Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 39, Bulls 24)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.47/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$115.47

39 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$15.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.47

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	121.10	675	25
Medium and Large 2	516	105.43	544	14thin

One grade step is worth $15.67/cwt here — about $131 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 sale39 hd

115.47

—

VA average12 barns · 2,461 hd

122.95

−7.47

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

20 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	—	668	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	710	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	790	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	138.00/cwt	126.00–150.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	113.41/cwt	110.00–115.00	604	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	444	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	644	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	115.00/cwt	105.00–126.00	607	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	149.57/cwt	144.00–150.50	857	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	437	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	565	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	661	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	312	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	548	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	851	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	966	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	767	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	535	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 Oct 25, 2021

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

Receipts 93Last week 98Year ago 82

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 39, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	116.00	116.00
6	—	464	153.00	153.00
7	—	560	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	126.00–150.00	138.00
3	—	533	110.00–115.00	113.41
4	—	444	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	528	105.00–126.00	115.00
1	—	370	118.00	118.00
1	—	565	100.00	100.00
2	—	445	70.00	70.00
1	—	645	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	546	121.00	121.00
1	—	710	113.00	113.00
5	—	440	124.50	124.50
7	—	639	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	573	144.00–150.50	149.57
1	—	470	151.00	151.00
4	—	630	135.00	135.00
4	—	773	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	100.00	100.00

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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