Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 50, Bulls 50)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.45/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$128.45

50 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$20

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

$5.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.79

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	131.53	702	22
Medium and Large 1	573	126.02	722	28

One grade step is worth $5.51/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 sale50 hd

128.45

—

VA average10 barns · 821 hd

133.24

−4.79

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

26 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	—	575	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	753	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	456	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	584	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	691	120.71/cwt	120.00–126.00	834	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	541	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	692	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	861	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	136.31/cwt	135.00–139.00	661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	718	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	575	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	657	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	657	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	808	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	728	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	135.30/cwt	130.00–136.00	624	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	666	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	605	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	725	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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 123Last week 341Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 50, Bulls 50)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	131.00	131.00
4	—	456	128.00	128.00
8	—	691	120.00–126.00	120.71
15	—	541	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	132.00	132.00
1	—	625	127.00	127.00
3	—	657	123.00	123.00
8	—	556	131.00	131.00
9	—	461	130.00–136.00	135.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	602	143.00	143.00
1	—	690	120.00	120.00
2	—	548	136.00	136.00
5	—	759	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	131.00	131.00
2	—	573	128.00	128.00
3	—	485	135.00–139.00	136.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	86.00	86.00
1	—	570	117.00	117.00
9	—	546	122.00	122.00
5	—	480	126.00	126.00
5	—	639	113.50	113.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	124.00	124.00
3	—	733	100.00	100.00
4	—	653	110.00	110.00
9	—	453	127.00	127.00
11	—	552	119.00	119.00

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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