Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 24, Bulls 19)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.67/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$100.67

24 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$473

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$9.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.87

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	465	102.20	476	20
Medium and Large 1	491	93.00	456	4thin

One grade step is worth $9.20/cwt here — about $19 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 sale24 hd

100.67

—

VA average8 barns · 1,853 hd

117.54

−16.87

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	531	110.86/cwt	90.00–116.00	589	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	741	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	141.96/cwt	139.00–145.00	767	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	487	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	429	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	455	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	582	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	390	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	629	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	454	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	590	8

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 14, 2020

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

Receipts 63Last week 201Year ago 64

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 24, Bulls 19)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	531	90.00–116.00	110.86
1	—	650	99.00	99.00
1	—	555	93.00	93.00
8	—	454	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	550	114.00	114.00
1	—	635	99.00	99.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	593	125.00	125.00
6	—	540	139.00–145.00	141.96
3	—	712	103.00	103.00
3	—	453	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	443	110.00	110.00
7	—	376	114.00	114.00
4	—	555	82.00	82.00
1	—	715	57.00	57.00
1	—	640	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	99.00	99.00
2	—	448	87.00	87.00

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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