Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 30, Bulls 10)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.58/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$110.58

29 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$6.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.32

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	610	112.18	685	22
Medium and Large 2	477	105.57	504	7thin

One grade step is worth $6.60/cwt here — about $181 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 sale29 hd

110.58

—

VA average11 barns · 1,802 hd

119.90

−9.32

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

22 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 2	—	525	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	659	112.63/cwt	108.00–115.00	742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	718	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	115.93/cwt	109.00–123.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	90.00/cwt	86.00–94.00	396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	742	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	448	1

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 Jul 13, 2020

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

Receipts 59Last week 25Year ago 38

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 30, Bulls 10)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	110.00	110.00
3	—	659	108.00–115.00	112.63
1	—	500	127.00	127.00
1	—	485	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	641	112.00	112.00
4	—	554	123.00	123.00
3	—	755	93.00	93.00
2	—	655	114.00	114.00
2	—	485	109.00–123.00	115.93
1	—	500	117.00	117.00
1	—	400	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	89.00	89.00
3	—	535	121.00	121.00
2	—	440	86.00–94.00	90.00
1	—	470	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	540	140.00	140.00
3	—	635	129.00	129.00
1	—	740	129.00	129.00
1	—	475	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	140.00	140.00
3	—	443	141.00	141.00

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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