Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2022-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 55, Bulls 50)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.33/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$141.33

55 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$38

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

$15.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.86

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	471	146.89	691	35
Medium and Large 1	554	131.60	730	20

One grade step is worth $15.29/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale55 hd

141.33

—

VA average11 barns · 1,714 hd

142.19

−0.86

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

27 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	—	608	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	882	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	708	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	531	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	860	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	177.40/cwt	168.00–179.00	823	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	649	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	876	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	952	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	982	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	858	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	851	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	878	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,041	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,091	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	742	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	738	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	700	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	712	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,080	4

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 21, 2022

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

Receipts 148Last week 51Year ago 123

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 55, Bulls 50)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	145.00	145.00
4	—	466	152.00	152.00
9	—	531	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	464	168.00–179.00	177.40
1	—	405	122.00	122.00
6	—	649	135.00	135.00
7	—	532	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	541	176.00	176.00
1	—	550	170.00	170.00
1	—	600	162.00	162.00
7	—	469	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	160.00	160.00
6	—	558	176.00	176.00
6	—	627	166.00	166.00
4	—	750	145.50	145.50
5	—	532	139.50	139.50
4	—	675	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	643	123.00	123.00
1	—	365	139.00	139.00
2	—	738	119.00	119.00
3	—	455	141.00	141.00
10	—	531	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	115.00	115.00
1	—	630	125.00	125.00
9	—	547	135.00	135.00
20	—	453	154.50	154.50
4	—	364	149.00	149.00

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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