Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 27, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.35/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$130.35

40 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

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

$1.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.93

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	131.10	715	21
Medium and Large 1	541	129.53	700	19thin

One grade step is worth $1.56/cwt here — about $15 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 sale40 hd

130.35

—

VA average10 barns · 1,075 hd

141.28

−10.93

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

21 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	—	635	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	655	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	462	119.72/cwt	100.00–128.00	553	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	119.48/cwt	109.00–132.00	669	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	123.61/cwt	118.00–125.00	642	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	854	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	627	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	128.89/cwt	127.00–130.00	599	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	758	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	570	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	607	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	556	3

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 11, 2020

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

Receipts 101Last week 145Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 27, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	121.00	121.00
11	—	555	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	118.00	118.00
7	—	462	100.00–128.00	119.72
13	—	560	109.00–132.00	119.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	104.00	104.00
6	—	559	102.00	102.00
6	—	628	102.50	102.50
3	—	467	116.00	116.00
3	—	535	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	100.00	100.00
6	—	557	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	136.00	136.00
2	—	438	131.00	131.00
2	—	743	119.00	119.00
5	—	519	118.00–125.00	123.61
5	—	642	133.00	133.00
6	—	451	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	130.00	130.00
8	—	465	127.00–130.00	128.89
8	—	583	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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