Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 186, Bulls 18)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.49/cwt on 186 head.

Average price

$134.49

186 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$8.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.91

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	135.65	858	162
Medium and Large 2	564	126.67	714	24

One grade step is worth $8.98/cwt here — about $144 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 sale186 hd

134.49

—

VA average7 barns · 1,287 hd

131.57

+2.91

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

29 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	—	470	157.52/cwt	157.00–158.00	740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	757	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	542	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	786	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	129.94/cwt	128.00–141.50	825	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	137.82/cwt	116.00–141.50	904	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	960	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	142.38/cwt	134.00–147.00	787	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	728	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,003	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	843	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	148.36/cwt	146.00–148.50	979	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	161.52/cwt	160.00–166.00	774	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	125.42/cwt	120.00–136.00	543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,076	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	901	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,189	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	828	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	125.43/cwt	85.00–127.00	941	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	129.59/cwt	129.00–130.00	680	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	149.50/cwt	148.00–151.00	818	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	122.08/cwt	116.00–126.00	780	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	858	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,150	3

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 Aug 2, 2021

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

Receipts 288Last week 110Year ago 188

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 186, Bulls 18)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	157.00–158.00	157.52
4	—	631	120.00	120.00
6	—	542	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	161.00	161.00
1	—	610	115.00	115.00
3	—	570	136.00	136.00
1	—	475	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	441	132.00	132.00
7	—	635	128.00–141.50	129.94
70	—	656	116.00–141.50	137.82
42	—	553	134.00–147.00	142.38
3	—	547	133.00	133.00
4	—	460	136.00	136.00
4	—	739	112.00	112.00
27	—	750	85.00–127.00	125.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	120.00–136.00	125.42
1	—	585	147.00	147.00
10	—	525	129.00–130.00	129.59
10	—	639	116.00–126.00	122.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	644	149.00	149.00
8	—	732	137.00	137.00
18	—	558	151.00	151.00
18	—	660	146.00–148.50	148.36
4	—	479	160.00–166.00	161.52
4	—	758	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	901	132.00	132.00
3	—	633	125.00	125.00
6	—	547	148.00–151.00	149.50
3	—	858	134.00	134.00

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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