Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2023-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 33, Bulls 5)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.64/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$185.64

33 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$17.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.11

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	188.74	1,025	27
Medium and Large 2	463	171.67	795	6thin

One grade step is worth $17.07/cwt here — about $229 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 sale33 hd

185.64

—

VA average10 barns · 2,432 hd

178.53

+7.11

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

13 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	—	730	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	934	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	532	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,237	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,250	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,098	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	833	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,074	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	964	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,003	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	788	2

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 13, 2023

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

Receipts 47Last week 392Year ago 51

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 33, Bulls 5)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	158.00	158.00
1	—	690	120.00	120.00
2	—	773	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	219.00	219.00
2	—	625	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	173.00	173.00
1	—	400	133.00	133.00
4	—	460	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	590	182.00	182.00
13	—	492	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	197.50	197.50
2	—	428	184.00	184.00

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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