Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2022-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 171, Heifers 149, Bulls 71)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.06/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$168.06

169 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$153

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

$14.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.70

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	514	179.45	923	37
Medium and Large 1	653	164.87	1,076	132

One grade step is worth $14.58/cwt here — about −$153 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 sale169 hd

168.06

—

VA average10 barns · 1,852 hd

163.36

+4.70

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

31 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	—	647	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	896	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	851	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	149.58/cwt	127.00–153.50	830	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	544	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	824	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	789	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	444	172.86/cwt	160.00–175.00	767	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	186.23/cwt	179.00–188.00	1,043	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,041	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	185.12/cwt	180.00–188.00	1,003	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	171.42/cwt	171.00–172.00	1,083	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	181.55/cwt	170.00–190.00	839	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	141.53/cwt	138.50–145.00	1,067	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	170.81/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,086	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,184	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,179	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,159	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	109.48/cwt	105.00–114.00	682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	179.26/cwt	175.00–192.00	792	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	623	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	153.99/cwt	140.00–155.50	582	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	141.16/cwt	140.00–144.50	645	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	126.13/cwt	123.50–127.00	808	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	784	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	784	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	144.71/cwt	139.50–145.50	656	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	125.01/cwt	122.00–128.00	926	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	142.34/cwt	140.50–142.50	623	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	131.96/cwt	122.00–134.75	706	17

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 Mar 7, 2022

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

Receipts 391Last week 27Year ago 401

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 171, Heifers 149, Bulls 71)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	647	138.50	138.50
13	—	464	183.50	183.50
14	—	555	127.00–153.50	149.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	544	151.50	151.50
2	—	680	116.00	116.00
20	—	444	160.00–175.00	172.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	165.00	165.00
13	—	542	180.00–188.00	185.12
7	—	632	171.00–172.00	171.42
16	—	442	175.00–192.00	179.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	560	179.00–188.00	186.23
3	—	505	178.00	178.00
2	—	713	146.00	146.00
21	—	462	170.00–190.00	181.55
22	—	754	138.50–145.00	141.53
29	—	636	165.00–172.00	170.81
5	—	858	138.00	138.00
17	—	842	140.00	140.00
13	—	666	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	688	105.00	105.00
2	—	623	105.00–114.00	109.48
17	—	378	140.00–155.50	153.99
8	—	453	139.50–145.50	144.71
26	—	438	140.50–142.50	142.34
17	—	535	122.00–134.75	131.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	382	163.00	163.00
23	—	457	140.00–144.50	141.16
8	—	641	123.50–127.00	126.13
12	—	548	143.00	143.00
12	—	550	142.50	142.50
10	—	741	122.00–128.00	125.01

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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