Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 89, Bulls 38)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.39/cwt on 86 head.

Average price

$118.39

86 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$94

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

$0.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.72

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	474	118.60	562	28
Medium and Large 1	554	118.29	655	58

One grade step is worth $0.31/cwt here — about −$94 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 sale86 hd

118.39

—

VA average8 barns · 2,087 hd

116.67

+1.72

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

26 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	—	472	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	647	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	737	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	761	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	661	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	668	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	522	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	114.97/cwt	111.00–116.00	437	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	755	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	509	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	776	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	835	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	675	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	545	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	635	1

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 19, 2020

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

Receipts 168Last week 18Year ago 53

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 89, Bulls 38)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	472	137.00	137.00
11	—	550	134.00	134.00
11	—	645	118.00	118.00
1	—	420	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	119.00	119.00
2	—	655	109.00	109.00
1	—	430	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	109.00	109.00
33	—	546	121.00	121.00
11	—	640	118.00	118.00
2	—	695	100.00	100.00
7	—	462	118.00	118.00
3	—	382	115.00	115.00
1	—	705	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	543	123.00	123.00
11	—	446	117.00	117.00
5	—	380	111.00–116.00	114.97
1	—	480	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	145.00	145.00
2	—	563	139.00	139.00
1	—	800	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	698	106.00	106.00
11	—	550	141.00	141.00
11	—	647	129.00	129.00
9	—	459	147.00	147.00
1	—	755	117.00	117.00

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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