Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 110, Bulls 46)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.53/cwt on 110 head.

Average price

$129.53

110 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$715

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$113

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

$5.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.01

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	477	133.47	637	35
Medium and Large 1	587	127.68	750	75

One grade step is worth $5.79/cwt here — about −$113 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 sale110 hd

129.53

—

VA average9 barns · 2,012 hd

129.54

−0.01

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

33 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	—	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	681	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	541	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	812	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	835	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	121.41/cwt	120.00–129.00	777	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	708	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	145.10/cwt	124.00–154.00	685	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	141.87/cwt	134.00–143.50	1,092	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	121.02/cwt	119.00–123.00	754	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,105	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,005	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	119.42/cwt	116.00–123.00	921	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	788	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	723	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	151.26/cwt	148.00–152.00	988	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	157.89/cwt	157.00–159.00	894	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	149.17/cwt	134.00–154.00	649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	128.40/cwt	120.00–129.00	706	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	161.41/cwt	159.00–162.00	907	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	124.80/cwt	120.00–130.00	794	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	133.26/cwt	120.00–134.50	728	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	134.58/cwt	124.00–137.00	630	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	136.73/cwt	134.00–137.75	625	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	672	2

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 Dec 6, 2021

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

Receipts 222Last week 102Year ago 201

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 110, Bulls 46)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	150.00	150.00
4	—	631	108.00	108.00
11	—	541	150.00	150.00
15	—	650	128.50	128.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	640	120.00–129.00	121.41
4	—	463	153.00	153.00
1	—	580	134.00	134.00
4	—	435	134.00–154.00	149.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	153.00	153.00
1	—	455	156.00	156.00
2	—	643	151.00	151.00
3	—	742	135.00	135.00
5	—	562	159.00–162.00	161.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	472	124.00–154.00	145.10
10	—	770	134.00–143.50	141.87
1	—	850	130.00	130.00
5	—	728	138.00	138.00
5	—	828	134.00	134.00
11	—	653	148.00–152.00	151.26
16	—	566	157.00–159.00	157.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	119.00–123.00	121.02
3	—	378	131.00	131.00
5	—	554	130.50	130.50
22	—	457	134.00–137.75	136.73
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
2	—	525	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	771	116.00–123.00	119.42
7	—	651	121.00	121.00
15	—	550	120.00–129.00	128.40
26	—	636	120.00–130.00	124.80
11	—	546	120.00–134.50	133.26
12	—	468	124.00–137.00	134.58

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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