Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 81, Heifers 101, Bulls 38)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.01/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$125.01

101 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$50

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

$0.92/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 2	501	125.59	630	37
Medium and Large 1	545	124.67	680	64

One grade step is worth $0.92/cwt here — about −$50 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 sale101 hd

125.01

—

VA average8 barns · 1,794 hd

127.92

−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

28 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	—	665	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	148.31/cwt	144.00–149.00	623	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	539	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	755	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	536	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	740	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	971	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	156.39/cwt	152.00–157.00	743	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	131.81/cwt	116.00–137.00	848	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	132.41/cwt	130.00–133.00	493	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	117.17/cwt	113.00–120.00	770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	143.39/cwt	143.00–146.00	921	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	150.51/cwt	146.00–151.50	820	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	115.83/cwt	110.00–121.00	738	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	573	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	127.29/cwt	121.00–130.00	686	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	722	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	132.05/cwt	128.00–134.00	960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	680	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	594	11

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 Oct 4, 2021

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

Receipts 220Last week 33Year ago 227

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 81, Heifers 101, Bulls 38)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	106.00	106.00
7	—	420	144.00–149.00	148.31
13	—	539	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	536	138.00	138.00
6	—	445	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	95.00	95.00
17	—	637	110.00–121.00	115.83
29	—	539	121.00–130.00	127.29
2	—	568	126.00	126.00
4	—	381	134.00	134.00
11	—	455	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	130.00–133.00	132.41
5	—	657	113.00–120.00	117.17
14	—	446	128.50	128.50
1	—	600	119.00	119.00
1	—	705	97.00	97.00
1	—	455	124.00	124.00
10	—	540	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	741	131.00	131.00
1	—	580	144.00	144.00
2	—	795	128.00	128.00
8	—	475	152.00–157.00	156.39
23	—	642	143.00–146.00	143.39
27	—	545	146.00–151.50	150.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	137.00	137.00
4	—	643	116.00–137.00	131.81
7	—	451	160.00	160.00
3	—	727	128.00–134.00	132.05

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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