Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 35, Bulls 19)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.60/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −156.49 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$232.60

10 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,280

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$5.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs VA average

−36.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	233.75	1,301	8thin
Medium and Large 2	525	228.00	1,197	2thin

One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.58, low $341.44, median $389.09 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

232.60

—

VA average1 barns · 10 hd

232.60

+0.00

National average176 barns · 21,502 hd

268.89

−36.29

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−156.49

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

22 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	450–500	495	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	219.62/cwt	205.00–234.00	1,340	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,339	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,401	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,613	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	252.52/cwt	220.00–260.50	1,126	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,334	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,362	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,463	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,358	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,074	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	972	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,148	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,367	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,197	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,150	5

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 67Last week 55Year ago 75

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 35, Bulls 19)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	271.00	271.00
4	550–600	564	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	610	205.00–234.00	219.62
2	650–700	653	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	301.00	301.00
3	500–550	540	271.00	271.00
1	550–600	565	242.00	242.00
1	600–650	605	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	240.00	240.00
5	400–450	446	220.00–260.50	252.52
1	500–550	545	197.00	197.00
7	550–600	558	239.00	239.00
3	650–700	667	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	750	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	262.00	262.00
5	400–450	444	259.00	259.00
4	450–500	450	255.00	255.00
2	500–550	525	228.00	228.00
1	700–750	700	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	291.00	291.00
7	550–600	566	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	174.00	174.00

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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