Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 8, Bulls 12)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $277.91/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −141.49 against this barn's trailing median of $419.40.

Average price

$277.91

6 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$38.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.44

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	297.00	1,559	3thin
Medium and Large 1	565	258.82	1,462	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.18/cwt here — about $97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $442.20, low $378.93, median $419.40 across 9 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 sale6 hd

277.91

—

VA average8 barns · 137 hd

256.47

+21.44

This barn, trailing median9 sales

419.40

−141.49

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

16 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	600–650	610	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,127	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	258.82/cwt	240.00–296.00	1,462	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,266	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,713	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,079	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	210.90/cwt	171.00–224.00	1,152	4

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 Mar 11, 2024

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

Receipts 29Last week 410Year ago 47

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 8, Bulls 12)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	255.00	255.00
3	550–600	565	240.00–296.00	258.82
1	600–650	610	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	257.00	257.00
1	450–500	475	283.00	283.00
3	500–550	525	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	291.00	291.00
4	550–600	571	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	675	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	311.00	311.00
2	500–550	530	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	180.00	180.00
1	450–500	475	187.00	187.00
4	500–550	546	171.00–224.00	210.90
1	650–700	685	181.00	181.00

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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