Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 42, Bulls 19)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.23/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$115.23

42 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$64

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

$19.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.87

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	439	131.83	579	6thin
Medium and Large 1	572	112.46	643	36

One grade step is worth $19.37/cwt here — about −$64 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 sale42 hd

115.23

—

VA average7 barns · 800 hd

121.10

−5.87

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	—	650	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	717	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	780	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	561	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	727	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	145.21/cwt	142.00–146.00	793	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	161.10/cwt	152.00–164.00	917	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	830	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	800	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	127.02/cwt	117.00–130.00	596	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	126.85/cwt	116.00–128.00	677	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	600	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	479	1

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 31, 2021

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

Receipts 96Last week 37Year ago 59

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 42, Bulls 19)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	106.00	106.00
2	—	415	138.00	138.00
2	—	458	140.00	140.00
3	—	543	132.00	132.00
3	—	577	131.00	131.00
5	—	645	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	90.00	90.00
2	—	533	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	645	87.00	87.00
1	—	365	120.00	120.00
5	—	714	112.00	112.00
9	—	469	117.00–130.00	127.02
10	—	534	116.00–128.00	126.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	451	133.00	133.00
1	—	380	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	147.00	147.00
2	—	718	126.00	126.00
3	—	617	139.00	139.00
8	—	463	157.00	157.00
10	—	546	142.00–146.00	145.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	569	152.00–164.00	161.10
7	—	532	156.00	156.00

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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