Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 86, Bulls 40)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.92/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$111.92

84 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$13.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.18

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	607	116.16	705	57
Medium and Large 2	473	102.99	487	27

One grade step is worth $13.17/cwt here — about $219 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 sale84 hd

111.92

—

VA average11 barns · 3,379 hd

113.10

−1.18

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	—	523	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	621	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	707	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	662	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	775	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	548	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	729	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	906	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	127.75/cwt	120.00–129.00	812	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	958	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	648	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	113.31/cwt	108.00–116.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	454	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	487	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	695	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	634	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	502	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	574	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	116.32/cwt	110.00–118.00	432	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	86.97/cwt	80.00–94.00	533	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 Dec 9, 2019

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

Receipts 152Last week 68Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 86, Bulls 40)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	100.00	100.00
3	—	667	108.00	108.00
8	—	460	135.00	135.00
10	—	561	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	117.00	117.00
4	—	548	133.00	133.00
10	—	477	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	725	125.00	125.00
7	—	636	120.00–129.00	127.75
2	—	543	143.00	143.00
1	—	495	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	125.00	125.00
9	—	453	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	715	134.00	134.00
3	—	470	108.00–116.00	113.31
3	—	547	100.00	100.00
12	—	574	121.00	121.00
9	—	444	113.00	113.00
9	—	652	88.00	88.00
2	—	613	80.00–94.00	86.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	98.00	98.00
1	—	580	91.00	91.00
9	—	534	85.00	85.00
10	—	431	113.00	113.00
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
5	—	371	110.00–118.00	116.32

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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