Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 52, Bulls 14)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.15/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$130.15

54 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

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

$3.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.62

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	132.41	695	17thin
Medium and Large 1	544	129.11	703	37

One grade step is worth $3.30/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale54 hd

130.15

—

VA average10 barns · 1,734 hd

127.53

+2.62

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

25 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	—	625	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	542	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	678	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	490	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	99.79/cwt	99.00–100.00	657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	108.28/cwt	107.00–110.00	481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	554	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	97.69/cwt	95.00–104.00	603	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	603	87.96/cwt	78.00–98.00	530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	481	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	95.51/cwt	76.00–102.00	505	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	528	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	129.60/cwt	125.00–130.00	691	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	124.50/cwt	122.50–129.00	778	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	616	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	707	7

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 Oct 7, 2019

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

Receipts 120Last week 110Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 52, Bulls 14)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	87.00	87.00
6	—	542	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	103.00	103.00
3	—	490	100.00	100.00
3	—	553	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	90.00	90.00
5	—	658	99.00–100.00	99.79
7	—	444	107.00–110.00	108.28
8	—	533	104.00	104.00
13	—	617	95.00–104.00	97.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	93.00	93.00
1	—	470	105.00	105.00
1	—	550	76.00	76.00
2	—	603	78.00–98.00	87.96
5	—	437	110.00	110.00
8	—	529	76.00–102.00	95.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	138.00	138.00
6	—	388	136.00	136.00
12	—	533	125.00–130.00	129.60
16	—	625	122.50–129.00	124.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	136.00	136.00
2	—	583	125.50	125.50
2	—	640	122.00	122.00
5	—	434	142.00	142.00
7	—	544	130.00	130.00

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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