Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 46, Bulls 16)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.28/cwt on 66 head.

Average price

$133.28

66 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$14.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.06

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	612	138.84	849	41
Medium and Large 2	577	124.16	716	25

One grade step is worth $14.68/cwt here — about $133 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 sale66 hd

133.28

—

VA average8 barns · 1,277 hd

140.34

−7.06

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

27 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	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	832	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	546	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	144.03/cwt	141.00–147.00	799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	127.27/cwt	125.00–129.00	916	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	724	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	140.84/cwt	136.00–142.00	883	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	127.97/cwt	121.00–133.00	486	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	583	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	670	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	738	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	658	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	802	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	685	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	113.90/cwt	106.00–122.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	603	7

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 Apr 6, 2020

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

Receipts 128Last week 130Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 46, Bulls 16)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	120.00	120.00
2	—	473	132.00	132.00
3	—	532	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	139.00	139.00
4	—	645	129.00	129.00
5	—	546	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	141.00	141.00
2	—	555	141.00–147.00	144.03
1	—	745	113.00	113.00
1	—	785	95.00	95.00
4	—	453	148.00	148.00
6	—	531	139.00	139.00
9	—	658	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	146.00	146.00
12	—	720	125.00–129.00	127.27
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
5	—	553	131.00	131.00
10	—	627	136.00–142.00	140.84
12	—	524	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	380	121.00–133.00	127.97
9	—	461	126.50	126.50
3	—	632	118.00	118.00
6	—	539	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	529	129.50	129.50
2	—	415	127.00	127.00
2	—	608	106.00–122.00	113.90
7	—	464	130.00	130.00

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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