Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 24, Bulls 9)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.39/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$138.39

67 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

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

$5.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.16

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	140.34	805	41
Medium and Large 2	575	135.31	779	26

One grade step is worth $5.03/cwt here — about $27 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 sale67 hd

138.39

—

VA average10 barns · 1,399 hd

138.55

−0.16

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

18 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	—	670	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	439	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	112.14/cwt	111.00–117.00	436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	142.93/cwt	141.00–145.00	615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	903	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	123.67/cwt	110.00–131.00	759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	742	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	129.51/cwt	123.00–131.00	817	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	119.22/cwt	118.00–121.00	449	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	678	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	148.40/cwt	146.00–149.50	828	22

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 13, 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 68, Heifers 24, Bulls 9)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	103.00	103.00
3	—	555	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	439	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	130.00	130.00
3	—	570	120.00	120.00
5	—	389	111.00–117.00	112.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	377	118.00–121.00	119.22
2	—	605	124.00	124.00
3	—	418	124.00	124.00
4	—	535	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	141.00–145.00	142.93
4	—	471	150.00	150.00
4	—	530	140.00	140.00
16	—	631	123.00–131.00	129.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	759	119.00	119.00
6	—	614	110.00–131.00	123.67
8	—	471	144.00	144.00
22	—	558	146.00–149.50	148.40

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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