 2	523	89.98	471	28

One grade step is worth $17.05/cwt here — about $154 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 sale56 hd

98.51

—

VA average12 barns · 1,983 hd

111.69

−13.18

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

29 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	—	629	115.17/cwt	110.00–116.00	724	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	613	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	789	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	729	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	462	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	352	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	527	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	570	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	111.14/cwt	109.50–113.00	682	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	603	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	105.40/cwt	105.00–107.00	464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	560	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	481	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	601	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	614	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 Sep 23, 2019

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

Receipts 116Last week 109Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 56, Bulls 15)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	629	110.00–116.00	115.17
6	—	659	93.00	93.00
4	—	484	131.00	131.00
3	—	533	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	631	125.00	125.00
7	—	561	130.00	130.00
5	—	757	61.00	61.00
3	—	547	128.00	128.00
2	—	470	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	486	72.50	72.50
6	—	538	98.00	98.00
5	—	633	90.00	90.00
3	—	447	102.00	102.00
3	—	373	113.00	113.00
1	—	770	79.00	79.00
1	—	650	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	614	109.50–113.00	111.14
6	—	569	106.00	106.00
5	—	440	105.00–107.00	105.40
2	—	828	85.00	85.00
1	—	690	105.00	105.00
1	—	390	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	100.00	100.00
2	—	440	102.00	102.00
1	—	690	90.00	90.00
1	—	495	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	125.00	125.00
3	—	532	102.00	102.00
1	—	640	96.00	96.00

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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