Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 19, Bulls 19)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.89/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$109.89

19 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$12

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

$5.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.20

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	498	113.33	565	6thin
Medium and Large 1	532	108.31	576	13thin

One grade step is worth $5.03/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale19 hd

109.89

—

VA average8 barns · 1,965 hd

116.09

−6.20

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

17 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	—	510	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	550	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	586	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	879	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	546	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	672	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	452	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	565	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	725	2

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 Jan 18, 2021

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

Receipts 51Last week 159Year ago 56

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 19, Bulls 19)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	143.00	143.00
4	—	810	108.50	108.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	123.00	123.00
3	—	918	76.00	76.00
1	—	515	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	112.00	112.00
2	—	445	110.00	110.00
1	—	395	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	468	117.50	117.50
5	—	553	106.00	106.00
1	—	720	93.00	93.00
1	—	625	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	124.50	124.50
1	—	550	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	546	123.00	123.00
6	—	452	125.00	125.00
2	—	653	111.00	111.00

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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