Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 3, Heifers 29, Bulls 19)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.96/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$116.96

29 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$101

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

$2.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.66

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	439	118.00	518	16thin
Medium and Large 1	535	115.67	619	13thin

One grade step is worth $2.33/cwt here — about −$101 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 sale29 hd

116.96

—

VA average8 barns · 1,022 hd

117.62

−0.66

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

14 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	—	670	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	679	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	441	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	655	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	116.87/cwt	115.50–119.00	628	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	885	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	646	4

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 25, 2021

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

Receipts 51Last week 51Year ago 36

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 3, Heifers 29, Bulls 19)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	84.00	84.00
6	—	518	131.00	131.00
7	—	441	148.50	148.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	118.00	118.00
4	—	455	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	103.00	103.00
2	—	473	116.00	116.00
10	—	537	115.50–119.00	116.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	381	125.00	125.00
9	—	440	120.00	120.00
1	—	470	90.00	90.00
2	—	535	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	120.00	120.00
2	—	763	116.00	116.00

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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