Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 181, Heifers 162, Bulls 58)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.74/cwt on 181 head.

Average price

$153.74

181 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$936

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$116

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

$18.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.53

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	161.02	872	68
Medium and Large 1	621	153.57	954	70
Medium and Large 1-2	694	142.49	988	43

One grade step is worth $18.53/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale181 hd

153.74

—

VA average10 barns · 2,377 hd

149.21

+4.53

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

46 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	—	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	725	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	127.69/cwt	127.50–129.00	804	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	548	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	844	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	118.81/cwt	116.00–122.50	746	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	860	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,009	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	167.77/cwt	147.00–169.50	943	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	150.97/cwt	143.00–153.00	977	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	129.10/cwt	126.00–130.50	713	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	128.97/cwt	125.00–131.00	596	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,012	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	486	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	169.39/cwt	169.00–170.00	798	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	809	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	651	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,001	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	989	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	124.90/cwt	124.00–126.00	995	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	785	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	444	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	697	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	544	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	789	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	453	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	508	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	120.82/cwt	118.00–121.00	773	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	164.56/cwt	160.00–166.00	882	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	172.96/cwt	155.00–174.00	799	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	129.95/cwt	110.00–132.50	606	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	146.97/cwt	141.00–150.00	942	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	129.63/cwt	123.00–130.00	718	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	981	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	127.24/cwt	127.00–129.00	685	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	761	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	172.53/cwt	156.00–174.00	764	12

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 Mar 8, 2021

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

Receipts 401Last week 168Year ago 107

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 181, Heifers 162, Bulls 58)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	140.00	140.00
6	—	471	154.00	154.00
8	—	630	127.50–129.00	127.69
16	—	548	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	119.00	119.00
5	—	620	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	444	157.00	157.00
8	—	544	145.00	145.00
2	—	453	157.00	157.00
3	—	640	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	127.00	127.00
2	—	365	135.00	135.00
18	—	628	116.00–122.50	118.81
2	—	435	128.00	128.00
32	—	552	126.00–130.50	129.10
10	—	462	125.00–131.00	128.97
7	—	748	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	130.00	130.00
5	—	552	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	371	137.00	137.00
16	—	640	118.00–121.00	120.82
22	—	466	110.00–132.50	129.95
20	—	554	123.00–130.00	129.63
2	—	770	82.00	82.00
8	—	538	127.00–129.00	127.24
1	—	420	127.00	127.00
1	—	820	86.00	86.00
2	—	725	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	534	161.00	161.00
9	—	734	137.50	137.50
13	—	562	147.00–169.50	167.77
25	—	647	143.00–153.00	150.97
3	—	755	134.00	134.00
3	—	855	117.00	117.00
8	—	471	169.00–170.00	169.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	654	153.00	153.00
10	—	630	157.00	157.00
20	—	797	124.00–126.00	124.90
5	—	470	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	536	160.00–166.00	164.56
19	—	462	155.00–174.00	172.96
1	—	560	140.00	140.00
13	—	641	141.00–150.00	146.97
1	—	825	117.00	117.00
6	—	743	132.00	132.00
12	—	443	156.00–174.00	172.53

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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