Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 43, Bulls 21)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.92/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$125.92

43 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$109

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

$6.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.04

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	478	129.42	618	21
Medium and Large 1	594	122.59	728	22

One grade step is worth $6.83/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale43 hd

125.92

—

VA average10 barns · 2,095 hd

128.96

−3.04

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

26 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	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	127.00/cwt	123.00–131.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	972	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	818	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	653	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	551	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	649	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	785	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	454	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	134.81/cwt	133.00–136.00	495	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	127.67/cwt	121.00–131.00	680	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	144.46/cwt	142.00–147.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	599	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	723	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 26, 2021

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

Receipts 80Last week 116Year ago 123

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 43, Bulls 21)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	139.00	139.00
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
2	—	595	123.00–131.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	113.00	113.00
4	—	551	130.00	130.00
4	—	649	121.00	121.00
7	—	454	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	131.00	131.00
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
2	—	375	141.00	141.00
6	—	536	128.00	128.00
2	—	630	114.00	114.00
8	—	714	114.50	114.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	367	133.00–136.00	134.81
7	—	533	121.00–131.00	127.67
7	—	450	133.00	133.00
2	—	660	109.50	109.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	165.00	165.00
1	—	575	151.00	151.00
1	—	605	128.00	128.00
1	—	535	143.00	143.00
6	—	720	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	150.00	150.00
1	—	690	136.00	136.00
2	—	618	139.00	139.00
2	—	518	142.00–147.00	144.46

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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