Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2023-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 154, Heifers 164, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.84/cwt on 161 head.

Average price

$206.84

161 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,210

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$179

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

$10.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.23

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	498	214.90	1,069	36
Medium and Large 1	610	204.52	1,248	125

One grade step is worth $10.38/cwt here — about −$179 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 sale161 hd

206.84

—

VA average7 barns · 1,969 hd

218.07

−11.23

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

35 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	—	563	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,286	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	214.84/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,360	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	456	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,085	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,115	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,282	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	208.41/cwt	201.00–216.00	1,730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	245.45/cwt	235.50–248.50	1,392	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	212.04/cwt	210.00–214.50	1,561	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,188	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,358	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,362	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,419	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,317	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	199.36/cwt	198.50–202.00	1,752	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	207.85/cwt	204.75–210.50	1,309	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	602	217.40/cwt	180.00–236.00	1,309	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,127	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	231.55/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,463	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	220.16/cwt	219.00–222.50	1,248	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,189	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	207.35/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,116	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,115	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	213.45/cwt	213.00–218.00	980	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	802	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	208.36/cwt	146.75–226.50	1,169	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	195.08/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,418	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,778	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,019	17

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 Oct 2, 2023

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

Receipts 352Last week 87Year ago 176

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 154, Heifers 164, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	563	228.50	228.50
6	—	633	214.00–215.00	214.84
8	—	456	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	455	245.00	245.00
7	—	560	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	184.00	184.00
26	—	630	204.75–210.50	207.85
17	—	536	208.00	208.00
23	—	459	213.00–218.00	213.45
1	—	760	169.00	169.00
26	—	561	146.75–226.50	208.36
1	—	800	169.00	169.00
4	—	371	199.00	199.00
12	—	727	190.00–198.00	195.08
14	—	943	188.50	188.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	210.00	210.00
3	—	567	219.00–222.50	220.16
8	—	538	200.00–219.00	207.35
4	—	374	214.50	214.50
1	—	695	172.00	172.00
17	—	461	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	218.00	218.00
2	—	830	201.00–216.00	208.41
12	—	567	235.50–248.50	245.45
22	—	736	210.00–214.50	212.04
27	—	465	255.50	255.50
27	—	546	249.50	249.50
8	—	879	198.50–202.00	199.36
19	—	632	225.00–237.00	231.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	202.00	202.00
4	—	543	250.00	250.00
10	—	551	257.50	257.50
3	—	602	180.00–236.00	217.40
13	—	449	251.00	251.00
3	—	467	254.50	254.50

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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