Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 90, Bulls 42)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.19/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$117.19

89 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$73

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

$5.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.17

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	506	119.12	603	55
Medium and Large 1	592	114.07	676	34

One grade step is worth $5.04/cwt here — about −$73 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 sale89 hd

117.19

—

VA average10 barns · 2,012 hd

119.36

−2.17

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

32 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	—	470	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	646	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	775	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	777	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	111.05/cwt	110.00–111.50	713	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	649	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,025	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	916	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	152.66/cwt	146.00–154.00	722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	133.04/cwt	130.00–136.00	847	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	100.98/cwt	100.00–102.00	739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	568	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	882	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	763	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	447	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	648	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	119.01/cwt	116.00–120.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	124.10/cwt	123.00–124.50	551	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	149.98/cwt	131.00–156.00	697	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	691	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	119.67/cwt	118.00–120.00	454	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	578	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	646	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	109.12/cwt	102.00–111.00	670	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	151.14/cwt	150.00–153.00	822	13

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 Dec 7, 2020

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

Receipts 201Last week 50Year ago 152

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 90, Bulls 42)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	143.00	143.00
6	—	646	120.00	120.00
12	—	555	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	110.00	110.00
3	—	648	109.00	109.00
8	—	553	138.00	138.00
9	—	447	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	559	120.00	120.00
10	—	642	110.00–111.50	111.05
1	—	790	72.00	72.00
8	—	545	119.00	119.00
4	—	732	100.00–102.00	100.98
5	—	458	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	554	116.00–120.00	119.01
11	—	444	123.00–124.50	124.10
6	—	379	118.00–120.00	119.67
9	—	466	124.00	124.00
15	—	543	119.00	119.00
10	—	614	102.00–111.00	109.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	801	128.00	128.00
3	—	770	119.00	119.00
6	—	473	146.00–154.00	152.66
3	—	725	124.00	124.00
10	—	637	130.00–136.00	133.04
2	—	510	153.00	153.00
2	—	588	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	465	131.00–156.00	149.98
3	—	625	120.00	120.00
7	—	449	154.00	154.00
1	—	575	130.00	130.00
1	—	680	136.00	136.00
13	—	544	150.00–153.00	151.14

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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