Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 44, Bulls 19)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.86/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$109.86

44 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$16

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

$0.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.98

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	110.28	600	25
Medium and Large 1	535	109.31	585	19thin

One grade step is worth $0.98/cwt here — about $16 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 sale44 hd

109.86

—

VA average8 barns · 1,831 hd

110.85

−0.98

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

26 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	—	630	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	121.69/cwt	118.00–123.00	681	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	516	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	530	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	108.43/cwt	100.00–111.00	601	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	405	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	731	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	104.85/cwt	99.00–106.00	649	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	522	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	121.32/cwt	121.00–122.00	890	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	131.69/cwt	129.00–133.00	813	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	722	3

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 Nov 4, 2019

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

Receipts 97Last week 116Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 44, Bulls 19)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	118.00	118.00
1	—	700	118.00	118.00
4	—	560	118.00–123.00	121.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	106.00	106.00
4	—	476	130.00	130.00
4	—	516	117.00–118.00	117.50
4	—	555	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	102.00	102.00
2	—	383	109.00	109.00
2	—	645	108.00	108.00
5	—	469	113.00	113.00
9	—	554	100.00–111.00	108.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	114.00	114.00
4	—	518	111.00	111.00
4	—	731	105.00	105.00
6	—	619	99.00–106.00	104.85
10	—	454	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	139.00	139.00
1	—	460	127.00	127.00
3	—	570	130.00	130.00
5	—	549	130.00	130.00
6	—	734	121.00–122.00	121.32
11	—	617	129.00–133.00	131.69
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	127.00	127.00
3	—	463	143.00	143.00
3	—	547	132.00	132.00

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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