Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 30, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.60/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$128.60

30 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$145

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

$11.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.22

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	400	137.73	551	6thin
Medium and Large 1	551	126.31	696	24

One grade step is worth $11.42/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale30 hd

128.60

—

VA average9 barns · 2,141 hd

131.81

−3.22

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

17 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	678	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	137.96/cwt	130.00–142.00	593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	755	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	153.74/cwt	147.00–155.00	675	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	917	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	459	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	718	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	548	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	827	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	634	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	869	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	703	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 Dec 13, 2021

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

Receipts 72Last week 222Year ago 63

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 30, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	534	127.00	127.00
6	—	470	137.00	137.00
1	—	720	96.00	96.00
1	—	375	137.50	137.50
8	—	629	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	130.00–142.00	137.96
3	—	370	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	130.00	130.00
6	—	439	147.00–155.00	153.74
5	—	628	146.00	146.00
2	—	508	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	459	156.50	156.50
1	—	685	87.00	87.00
1	—	515	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	548	151.00	151.00
7	—	634	137.00	137.00
1	—	475	148.00	148.00

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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