Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 65, Bulls 15)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.61/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$124.61

64 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$146

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

$6.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.84

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	450	127.07	571	38
Medium and Large 1	593	121.02	717	26

One grade step is worth $6.05/cwt here — about −$146 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 sale64 hd

124.61

—

VA average7 barns · 1,424 hd

126.45

−1.84

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

25 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	—	429	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	571	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	475	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	672	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	113.62/cwt	113.00–115.50	707	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	153.35/cwt	153.00–154.00	871	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	133.96/cwt	128.00–135.00	879	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,009	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	927	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	811	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	695	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	453	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	648	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	753	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	125.50/cwt	125.00–127.00	686	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	117.72/cwt	115.50–119.50	763	9

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 Feb 3, 2020

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

Receipts 138Last week 36Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 65, Bulls 15)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	429	133.00	133.00
13	—	371	128.00	128.00
6	—	553	121.50	121.50
4	—	622	113.00–115.50	113.62
1	—	450	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	547	125.00–127.00	125.50
1	—	380	122.00	122.00
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
3	—	740	113.00	113.00
9	—	648	115.50–119.50	117.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	136.00	136.00
6	—	537	151.00	151.00
3	—	437	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	568	153.00–154.00	153.35
7	—	656	128.00–135.00	133.96
6	—	742	136.00	136.00
5	—	751	123.50	123.50
4	—	486	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	453	143.00	143.00
1	—	615	118.00	118.00
1	—	445	128.00	128.00
4	—	559	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	125.00	125.00
1	—	530	144.00	144.00
1	—	455	129.00	129.00

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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