Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 97, Bulls 21)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.45/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$118.45

96 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$91

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

$2.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.63

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	463	120.22	556	16thin
Medium and Large 1	548	118.10	647	80

One grade step is worth $2.12/cwt here — about −$91 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 sale96 hd

118.45

—

VA average10 barns · 1,619 hd

121.09

−2.63

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

23 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	—	473	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	131.17/cwt	131.00–132.00	728	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	541	132.89/cwt	132.00–133.00	719	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	119.26/cwt	110.00–124.00	857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	797	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	612	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	539	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	580	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	74.74/cwt	73.00–80.00	527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	399	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	105.64/cwt	101.00–107.50	683	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	118.79/cwt	117.00–119.00	544	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	128.22/cwt	122.50–132.00	686	44

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 May 4, 2020

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

Receipts 145Last week 123Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 97, Bulls 21)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	127.00	127.00
2	—	613	113.00	113.00
6	—	555	131.00–132.00	131.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	124.00	124.00
9	—	541	132.00–133.00	132.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	571	114.00	114.00
4	—	705	73.00–80.00	74.74
5	—	424	94.00	94.00
6	—	663	109.00	109.00
7	—	647	101.00–107.50	105.64
10	—	458	117.00–119.00	118.79
44	—	535	122.50–132.00	128.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	128.00	128.00
6	—	528	116.00	116.00
7	—	447	120.50	120.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	719	110.00–124.00	119.26
5	—	557	143.00	143.00
2	—	450	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	130.00	130.00
1	—	695	121.00	121.00
1	—	740	118.00	118.00
3	—	448	148.00	148.00
11	—	527	110.00	110.00

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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