Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 36, Bulls 22)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.02/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$111.02

36 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$20.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.08

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	114.46	593	30
Medium and Large 2	594	93.83	557	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.63/cwt here — about $36 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 sale36 hd

111.02

—

VA average12 barns · 2,210 hd

112.11

−1.08

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	757	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	632	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	115.56/cwt	110.00–116.00	522	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	626	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	691	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	642	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	716	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	582	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 26, 2020

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

Receipts 82Last week 168Year ago 116

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 36, Bulls 22)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	561	135.00	135.00
2	—	650	126.00	126.00
1	—	770	116.00	116.00
1	—	515	131.00	131.00
10	—	465	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	100.00	100.00
2	—	550	86.00	86.00
1	—	725	100.00	100.00
1	—	460	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	452	110.00–116.00	115.56
11	—	540	116.00	116.00
4	—	638	110.00	110.00
1	—	710	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	555	124.50	124.50
7	—	642	111.50	111.50
5	—	473	123.00	123.00

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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