Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2023-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 165, Heifers 194, Bulls 33)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.41/cwt on 192 head.

Average price

$177.41

192 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$955

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

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

$0.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.63

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	177.76	950	80
Medium and Large 2	541	177.15	958	112

One grade step is worth $0.61/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale192 hd

177.41

—

VA average9 barns · 1,501 hd

174.77

+2.63

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

32 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	—	445	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	864	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,091	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	551	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,047	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	541	198.75/cwt	198.75–198.75	1,075	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	957	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,413	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,296	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	214.24/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,440	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,408	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	216.28/cwt	200.00–234.00	1,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	178.39/cwt	169.00–191.00	817	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	230.39/cwt	225.00–234.50	1,055	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	221.84/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,389	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	167.03/cwt	165.00–169.00	651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	197.12/cwt	191.00–199.75	863	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	182.75/cwt	182.75–182.75	1,007	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	188.82/cwt	184.50–191.50	1,384	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	228.46/cwt	224.00–231.00	1,241	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	198.75/cwt	198.75–198.75	747	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	171.23/cwt	150.00–180.00	1,086	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	170.50/cwt	126.00–179.75	907	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	169.74/cwt	150.00–171.75	1,030	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	157.33/cwt	154.00–159.00	1,189	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	756	7

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 Mar 6, 2023

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

Receipts 392Last week 68Year ago 391

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 165, Heifers 194, Bulls 33)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	190.00	190.00
3	—	450	192.00	192.00
3	—	638	171.00	171.00
9	—	551	190.00	190.00
11	—	541	198.75	198.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	458	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	851	166.00	166.00
7	—	549	236.00	236.00
54	—	672	200.00–220.00	214.24
9	—	761	185.00	185.00
2	—	470	200.00–234.00	216.28
2	—	553	144.00	144.00
22	—	733	184.50–191.50	188.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	166.00	166.00
1	—	760	184.50	184.50
21	—	458	225.00–234.50	230.39
10	—	626	215.00–229.00	221.84
27	—	543	224.00–231.00	228.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	173.00	173.00
21	—	458	169.00–191.00	178.39
27	—	551	182.75	182.75
9	—	376	198.75	198.75
1	—	670	158.00	158.00
27	—	634	150.00–180.00	171.23
4	—	725	166.00	166.00
21	—	532	126.00–179.75	170.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	165.00–169.00	167.03
2	—	520	140.00	140.00
30	—	438	191.00–199.75	197.12
33	—	607	150.00–171.75	169.74
6	—	756	154.00–159.00	157.33
7	—	461	164.00	164.00

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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