Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 135, Heifers 157, Bulls 51)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.94/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$134.94

157 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$3.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.60

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	136.42	761	86
Medium and Large 2	524	133.15	698	71

One grade step is worth $3.27/cwt here — about $63 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 sale157 hd

134.94

—

VA average7 barns · 916 hd

134.34

+0.60

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

34 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	—	523	127.99/cwt	126.00–129.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	122.39/cwt	114.00–124.00	774	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	451	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	690	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	693	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	738	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	124.19/cwt	120.00–137.00	535	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,018	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	965	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	141.21/cwt	140.00–155.00	767	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,054	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	146.33/cwt	140.00–149.00	979	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	100.29/cwt	74.00–125.00	725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	160.04/cwt	152.00–161.00	887	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	118.10/cwt	108.00–133.00	963	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	124.97/cwt	121.00–129.00	769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	130.75/cwt	129.00–132.00	833	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	140.30/cwt	100.00–143.50	755	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	162.36/cwt	151.00–166.00	758	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	136.55/cwt	74.00–146.00	624	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	139.76/cwt	129.00–143.00	783	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	977	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	160.31/cwt	140.00–166.00	752	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	142.98/cwt	124.00–144.00	769	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	128.46/cwt	124.00–133.00	817	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	133.92/cwt	124.00–143.00	624	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	527	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	109.35/cwt	90.00–128.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	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 Sep 6, 2021

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

Receipts 343Last week 40Year ago 243

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 135, Heifers 157, Bulls 51)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	126.00–129.00	127.99
6	—	632	114.00–124.00	122.39
8	—	451	153.00	153.00
17	—	550	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	138.00	138.00
8	—	431	120.00–137.00	124.19
6	—	560	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	893	114.00	114.00
8	—	753	140.00	140.00
20	—	669	140.00–149.00	146.33
6	—	618	146.00	146.00
25	—	554	152.00–161.00	160.04
17	—	815	108.00–133.00	118.10
17	—	469	140.00–166.00	160.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	748	129.00	129.00
10	—	655	125.00	125.00
12	—	543	140.00–155.00	141.21
2	—	615	121.00–129.00	124.97
4	—	443	163.00	163.00
8	—	467	151.00–166.00	162.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	74.00–125.00	100.29
12	—	637	129.00–132.00	130.75
21	—	538	100.00–143.50	140.30
3	—	658	104.00	104.00
24	—	457	74.00–146.00	136.55
5	—	382	138.00	138.00
2	—	413	90.00–128.00	109.35
2	—	570	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	135.00	135.00
9	—	560	129.00–143.00	139.76
6	—	788	124.00	124.00
34	—	538	124.00–144.00	142.98
16	—	636	124.00–133.00	128.46
20	—	466	124.00–143.00	133.92

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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