Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2022-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 32, Bulls 16)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.14/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$138.14

32 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$715

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$72

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

$0.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.89

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	473	138.92	656	6thin
Medium and Large 1	528	137.96	728	26

One grade step is worth $0.96/cwt here — about −$72 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 sale32 hd

138.14

—

VA average9 barns · 1,933 hd

144.03

−5.89

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

18 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	—	610	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	797	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	699	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	789	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	459	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	780	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	943	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	850	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	135.57/cwt	130.00–140.00	847	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	717	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 May 16, 2022

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

Receipts 63Last week 76Year ago 46

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 32, Bulls 16)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	139.00	139.00
2	—	535	149.00	149.00
5	—	463	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	148.00	148.00
6	—	459	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	131.00	131.00
5	—	458	141.00	141.00
7	—	625	130.00–140.00	135.57
11	—	540	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	142.50	142.50
1	—	475	132.00	132.00
2	—	523	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	131.00	131.00
3	—	633	149.00	149.00
6	—	538	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	170.00	170.00
1	—	615	155.00	155.00
3	—	512	155.00	155.00

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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