Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 49, Bulls 23)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.35/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$140.35

50 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$21.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.77

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	610	150.99	922	25
Medium and Large 2	596	129.72	772	25

One grade step is worth $21.27/cwt here — about $149 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 sale50 hd

140.35

—

VA average8 barns · 1,274 hd

144.13

−3.77

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

20 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	—	532	133.40/cwt	133.00–135.00	710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	591	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	155.11/cwt	139.00–167.00	966	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	689	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	136.43/cwt	122.00–141.00	723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	95.20/cwt	86.00–124.00	609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	149.65/cwt	144.00–161.00	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	887	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	114.57/cwt	91.00–122.00	725	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	135.40/cwt	128.00–136.00	593	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	555	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	123.16/cwt	113.00–144.00	788	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	708	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	875	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	414	4

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 May 3, 2021

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

Receipts 122Last week 80Year ago 145

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 49, Bulls 23)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	133.00–135.00	133.40
6	—	622	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	122.00–141.00	136.43
4	—	640	86.00–124.00	95.20
4	—	426	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	109.00	109.00
4	—	421	138.00	138.00
6	—	547	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	633	91.00–122.00	114.57
13	—	438	128.00–136.00	135.40
8	—	549	129.00	129.00
4	—	376	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	623	139.00–167.00	155.11
2	—	423	169.00	169.00
3	—	547	144.00–161.00	149.65
4	—	701	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	131.00	131.00
12	—	640	113.00–144.00	123.16
2	—	525	165.00	165.00
6	—	673	130.00	130.00

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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