Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2023-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 30, Bulls 18)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $175.45/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$175.45

30 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$877

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$147

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

$11.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.25

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	403	185.50	748	4thin
Medium and Large 1	515	173.91	895	26

One grade step is worth $11.59/cwt here — about −$147 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 sale30 hd

175.45

—

VA average7 barns · 1,248 hd

171.20

+4.25

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

15 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	196.13/cwt	138.00–201.50	1,065	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,160	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,192	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	176.75/cwt	172.00–178.00	864	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	168.77/cwt	165.00–171.00	938	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,029	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	192.43/cwt	190.00–195.00	702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	181.22/cwt	180.00–190.00	959	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	454	190.26/cwt	185.00–192.00	864	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,063	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 Feb 27, 2023

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

Receipts 68Last week 75Year ago 27

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 30, Bulls 18)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	543	138.00–201.50	196.13
5	—	634	183.00	183.00
2	—	718	166.00	166.00
2	—	478	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	178.00	178.00
2	—	363	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	489	172.00–178.00	176.75
8	—	556	165.00–171.00	168.77
4	—	643	160.00	160.00
4	—	365	190.00–195.00	192.43
1	—	500	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	529	180.00–190.00	181.22
8	—	454	185.00–192.00	190.26
1	—	625	170.00	170.00

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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