Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 118, Bulls 29)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.89/cwt on 116 head.

Average price

$123.89

116 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$31

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

$0.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.58

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	537	124.02	665	58
Medium and Large 1	563	123.77	697	58

One grade step is worth $0.25/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale116 hd

123.89

—

VA average9 barns · 1,172 hd

126.47

−2.58

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

39 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	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	621	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	776	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	544	135.08/cwt	132.00–135.50	735	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	139.86/cwt	135.00–142.00	899	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	119.81/cwt	110.00–124.00	999	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	153.58/cwt	149.00–158.00	733	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	146.82/cwt	141.00–148.00	837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	972	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	602	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	123.62/cwt	113.00–129.00	689	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	662	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	129.41/cwt	122.00–135.00	819	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	143.66/cwt	139.00–147.00	793	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	787	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	117.25/cwt	117.00–118.00	801	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	899	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	479	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	754	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	810	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	595	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	453	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	116.01/cwt	114.00–117.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	811	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	550	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	127.91/cwt	126.50–129.00	697	23

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 Sep 7, 2020

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

Receipts 243Last week 14Year ago 120

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 118, Bulls 29)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	130.00	130.00
1	—	645	117.00	117.00
2	—	560	132.00	132.00
5	—	460	135.00	135.00
5	—	660	117.50	117.50
8	—	544	132.00–135.50	135.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	110.00	110.00
3	—	453	143.50	143.50
3	—	527	114.00–117.00	116.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	120.00	120.00
3	—	452	163.00	163.00
1	—	655	113.00	113.00
7	—	441	150.00	150.00
7	—	633	122.00–135.00	129.41
12	—	552	139.00–147.00	143.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	133.00	133.00
16	—	643	135.00–142.00	139.86
18	—	834	110.00–124.00	119.81
4	—	477	149.00–158.00	153.58
6	—	570	141.00–148.00	146.82
6	—	723	134.50	134.50
8	—	543	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	467	129.00	129.00
26	—	557	113.00–129.00	123.62
1	—	735	95.00	95.00
1	—	810	111.00	111.00
4	—	366	131.00	131.00
5	—	418	122.00	122.00
5	—	628	120.00	120.00
5	—	653	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	818	93.00	93.00
3	—	725	117.00	117.00
4	—	683	117.00–118.00	117.25
1	—	380	124.00	124.00
1	—	450	94.00	94.00
1	—	590	118.00	118.00
10	—	649	125.00	125.00
13	—	435	126.50	126.50
23	—	545	126.50–129.00	127.91

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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