Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 13, Bulls 3)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.18/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$149.18

17 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$13.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.21

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	598	150.73	901	15thin
Medium and Large 2	593	137.50	815	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.23/cwt here — about $87 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 sale17 hd

149.18

—

VA average11 barns · 1,442 hd

144.97

+4.21

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

13 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	849	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,002	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	665	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	726	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 Sep 27, 2021

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

Receipts 33Last week 137Year ago 99

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 13, Bulls 3)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	449	160.00	160.00
3	—	562	151.00	151.00
8	—	686	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	131.00	131.00
1	—	580	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	114.00	114.00
1	—	380	132.00	132.00
2	—	618	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	536	124.00	124.00
2	—	613	120.00	120.00
1	—	355	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	137.00	137.00

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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