Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 60, Bulls 21)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.86/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$119.86

60 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$102

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

$2.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.12

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	472	120.64	570	41
Medium and Large 1	569	118.16	672	19thin

One grade step is worth $2.49/cwt here — about −$102 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 sale60 hd

119.86

—

VA average7 barns · 993 hd

121.97

−2.12

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

28 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	740	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	123.75/cwt	117.00–126.00	853	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	669	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	122.56/cwt	116.00–123.00	538	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	126.73/cwt	124.00–127.00	478	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	603	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,097	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	552	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	651	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	728	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	138.16/cwt	133.00–140.00	783	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	655	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	761	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	126.77/cwt	106.00–137.00	691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	742	1

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 Jan 6, 2020

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

Receipts 129Last week 61Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 60, Bulls 21)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	646	114.50	114.50
15	—	439	116.00–123.00	122.56
11	—	377	124.00–127.00	126.73
1	—	555	107.00	107.00
8	—	524	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	689	117.00–126.00	123.75
4	—	456	119.00	119.00
3	—	387	120.00	120.00
2	—	763	109.00	109.00
1	—	715	121.00	121.00
5	—	564	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	471	142.00	142.00
4	—	568	134.00	134.00
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	106.00–137.00	126.77
3	—	465	140.00	140.00
2	—	655	120.00	120.00
1	—	640	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	131.00	131.00
7	—	446	146.00	146.00
5	—	560	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	804	136.50	136.50
8	—	386	143.00	143.00
3	—	443	144.00	144.00
1	—	610	138.00	138.00
7	—	539	135.00	135.00
4	—	567	133.00–140.00	138.16
4	—	455	144.00	144.00

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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