Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 47, Bulls 11)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.38/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$119.38

47 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$188

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

$2.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.28

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	409	121.25	496	12thin
Medium and Large 1	576	118.74	684	35

One grade step is worth $2.51/cwt here — about −$188 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 sale47 hd

119.38

—

VA average9 barns · 1,976 hd

127.66

−8.28

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

15 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	—	528	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	685	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	559	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	655	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	756	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	132.33/cwt	128.00–134.00	970	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	451	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	527	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	749	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,083	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	2

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 14, 2020

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

Receipts 95Last week 243Year ago 109

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 47, Bulls 11)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	463	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	803	96.00	96.00
8	—	447	125.00	125.00
12	—	546	120.00	120.00
12	—	635	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	367	123.00	123.00
7	—	439	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	145.00	145.00
5	—	649	135.00	135.00
7	—	733	128.00–134.00	132.33
11	—	555	135.00	135.00
7	—	846	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	156.00	156.00
2	—	525	135.00	135.00

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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