Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 43, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.44/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$116.44

43 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$23.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.10

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	118.07	705	40
Medium and Large 2	572	94.67	541	3thin

One grade step is worth $23.40/cwt here — about $164 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 sale43 hd

116.44

—

VA average11 barns · 1,780 hd

124.53

−8.10

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	—	570	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	122.22/cwt	120.00–123.00	761	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	548	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	712	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	449	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	680	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	149.75/cwt	149.00–150.00	698	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	831	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	137.87/cwt	114.00–141.50	869	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	145.37/cwt	145.00–145.50	830	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	138.67/cwt	136.00–144.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	710	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	112.71/cwt	99.00–120.00	593	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	119.06/cwt	116.00–119.50	762	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	120.01/cwt	114.00–122.00	572	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,063	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	737	3

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 11, 2021

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

Receipts 102Last week 220Year ago 18

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 43, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	139.00	139.00
4	—	623	120.00–123.00	122.22
6	—	548	130.00	130.00
10	—	449	151.50	151.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	557	136.00	136.00
4	—	466	149.00–150.00	149.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	71.00	71.00
1	—	525	116.00	116.00
1	—	720	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	126.00	126.00
2	—	660	110.00	110.00
8	—	745	111.50	111.50
10	—	568	125.00	125.00
6	—	526	99.00–120.00	112.71
8	—	640	116.00–119.50	119.06
4	—	477	114.00–122.00	120.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	630	114.00–141.50	137.87
12	—	571	145.00–145.50	145.37
2	—	793	134.00	134.00
3	—	485	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	136.00–144.00	138.67

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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