Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 133, Heifers 134, Bulls 44)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.32/cwt on 134 head.

Average price

$131.32

134 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$36

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

$3.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.68

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	515	132.83	684	81
Medium and Large 1	559	129.00	720	53

One grade step is worth $3.83/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale134 hd

131.32

—

VA average7 barns · 1,327 hd

132.99

−1.68

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

37 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	—	523	136.03/cwt	130.00–142.00	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	634	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	785	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	135.01/cwt	134.00–136.00	959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	164.06/cwt	158.00–172.00	912	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	155.74/cwt	127.00–160.50	984	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	725	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	131.71/cwt	130.00–137.00	623	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	137.33/cwt	120.00–139.50	634	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	120.47/cwt	114.00–126.00	759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	168.24/cwt	155.00–169.00	927	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	132.97/cwt	131.00–136.50	721	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,003	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	831	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,048	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	337	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	756	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	527	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	804	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	145.20/cwt	135.00–152.00	661	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	140.20/cwt	122.50–150.00	732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	158.82/cwt	151.00–160.00	697	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	849	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	125.31/cwt	122.00–127.00	796	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	160.40/cwt	137.00–168.00	741	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	133.89/cwt	104.00–136.00	590	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	730	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	985	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 Apr 5, 2021

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

Receipts 311Last week 89Year ago 128

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 133, Heifers 134, Bulls 44)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	130.00–142.00	136.03
5	—	650	130.00	130.00
8	—	431	147.00	147.00
8	—	557	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	648	125.00	125.00
2	—	513	140.00	140.00
10	—	566	142.00	142.00
5	—	455	135.00–152.00	145.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	132.00	132.00
1	—	395	135.00	135.00
6	—	725	120.00	120.00
12	—	473	130.00–137.00	131.71
7	—	630	114.00–126.00	120.47
25	—	542	131.00–136.50	132.97
1	—	815	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	90.00	90.00
19	—	462	120.00–139.50	137.33
1	—	340	99.00	99.00
13	—	550	137.50	137.50
6	—	374	141.00	141.00
6	—	685	124.00	124.00
12	—	635	122.00–127.00	125.31
17	—	441	104.00–136.00	133.89
6	—	545	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	134.00–136.00	135.01
33	—	556	158.00–172.00	164.06
27	—	632	127.00–160.50	155.74
9	—	453	160.00	160.00
3	—	525	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	551	155.00–169.00	168.24
6	—	643	156.00	156.00
2	—	655	160.00	160.00
3	—	522	122.50–150.00	140.20
2	—	765	134.00	134.00
11	—	439	151.00–160.00	158.82
14	—	462	137.00–168.00	160.40
2	—	738	133.50	133.50

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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