Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2022-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 6, Heifers 8, Bulls 13)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $154.46/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$154.46

13 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$55.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.82

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	469	167.20	785	10thin
Medium and Large 2	577	112.00	646	3thin

One grade step is worth $55.20/cwt here — about $138 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 sale13 hd

154.46

—

VA average6 barns · 576 hd

161.28

−6.82

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

12 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	—	430	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	808	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	829	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	665	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,091	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	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 Feb 28, 2022

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 6, Heifers 8, Bulls 13)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	146.00	146.00
2	—	518	156.00	156.00
6	—	466	178.00	178.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	116.00	116.00
2	—	518	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	146.00	146.00
1	—	665	135.00	135.00
6	—	468	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	177.50	177.50
2	—	638	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	174.00	174.00
1	—	500	150.00	150.00

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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