Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 35, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.80/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$134.80

40 head · 601 lb average

Value per head Derived

$811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

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

$18.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.23

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	136.16	812	37
Medium and Large 2	665	118.00	785	3thin

One grade step is worth $18.16/cwt here — about $27 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

134.80

—

VA average8 barns · 1,770 hd

139.03

−4.23

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

18 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	123.35/cwt	122.00–125.00	655	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	578	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	594	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	350	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	763	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	826	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	913	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	676	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	377	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	753	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	833	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	866	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	614	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	727	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 Sep 21, 2020

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

Receipts 105Last week 95Year ago 116

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 35, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	79.00	79.00
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
6	—	594	59.00	59.00
6	—	539	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	531	122.00–125.00	123.35
6	—	464	124.50	124.50
2	—	630	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	549	139.00	139.00
11	—	640	129.00	129.00
9	—	671	136.00	136.00
4	—	460	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	108.00	108.00
1	—	535	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	554	136.00	136.00
6	—	833	104.00	104.00
4	—	455	135.00	135.00
3	—	632	115.00	115.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard