Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 87, Bulls 6)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.32/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$148.32

95 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$5.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.89

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	622	150.10	933	62
Medium and Large 2	599	144.97	869	33

One grade step is worth $5.14/cwt here — about $65 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 sale95 hd

148.32

—

VA average10 barns · 946 hd

147.43

+0.89

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

29 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	—	578	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	136.69/cwt	136.00–137.00	526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	724	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	520	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	621	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	672	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	800	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	799	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	619	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	718	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	517	130.72/cwt	130.00–131.00	676	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	557	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	719	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	637	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	930	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	735	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	937	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	563	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	904	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	644	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	947	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	820	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	461	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	562	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	871	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	845	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	690	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	737	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	929	6

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 23, 2020

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

Receipts 188Last week 84Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 87, Bulls 6)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	578	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
1	—	640	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	127.00	127.00
1	—	495	139.00	139.00
3	—	385	136.00–137.00	136.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	121.00	121.00
5	—	551	126.00	126.00
9	—	373	139.50	139.50
23	—	450	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	98.00	98.00
4	—	655	122.00	122.00
7	—	619	116.00	116.00
19	—	517	130.00–131.00	130.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	120.00	120.00
10	—	557	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	134.00	134.00
4	—	428	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	637	146.00	146.00
1	—	820	110.00	110.00
4	—	461	155.00	155.00
6	—	562	155.00	155.00
1	—	690	146.00	146.00
6	—	737	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	735	127.50	127.50
23	—	563	160.50	160.50
33	—	644	147.00	147.00
1	—	845	114.00	114.00

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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