Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 155, Heifers 189, Bulls 61)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $238.48/cwt on 185 head.

Average price

$238.48

185 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,246

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$50

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

$3.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.92

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	502	240.89	1,209	48
Medium and Large 1	530	237.63	1,259	137

One grade step is worth $3.25/cwt here — about −$50 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 sale185 hd

238.48

—

VA average9 barns · 2,218 hd

231.56

+6.92

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	—	455	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,247	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,472	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,421	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	254.96/cwt	210.00–273.00	1,341	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	264.82/cwt	252.00–268.00	1,205	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	289.69/cwt	283.00–291.00	1,582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	776	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,086	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	172.00/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,242	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,621	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	227.35/cwt	204.00–230.50	1,707	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	257.55/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,731	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	265.06/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,683	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	242.82/cwt	241.50–244.00	1,403	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	854	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,485	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	286.44/cwt	284.00–292.00	1,636	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	981	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,029	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,355	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	313.27/cwt	306.50–329.00	1,416	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	201.05/cwt	198.00–204.00	1,655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	252.86/cwt	242.50–254.50	1,163	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	237.91/cwt	237.50–239.00	1,266	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	218.41/cwt	212.50–225.50	1,387	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,020	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	238.34/cwt	235.50–245.00	1,292	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	248.98/cwt	242.50–252.50	1,140	43

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 Feb 5, 2024

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

Receipts 405Last week 40Year ago 254

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 155, Heifers 189, Bulls 61)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	455	274.00	274.00
10	—	629	234.00	234.00
24	—	552	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	141.00	141.00
7	—	526	210.00–273.00	254.96
10	—	455	252.00–268.00	264.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	546	283.00–291.00	289.69
11	—	776	140.00	140.00
1	—	420	321.00	321.00
2	—	640	255.00	255.00
4	—	479	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	285.00	285.00
5	—	714	227.00	227.00
17	—	751	204.00–230.50	227.35
20	—	672	255.00–260.00	257.55
25	—	635	250.00–267.00	265.06
46	—	571	284.00–292.00	286.44
10	—	452	306.50–329.00	313.27
1	—	920	150.00	150.00
2	—	823	198.00–204.00	201.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	722	160.00–175.00	172.00
23	—	578	241.50–244.00	242.82
1	—	680	180.00	180.00
4	—	343	249.00	249.00
5	—	366	268.00	268.00
13	—	635	212.50–225.50	218.41
40	—	542	235.50–245.00	238.34
43	—	458	242.50–252.50	248.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	387	266.00	266.00
8	—	639	212.00	212.00
15	—	460	242.50–254.50	252.86
15	—	532	237.50–239.00	237.91
5	—	434	235.00	235.00

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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