Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 67, Bulls 46)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.00/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$129.00

67 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$129

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

$1.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.35

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	477	129.86	619	35
Medium and Large 1	584	128.05	748	32

One grade step is worth $1.80/cwt here — about −$129 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 sale67 hd

129.00

—

VA average12 barns · 2,239 hd

123.65

+5.35

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

25 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	—	448	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	548	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	795	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	820	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	127.43/cwt	118.00–131.00	794	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	765	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	130.36/cwt	130.00–130.50	696	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	795	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	535	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	122.61/cwt	119.00–137.00	630	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	882	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	383	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	636	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	758	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	491	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	160.64/cwt	153.00–162.00	757	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	134.09/cwt	128.00–136.00	591	16

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 123Last week 155Year ago 188

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 67, Bulls 46)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	150.00	150.00
4	—	548	145.00	145.00
4	—	631	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	562	140.00	140.00
9	—	514	119.00–137.00	122.61
4	—	413	154.00	154.00
5	—	632	120.00	120.00
13	—	471	153.00–162.00	160.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	623	118.00–131.00	127.43
5	—	534	131.00	131.00
1	—	720	90.00	90.00
3	—	458	135.00	135.00
7	—	575	133.00	133.00
4	—	668	119.00	119.00
1	—	385	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	534	130.00–130.50	130.36
4	—	638	105.00	105.00
1	—	355	108.00	108.00
4	—	346	142.00	142.00
16	—	441	128.00–136.00	134.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	131.00	131.00
6	—	600	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	148.00	148.00
1	—	690	133.00	133.00
1	—	515	158.00	158.00

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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