Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 62, Bulls 20)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.37/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$106.37

62 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$4.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.81

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	107.79	582	41
Medium and Large 2	514	103.58	533	21

One grade step is worth $4.21/cwt here — about $49 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 sale62 hd

106.37

—

VA average11 barns · 2,511 hd

111.18

−4.81

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	—	510	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	604	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	515	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	103.96/cwt	100.00–106.00	587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	771	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	702	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	102.22/cwt	95.00–106.00	685	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	623	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	106.56/cwt	106.00–107.00	475	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	635	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	106.15/cwt	100.00–107.00	498	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	859	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	135.25/cwt	132.00–136.00	707	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	878	2

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 28, 2019

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

Receipts 116Last week 53Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 62, 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	—	510	106.00	106.00
2	—	623	97.00	97.00
3	—	468	110.00	110.00
3	—	565	100.00–106.00	103.96
4	—	771	91.00	91.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	129.00	129.00
2	—	635	102.00	102.00
3	—	527	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	108.00	108.00
1	—	780	87.00	87.00
3	—	640	106.00	106.00
9	—	670	95.00–106.00	102.22
11	—	535	116.50	116.50
16	—	446	106.00–107.00	106.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	98.00	98.00
1	—	730	75.00	75.00
3	—	385	105.00	105.00
4	—	535	111.50	111.50
4	—	648	98.00	98.00
8	—	469	100.00–107.00	106.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	130.00	130.00
5	—	641	121.00	121.00
5	—	751	118.00	118.00
5	—	895	96.00	96.00
11	—	523	132.00–136.00	135.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	124.00	124.00
1	—	575	119.00	119.00
1	—	660	116.00	116.00
2	—	643	118.00	118.00
2	—	770	114.00	114.00

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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