Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 125, Heifers 74, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.58/cwt on 123 head.

Average price

$139.58

123 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$872

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$137

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

$3.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.31

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	142.84	755	18thin
Medium and Large 1	642	139.02	892	105

One grade step is worth $3.82/cwt here — about −$137 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 sale123 hd

139.58

—

VA average8 barns · 1,580 hd

138.26

+1.31

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

34 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	—	535	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	646	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	759	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	114.61/cwt	108.00–118.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	798	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	118.50/cwt	118.00–119.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	107.49/cwt	107.00–108.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	116.19/cwt	115.00–120.00	603	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	143.72/cwt	143.00–144.00	803	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	124.38/cwt	123.00–126.00	587	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	650	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	519	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	152.01/cwt	150.00–153.00	702	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	427	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	117.16/cwt	113.00–119.00	631	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	134.06/cwt	129.00–136.00	1,102	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	132.79/cwt	130.00–134.00	983	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	792	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,045	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	124.48/cwt	124.00–127.00	568	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	997	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	855	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	128.22/cwt	123.00–135.00	541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	467	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	154.56/cwt	149.00–155.00	713	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	780	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	915	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	145.44/cwt	139.00–147.00	844	5

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 Oct 5, 2020

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

Receipts 227Last week 99Year ago 120

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 125, Heifers 74, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	114.00	114.00
7	—	465	139.00	139.00
7	—	554	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	550	125.00	125.00
8	—	464	140.00	140.00
2	—	633	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	108.00–118.00	114.61
5	—	629	117.00	117.00
6	—	676	118.00	118.00
1	—	365	117.00	117.00
13	—	539	113.00–119.00	117.16
13	—	456	124.00–127.00	124.48
1	—	445	105.00	105.00
7	—	729	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	118.00–119.00	118.50
2	—	730	107.00–108.00	107.49
6	—	519	115.00–120.00	116.19
9	—	472	123.00–126.00	124.38
6	—	558	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	559	143.00–144.00	143.72
1	—	505	139.00	139.00
3	—	630	131.00	131.00
1	—	430	121.00	121.00
6	—	462	150.00–153.00	152.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	822	129.00–136.00	134.06
13	—	740	130.00–134.00	132.79
23	—	546	145.00	145.00
6	—	878	119.00	119.00
7	—	755	132.00	132.00
9	—	633	135.00	135.00
3	—	422	123.00–135.00	128.22
14	—	461	149.00–155.00	154.56
14	—	663	138.00	138.00
5	—	580	139.00–147.00	145.44

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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