Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2023-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 42, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $164.55/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$164.55

42 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$121

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

$14.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.90

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	481	170.59	820	24
Medium and Large 1	602	156.50	941	18thin

One grade step is worth $14.09/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale42 hd

164.55

—

VA average9 barns · 1,287 hd

162.65

+1.90

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,062	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	452	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	859	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	959	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	928	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	552	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	966	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	838	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,107	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,143	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	966	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	152.67/cwt	152.00–153.00	924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	754	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	171.77/cwt	171.00–173.00	895	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	152.00/cwt	148.00–153.00	958	12

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 Feb 20, 2023

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

Receipts 75Last week 254Year ago 149

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 42, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	167.00	167.00
6	—	452	190.00	190.00
7	—	536	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	197.00	197.00
5	—	552	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	156.00	156.00
3	—	552	175.00	175.00
12	—	630	148.00–153.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	174.00	174.00
3	—	605	152.00–153.00	152.67
4	—	385	180.00	180.00
8	—	441	171.00	171.00
8	—	521	171.00–173.00	171.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	164.00	164.00
2	—	443	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	161.00	161.00
2	—	473	197.00	197.00

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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