Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 49, Bulls 17)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.98/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$119.98

48 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$20

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

$2.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.33

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	512	121.48	622	23
Medium and Large 1	542	118.60	643	25

One grade step is worth $2.88/cwt here — about −$20 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 sale48 hd

119.98

—

VA average11 barns · 2,558 hd

125.31

−5.33

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

24 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	—	530	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	448	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	548	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	712	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	664	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	823	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	788	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	843	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	914	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	86.48/cwt	84.00–89.00	627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	673	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	590	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	887	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	544	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	655	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 Mar 9, 2020

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 49, Bulls 17)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	141.00	141.00
2	—	625	125.00	125.00
3	—	448	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	548	130.00	130.00
4	—	470	148.00	148.00
4	—	664	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	466	169.00	169.00
8	—	551	153.00	153.00
2	—	738	123.00	123.00
6	—	638	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	162.00	162.00
6	—	537	158.00	158.00
6	—	644	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	125.00	125.00
2	—	568	117.00	117.00
2	—	725	84.00–89.00	86.48
5	—	629	107.00	107.00
12	—	442	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
2	—	658	108.00	108.00
3	—	605	110.00	110.00
4	—	739	92.00	92.00
6	—	409	133.00	133.00
9	—	516	127.00	127.00

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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