Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 46, Bulls 33)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.84/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$115.84

46 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$13.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.38

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	119.34	626	34
Medium and Large 2	463	105.92	490	12thin

One grade step is worth $13.42/cwt here — about $136 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 sale46 hd

115.84

—

VA average9 barns · 2,544 hd

125.22

−9.38

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

26 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	—	518	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	459	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	666	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	740	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	745	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	125.44/cwt	113.00–137.00	600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	138.57/cwt	136.00–139.00	894	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	520	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	456	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	464	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	839	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	115.43/cwt	113.00–116.00	732	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	324	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	123.36/cwt	101.00–125.00	685	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	611	99.51/cwt	88.00–116.00	608	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	130.66/cwt	130.00–132.00	728	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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 98Last week 102Year ago 168

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 46, Bulls 33)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	128.00	128.00
4	—	459	145.00	145.00
6	—	638	116.00	116.00
8	—	573	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	113.00–137.00	125.44
3	—	442	139.00	139.00
5	—	611	88.00–116.00	99.51
3	—	557	130.00–132.00	130.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	645	136.00–139.00	138.57
1	—	485	151.00	151.00
7	—	550	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	130.00	130.00
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
1	—	495	148.00	148.00
1	—	595	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	441	118.00	118.00
2	—	390	117.00	117.00
1	—	705	98.00	98.00
5	—	634	113.00–116.00	115.43
15	—	555	101.00–125.00	123.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	87.00	87.00
1	—	695	91.00	91.00
4	—	449	118.00	118.00
2	—	348	93.00	93.00
1	—	360	112.00	112.00
2	—	470	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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