Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2023-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 119, Heifers 129, Bulls 48)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.03/cwt on 127 head.

Average price

$216.03

127 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,227

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$1.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.17

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	605	216.61	1,312	87
Medium and Large 2	487	214.78	1,046	40

One grade step is worth $1.84/cwt here — about $265 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 sale127 hd

216.03

—

VA average7 barns · 1,213 hd

213.86

+2.17

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

33 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	—	593	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	459	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,102	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,250	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	549	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,147	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,150	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,148	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	206.53/cwt	200.00–225.00	950	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	253.07/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,346	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	899	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,243	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,024	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	230.70/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,919	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	981	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	193.45/cwt	173.00–203.00	927	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,212	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	232.81/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,706	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	247.47/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,599	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,453	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,183	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	202.44/cwt	179.00–205.50	1,306	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	236.86/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,487	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	257.93/cwt	257.50–259.00	1,367	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	234.50/cwt	210.00–250.00	1,088	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	228.43/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,272	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	224.27/cwt	210.00–225.75	1,471	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	208.95/cwt	197.00–217.75	1,534	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	933	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,079	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	835	4

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 Sep 4, 2023

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

Receipts 296Last week 52Year ago 317

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 119, Heifers 129, Bulls 48)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	194.00	194.00
5	—	459	240.00	240.00
8	—	658	190.00	190.00
12	—	549	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	550	209.00	209.00
4	—	460	249.50	249.50
1	—	680	188.00	188.00
2	—	610	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	217.00	217.00
1	—	780	230.00	230.00
1	—	860	199.00	199.00
9	—	628	230.00–245.00	236.86
10	—	530	257.50–259.00	257.93
11	—	464	210.00–250.00	234.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	200.00–225.00	206.53
17	—	532	250.00–254.00	253.07
1	—	445	230.00	230.00
7	—	832	229.00–235.00	230.70
20	—	733	226.00–235.00	232.81
30	—	646	235.00–252.00	247.47
7	—	559	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	195.00	195.00
7	—	538	231.00	231.00
9	—	551	220.00	220.00
14	—	438	213.00	213.00
2	—	650	166.00	166.00
4	—	371	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	180.00	180.00
6	—	479	173.00–203.00	193.45
17	—	645	179.00–205.50	202.44
39	—	557	220.00–232.00	228.43
11	—	656	210.00–225.75	224.27
12	—	734	197.00–217.75	208.95

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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