Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 49, Bulls 17)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.89/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$111.89

47 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$15

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

$1.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.90

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	112.28	595	30
Medium and Large 1	548	111.21	609	17thin

One grade step is worth $1.07/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale47 hd

111.89

—

VA average10 barns · 1,432 hd

118.79

−6.90

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	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	682	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	586	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	105.79/cwt	100.00–110.00	660	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	110.93/cwt	106.00–116.00	749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	692	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	104.89/cwt	96.00–109.50	656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	107.90/cwt	93.00–123.00	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	623	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	772	119.29/cwt	114.00–122.00	921	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	129.34/cwt	126.00–131.00	850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	809	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	441	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	121.61/cwt	118.00–122.00	540	10

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 Nov 23, 2020

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

Receipts 93Last week 65Year ago 51

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 49, Bulls 17)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
2	—	618	120.00	120.00
6	—	533	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	106.00–116.00	110.93
2	—	545	126.00	126.00
4	—	461	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	112.00	112.00
6	—	488	120.00	120.00
3	—	545	106.00	106.00
7	—	624	100.00–110.00	105.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	625	96.00–109.50	104.89
10	—	537	116.00	116.00
1	—	380	116.00	116.00
1	—	815	51.00	51.00
2	—	565	98.00	98.00
10	—	444	118.00–122.00	121.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	127.00	127.00
2	—	473	141.00	141.00
2	—	740	93.00–123.00	107.90
1	—	795	123.00	123.00
3	—	657	126.00–131.00	129.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	140.00	140.00
3	—	772	114.00–122.00	119.29
8	—	564	143.50	143.50
1	—	460	143.00	143.00

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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