Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 34, Bulls 20)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.42/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$139.42

50 head · 691 lb average

Value per head Derived

$963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$142

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

$16.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.84

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	155.00	826	2thin
Medium and Large 1	697	138.77	968	48

One grade step is worth $16.23/cwt here — about −$142 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

139.42

—

VA average10 barns · 1,940 hd

146.26

−6.84

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

21 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	—	614	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	774	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	777	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	857	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,013	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	132.33/cwt	124.00–134.00	602	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,091	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	907	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	551	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	736	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	733	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,071	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	770	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	839	8

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 9, 2021

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

Receipts 104Last week 288Year ago 70

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 34, Bulls 20)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	614	126.00	126.00
6	—	445	150.00	150.00
7	—	536	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	147.00	147.00
1	—	515	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	130.00	130.00
5	—	736	116.50	116.50
4	—	414	133.00	133.00
4	—	575	128.00	128.00
7	—	642	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	112.00	112.00
6	—	455	124.00–134.00	132.33
3	—	645	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	745	136.00	136.00
11	—	820	133.00	133.00
12	—	650	139.50	139.50
1	—	405	156.00	156.00
4	—	470	156.00	156.00
6	—	923	116.00	116.00
8	—	545	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	155.00	155.00

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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