Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 31, Bulls 13)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.94/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$122.94

31 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$10.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.41

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	127.05	712	19thin
Medium and Large 2	586	116.42	682	12thin

One grade step is worth $10.64/cwt here — about $30 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 sale31 hd

122.94

—

VA average9 barns · 1,519 hd

128.34

−5.41

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 2	—	458	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	854	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	123.20/cwt	123.00–125.00	770	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	467	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	712	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	778	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	670	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 Aug 16, 2021

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

Receipts 61Last week 104Year ago 46

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 31, Bulls 13)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	147.00	147.00
1	—	615	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	564	138.00	138.00
3	—	487	146.00	146.00
2	—	670	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	117.00	117.00
8	—	573	149.00	149.00
2	—	463	158.00	158.00
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	109.00	109.00
1	—	435	168.00	168.00
1	—	725	116.00	116.00
1	—	625	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	625	123.00–125.00	123.20
5	—	435	134.00	134.00
4	—	556	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	753	86.00	86.00
2	—	428	134.00	134.00
1	—	380	123.00	123.00
4	—	639	120.00	120.00
3	—	578	118.00	118.00

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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