Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 42, Bulls 31)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.57/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$104.57

42 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$6.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.93

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	108.56	566	16thin
Medium and Large 2	503	102.12	514	26

One grade step is worth $6.44/cwt here — about $52 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 sale42 hd

104.57

—

VA average8 barns · 1,659 hd

111.51

−6.93

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

30 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	—	420	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	686	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	689	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	574	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	115.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	108.04/cwt	102.00–111.00	492	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	109.43/cwt	109.00–110.00	583	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	108.02/cwt	105.00–111.00	398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	104.52/cwt	104.00–105.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	601	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	434	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	120.16/cwt	113.00–121.00	767	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	690	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	129.32/cwt	128.00–130.00	594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	695	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	127.60/cwt	126.00–128.00	683	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 Sep 30, 2019

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

Receipts 110Last week 116Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 42, Bulls 31)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	119.00	119.00
1	—	505	118.00	118.00
3	—	463	125.00	125.00
5	—	653	105.00	105.00
11	—	556	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	124.00	124.00
2	—	645	86.00	86.00
6	—	533	110.00–116.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	113.00	113.00
1	—	425	105.00	105.00
1	—	675	105.00	105.00
1	—	700	105.00	105.00
3	—	455	102.00–111.00	108.04
9	—	533	109.00–110.00	109.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	108.00	108.00
1	—	690	90.00	90.00
2	—	368	105.00–111.00	108.02
2	—	568	104.00–105.00	104.52
2	—	623	90.00	90.00
8	—	539	111.50	111.50
10	—	452	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	131.00	131.00
1	—	680	116.00	116.00
2	—	703	120.00	120.00
9	—	638	113.00–121.00	120.16
12	—	539	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	120.00	120.00
3	—	459	128.00–130.00	129.32
3	—	610	114.00	114.00
5	—	535	126.00–128.00	127.60

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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