Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2023-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 73, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $215.87/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$215.87

126 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,403

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$90

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

$10.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.41

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	592	224.18	1,328	22
Medium and Large 1	662	214.11	1,418	104

One grade step is worth $10.07/cwt here — about −$90 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 sale126 hd

215.87

—

VA average9 barns · 975 hd

220.28

−4.41

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

36 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	—	430	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,011	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	451	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	992	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,166	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	202.18/cwt	170.00–235.00	1,041	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,164	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,035	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,472	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	219.92/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,436	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	220.73/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,192	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,587	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,247	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,346	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,091	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,689	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	226.92/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,309	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	206.99/cwt	206.00–210.00	915	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,044	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,317	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	182.68/cwt	180.00–184.00	1,514	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	221.67/cwt	219.00–223.00	1,434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,193	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,114	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	208.04/cwt	206.00–210.00	955	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,041	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	190.27/cwt	186.00–193.00	1,252	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	197.12/cwt	179.00–200.00	1,064	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	203.87/cwt	191.00–206.00	1,087	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	981	15

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 May 1, 2023

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

Receipts 227Last week 70Year ago 336

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 73, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	235.00	235.00
1	—	600	210.00	210.00
4	—	451	220.00	220.00
8	—	555	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	170.00–235.00	202.18
2	—	643	181.00	181.00
10	—	445	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	230.00	230.00
2	—	660	223.00	223.00
2	—	775	194.00	194.00
1	—	860	145.00	145.00
4	—	568	237.00	237.00
5	—	449	243.00	243.00
6	—	647	219.00–223.00	221.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	653	219.00–220.00	219.92
18	—	540	220.00–221.00	220.73
30	—	733	216.50	216.50
4	—	928	182.00	182.00
5	—	577	225.00–235.00	226.92
5	—	755	213.00	213.00
10	—	456	229.00	229.00
11	—	630	209.00	209.00
9	—	829	180.00–184.00	182.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	188.00	188.00
4	—	442	206.00–210.00	206.99
2	—	385	190.00	190.00
13	—	658	186.00–193.00	190.27
14	—	540	179.00–200.00	197.12
1	—	550	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	191.00	191.00
1	—	745	143.00	143.00
2	—	645	185.00	185.00
5	—	557	200.00	200.00
6	—	459	206.00–210.00	208.04
7	—	533	191.00–206.00	203.87
15	—	446	220.00	220.00

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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