Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2023-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 118, Heifers 100, Bulls 5)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $238.16/cwt on 118 head.

Average price

$238.16

118 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$122

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

$12.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.86

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	573	246.82	1,413	37
Medium and Large 1	656	234.20	1,535	81

One grade step is worth $12.61/cwt here — about −$122 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 sale118 hd

238.16

—

VA average10 barns · 1,379 hd

230.30

+7.86

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

30 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	—	680	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,153	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	220.09/cwt	219.00–222.00	1,230	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	219.06/cwt	218.50–219.50	1,400	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	221.79/cwt	221.00–223.00	1,610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	187.39/cwt	182.00–214.00	1,242	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	227.63/cwt	223.00–231.75	1,432	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,718	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,447	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,270	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	259.88/cwt	227.00–269.00	1,385	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,222	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,321	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,658	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	259.39/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,479	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	221.15/cwt	216.00–225.50	1,179	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	222.80/cwt	222.00–224.00	1,014	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,606	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,010	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	224.57/cwt	210.00–232.00	1,419	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	829	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,451	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	914	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,478	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	219.35/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,386	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,434	6

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 Aug 7, 2023

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

Receipts 223Last week 41Year ago 69

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 118, Heifers 100, Bulls 5)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	200.00	200.00
2	—	495	233.00	233.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	199.00	199.00
1	—	610	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	559	219.00–222.00	220.09
16	—	639	218.50–219.50	219.06
9	—	793	202.50	202.50
10	—	459	220.00	220.00
1	—	800	169.00	169.00
2	—	433	211.00	211.00
4	—	375	211.00	211.00
4	—	728	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	533	216.00–225.50	221.15
20	—	455	222.00–224.00	222.80
3	—	632	218.00–220.00	219.35
6	—	658	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	726	221.00–223.00	221.79
6	—	663	182.00–214.00	187.39
17	—	629	223.00–231.75	227.63
21	—	755	227.50	227.50
1	—	855	212.00	212.00
4	—	540	268.00	268.00
5	—	441	277.00	277.00
5	—	477	277.00	277.00
7	—	805	206.00	206.00
10	—	570	254.00–260.00	259.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	451	281.50	281.50
14	—	533	227.00–269.00	259.88
6	—	632	210.00–232.00	224.57
6	—	829	175.00	175.00

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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