Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2023-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 149, Heifers 155, Bulls 48)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.96/cwt on 153 head.

Average price

$189.96

153 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,049

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$2.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.22

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	190.73	1,085	112
Medium and Large 2	507	187.85	952	41

One grade step is worth $2.88/cwt here — about $133 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 sale153 hd

189.96

—

VA average9 barns · 1,860 hd

195.17

−5.22

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

32 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	—	555	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,171	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	634	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,230	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,042	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	541	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,152	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,081	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	195.39/cwt	193.00–197.00	1,250	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,573	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,212	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	222.53/cwt	213.00–225.00	1,431	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,327	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,187	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,257	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,120	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	193.63/cwt	188.00–195.00	840	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	217.61/cwt	160.00–230.00	1,458	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,177	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	189.31/cwt	171.00–194.00	1,202	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,055	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	859	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	226.20/cwt	224.00–226.50	1,233	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	202.06/cwt	191.00–213.00	996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	186.56/cwt	186.00–193.00	1,032	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	187.71/cwt	158.00–190.00	875	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	144.20/cwt	129.00–160.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,161	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	204.02/cwt	194.00–206.00	1,100	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	157.19/cwt	150.00–165.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	210.66/cwt	200.00–215.00	984	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	184.43/cwt	173.00–189.00	1,324	7

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 Nov 6, 2023

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

Receipts 352Last week 80Year ago 172

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 149, Heifers 155, Bulls 48)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	211.00	211.00
7	—	634	194.00	194.00
10	—	455	229.00	229.00
14	—	541	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	202.00	202.00
5	—	640	193.00–197.00	195.39
7	—	467	200.00–215.00	210.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	749	210.00	210.00
34	—	643	213.00–225.00	222.53
4	—	570	220.50	220.50
5	—	436	229.00	229.00
28	—	670	160.00–230.00	217.61
1	—	810	170.00	170.00
24	—	545	224.00–226.50	226.20
2	—	493	191.00–213.00	202.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	551	220.00	220.00
9	—	660	201.00	201.00
22	—	537	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	161.00	161.00
25	—	549	204.00	204.00
1	—	665	177.00	177.00
38	—	635	171.00–194.00	189.31
14	—	558	189.00	189.00
23	—	466	158.00–190.00	187.71
2	—	428	150.00–165.00	157.19
7	—	718	173.00–189.00	184.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	434	188.00–195.00	193.63
12	—	457	188.00	188.00
13	—	553	186.00–193.00	186.56
2	—	383	129.00–160.00	144.20
3	—	645	180.00	180.00
6	—	539	194.00–206.00	204.02

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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