Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2022-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 43, Bulls 19)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.16/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$136.16

43 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

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

$4.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.65

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	490	139.32	683	14thin
Medium and Large 1	549	134.64	739	29

One grade step is worth $4.68/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale43 hd

136.16

—

VA average7 barns · 854 hd

139.81

−3.65

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

21 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	—	643	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	868	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	733	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	820	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	773	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	875	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	548	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	133.75/cwt	130.00–134.00	722	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	749	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	661	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	889	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	663	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	829	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	534	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	960	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	945	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,022	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 May 30, 2022

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

Receipts 87Last week 43Year ago 96

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 43, Bulls 19)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	135.00	135.00
4	—	458	160.00	160.00
5	—	529	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	160.00	160.00
2	—	648	135.00	135.00
3	—	548	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	540	130.00–134.00	133.75
1	—	390	140.00	140.00
2	—	720	123.50	123.50
5	—	467	142.00	142.00
5	—	621	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	541	138.50	138.50
6	—	459	144.00	144.00
1	—	675	100.00	100.00
2	—	363	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	170.50	170.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	174.00	174.00
1	—	670	142.00	142.00
9	—	642	149.50	149.50
10	—	561	168.50	168.50
1	—	715	143.00	143.00

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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