Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2022-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 18, Bulls 6)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.81/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$148.81

18 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$752

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$0.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.74

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	149.00	762	14thin
Medium and Large 2	485	148.13	719	4thin

One grade step is worth $0.88/cwt here — about $43 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 sale18 hd

148.81

—

VA average10 barns · 1,256 hd

157.55

−8.74

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

17 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,072	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	867	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,040	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	965	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	890	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 Aug 22, 2022

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

Receipts 36Last week 34Year ago 42

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 18, Bulls 6)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	153.00	153.00
1	—	525	147.50	147.50
1	—	640	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	153.00	153.00
3	—	535	149.00	149.00
4	—	440	150.50	150.50
4	—	668	144.50	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	184.00	184.00
1	—	710	151.00	151.00
2	—	568	171.50	171.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	561	175.50	175.50
1	—	660	149.50	149.50
3	—	630	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	127.50	127.50
2	—	473	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	165.50	165.50
1	—	400	127.00	127.00

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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