Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 60, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.48/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$105.48

59 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$37

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

$2.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.62

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	488	106.06	517	42
Medium and Large 1	533	104.03	555	17thin

One grade step is worth $2.03/cwt here — about −$37 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 sale59 hd

105.48

—

VA average10 barns · 2,733 hd

115.10

−9.62

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

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	—	675	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	453	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	115.14/cwt	115.00–116.00	606	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	448	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	653	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	633	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	548	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	680	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	539	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	490	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	429	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	532	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	111.40/cwt	109.50–116.50	494	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	132.02/cwt	129.00–135.00	565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	133.43/cwt	133.00–134.00	749	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	883	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	613	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	123.99/cwt	114.00–129.00	672	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	120.51/cwt	120.00–122.00	748	12

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 18, 2019

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

Receipts 135Last week 398Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 60, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	97.00	97.00
2	—	453	118.00	118.00
7	—	526	115.00–116.00	115.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	119.00	119.00
7	—	653	97.00	97.00
8	—	548	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	97.00	97.00
3	—	648	104.00	104.00
6	—	539	100.00	100.00
7	—	452	108.50	108.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	717	88.00	88.00
4	—	628	93.00	93.00
8	—	367	117.00	117.00
9	—	546	97.50	97.50
18	—	443	109.50–116.50	111.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	120.00	120.00
2	—	428	129.00–135.00	132.02
3	—	460	136.00	136.00
3	—	628	125.00	125.00
3	—	718	122.00	122.00
7	—	561	133.00–134.00	133.43
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	883	117.00	117.00
3	—	443	136.00	136.00
4	—	451	136.00	136.00
6	—	542	114.00–129.00	123.99
12	—	621	120.00–122.00	120.51

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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