Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 28, Bulls 12)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.64/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$119.64

28 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$45

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

$3.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.08

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	513	120.79	619	19thin
Medium and Large 1	567	117.22	664	9thin

One grade step is worth $3.57/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale28 hd

119.64

—

VA average7 barns · 930 hd

123.72

−4.08

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

22 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	—	538	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	619	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	774	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	136.67/cwt	130.00–139.00	845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	642	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	641	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	555	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 20, 2020

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

Receipts 56Last week 197Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 28, Bulls 12)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	538	119.00	119.00
2	—	650	101.00	101.00
1	—	585	117.00	117.00
1	—	425	122.00	122.00
7	—	469	132.00	132.00
2	—	368	118.00	118.00
1	—	720	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	545	120.00	120.00
1	—	725	105.00	105.00
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
1	—	485	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	125.00	125.00
5	—	434	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	549	141.00	141.00
4	—	618	130.00–139.00	136.67
1	—	495	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	445	144.00	144.00
2	—	538	144.00	144.00
1	—	655	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	131.00	131.00
1	—	620	131.00	131.00
1	—	455	122.00	122.00

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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