Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 62, Bulls 24)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.43/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$140.43

62 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$2.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.30

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	502	141.66	712	35
Medium and Large 1	509	138.84	707	27

One grade step is worth $2.82/cwt here — about $5 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 sale62 hd

140.43

—

VA average10 barns · 2,642 hd

131.13

+9.30

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

22 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	—	610	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	851	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	600	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	666	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	143.20/cwt	142.00–146.00	765	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	159.59/cwt	159.00–161.00	868	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	829	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	150.85/cwt	140.00–153.00	875	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	544	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	783	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	817	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	732	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	894	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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 116Last week 118Year ago 341

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 62, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	123.00	123.00
3	—	525	144.00	144.00
6	—	469	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	544	144.00	144.00
2	—	625	122.00	122.00
5	—	427	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	127.00	127.00
5	—	408	144.00	144.00
6	—	458	131.00	131.00
13	—	534	142.00–146.00	143.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	130.00	130.00
18	—	444	150.00	150.00
6	—	638	128.00	128.00
10	—	538	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	544	159.00–161.00	159.59
2	—	495	162.00	162.00
2	—	665	142.00	142.00
6	—	580	140.00–153.00	150.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	166.00	166.00
4	—	528	157.00	157.00
1	—	710	134.00	134.00
2	—	625	143.00	143.00

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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