Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2023-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 111, Bulls 38)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.20/cwt on 111 head.

Average price

$189.20

111 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$13.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.35

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	194.27	1,078	70
Medium and Large 2	571	180.55	1,030	41

One grade step is worth $13.72/cwt here — about $47 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 sale111 hd

189.20

—

VA average11 barns · 2,857 hd

189.55

−0.35

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

26 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	—	638	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,136	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	898	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,044	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	443	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	930	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	181.18/cwt	119.00–210.50	939	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	672	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,156	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	221.81/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,014	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	197.45/cwt	172.00–206.00	1,011	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	201.29/cwt	190.00–208.00	1,244	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	210.00/cwt	201.00–226.00	1,201	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	193.26/cwt	193.00–194.00	1,386	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,367	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	589	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	884	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	929	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,183	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	772	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,050	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	189.43/cwt	188.00–189.50	1,192	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	906	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,276	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,125	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	193.23/cwt	192.00–196.00	897	10

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 Apr 17, 2023

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

Receipts 232Last week 86Year ago 56

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 111, Bulls 38)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	178.00	178.00
5	—	458	196.00	196.00
5	—	538	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	443	210.00	210.00
17	—	518	119.00–210.50	181.18
3	—	672	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	457	220.00–223.00	221.81
8	—	717	193.00–194.00	193.26
24	—	642	213.00	213.00
1	—	520	198.00	198.00
16	—	567	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	169.00	169.00
11	—	572	201.00–226.00	210.00
2	—	610	194.00	194.00
10	—	772	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	512	172.00–206.00	197.45
13	—	618	190.00–208.00	201.29
16	—	589	150.00	150.00
4	—	461	201.50	201.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	179.00	179.00
21	—	629	188.00–189.50	189.43
1	—	715	170.00	170.00
2	—	368	154.00	154.00
3	—	530	171.00	171.00
31	—	550	204.50	204.50
10	—	464	192.00–196.00	193.23

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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