Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2023-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 64, Bulls 31)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.23/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$183.23

64 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,088

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$7.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.56

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	184.86	1,108	50
Medium and Large 2	574	177.43	1,018	14thin

One grade step is worth $7.43/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 sale64 hd

183.23

—

VA average11 barns · 2,501 hd

203.79

−20.56

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	—	462	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,118	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	201.36/cwt	168.00–207.50	1,275	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	216.95/cwt	216.00–220.00	1,148	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	541	187.45/cwt	180.00–211.00	1,014	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,355	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,127	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,382	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,103	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,275	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	197.11/cwt	184.00–222.00	942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,113	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	149.24/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,143	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,150	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	187.46/cwt	178.00–203.00	1,067	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,267	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,032	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	702	1

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 23, 2023

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

Receipts 123Last week 138Year ago 132

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 64, Bulls 31)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	462	242.00	242.00
13	—	633	168.00–207.50	201.36
4	—	541	180.00–211.00	187.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	216.00–220.00	216.95
1	—	455	150.00	150.00
2	—	665	202.00	202.00
1	—	630	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	210.00	210.00
2	—	508	237.00	237.00
4	—	440	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	200.00	200.00
6	—	637	217.00	217.00
11	—	539	236.50	236.50
1	—	715	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	633	178.00	178.00
1	—	430	165.00	165.00
3	—	478	184.00–222.00	197.11
4	—	766	147.00–150.00	149.24
4	—	535	215.00	215.00
19	—	569	178.00–203.00	187.46
8	—	672	188.50	188.50
1	—	390	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	180.00	180.00
6	—	647	170.50	170.50
1	—	480	153.00	153.00
6	—	549	188.00	188.00

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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