Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 181, Heifers 132, Bulls 28)

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 $146.42/cwt on 176 head.

Average price

$146.42

176 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$825

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

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

$2.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.00

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	147.59	835	94
Medium and Large 2	561	145.09	815	82

One grade step is worth $2.50/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 sale176 hd

146.42

—

VA average10 barns · 1,415 hd

138.43

+8.00

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

45 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	—	610	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	462	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	582	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	534	125.34/cwt	123.00–126.00	669	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	124.97/cwt	121.00–128.00	665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	454	127.75/cwt	127.00–128.00	580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	148.41/cwt	140.00–151.00	709	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	875	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	914	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	830	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	639	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	770	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	128.66/cwt	128.00–129.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	594	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	120.08/cwt	114.00–122.00	636	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	598	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	132.63/cwt	129.00–133.00	505	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	400	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	652	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	743	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	570	120.83/cwt	119.00–123.00	689	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	458	134.25/cwt	133.50–135.50	615	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	540	124.87/cwt	119.00–125.50	674	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	520	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	549	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	810	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	758	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	948	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	484	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	791	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	609	143.90/cwt	139.00–145.00	876	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	800	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	358	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	580	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	660	128.88/cwt	124.00–130.00	851	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	456	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	725	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	557	147.66/cwt	145.00–148.00	822	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	805	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	729	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	882	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	357	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	765	93.32/cwt	90.00–95.00	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	715	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	641	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	737	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	428	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	544	150.60/cwt	150.00–151.00	819	5

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 20, 2020

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

Receipts 341Last week 101Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 181, Heifers 132, Bulls 28)

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
1	—	610	116.00	116.00
8	—	462	126.00	126.00
9	—	534	123.00–126.00	125.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	121.00–128.00	124.97
3	—	578	123.00	123.00
4	—	454	127.00–128.00	127.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	478	140.00–151.00	148.41
4	—	648	135.00	135.00
5	—	725	126.00	126.00
14	—	555	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	119.00	119.00
3	—	535	144.00	144.00
4	—	460	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	549	147.50	147.50
11	—	660	124.00–130.00	128.88
18	—	456	159.00	159.00
27	—	557	145.00–148.00	147.66
1	—	805	106.00	106.00
7	—	729	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	758	125.00	125.00
15	—	484	163.50	163.50
29	—	609	139.00–145.00	143.90
1	—	800	106.00	106.00
6	—	358	162.00	162.00
5	—	428	162.00	162.00
5	—	544	150.00–151.00	150.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	110.00	110.00
2	—	528	119.00	119.00
3	—	382	128.00–129.00	128.66
6	—	466	127.50	127.50
1	—	430	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	455	140.50	140.50
4	—	530	114.00–122.00	120.08
8	—	443	135.00	135.00
11	—	381	129.00–133.00	132.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	106.00	106.00
16	—	652	114.00	114.00
18	—	570	119.00–123.00	120.83
19	—	458	133.50–135.50	134.25
1	—	520	124.00	124.00
3	—	357	133.50	133.50
3	—	765	90.00–95.00	93.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	540	119.00–125.50	124.87
1	—	715	101.00	101.00
7	—	641	115.00	115.00

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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