Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 49, Bulls 15)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.26/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$109.26

49 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

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

$20.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.80

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	119.07	636	25
Medium and Large 1	581	99.04	576	24

One grade step is worth $20.03/cwt here — about $60 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 sale49 hd

109.26

—

VA average9 barns · 1,604 hd

120.06

−10.80

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

25 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	—	425	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	551	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	578	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	707	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	119.87/cwt	119.00–120.00	666	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	675	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	436	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	437	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	595	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	921	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	148.30/cwt	147.00–149.00	804	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	126.12/cwt	122.00–127.00	533	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	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 28, 2020

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

Receipts 99Last week 105Year ago 110

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 49, Bulls 15)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	122.00	122.00
1	—	645	108.00	108.00
2	—	458	130.00	130.00
2	—	675	115.00	115.00
4	—	551	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	128.00	128.00
1	—	595	115.00	115.00
2	—	668	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	146.00	146.00
3	—	737	125.00	125.00
17	—	542	147.00–149.00	148.30
4	—	649	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	129.00	129.00
2	—	523	141.00	141.00
3	—	452	143.00	143.00
1	—	615	71.00	71.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	125.00	125.00
4	—	643	110.00	110.00
8	—	556	119.00–120.00	119.87
2	—	743	98.00	98.00
6	—	423	122.00–127.00	126.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	553	122.00	122.00
9	—	650	67.00	67.00
6	—	455	120.00	120.00
2	—	750	100.00	100.00

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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