Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 41, Bulls 24)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.60/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −135.49 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$253.60

17 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,391

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$11

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

$0.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.98

vs VA average

−23.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	253.61	1,386	10thin
Medium and Large 2	551	253.57	1,397	7thin

One grade step is worth $0.04/cwt here — about −$11 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale17 hd

253.60

—

VA average9 barns · 762 hd

254.58

−0.98

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−23.62

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−135.49

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

24 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	550–600	557	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,465	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	283.63/cwt	279.00–285.00	1,305	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,457	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,595	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,868	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,051	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	240.07/cwt	218.00–263.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	192.01/cwt	190.00–194.00	1,325	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,419	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	1,203	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	259.83/cwt	220.00–280.00	1,390	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	266.60/cwt	230.00–279.00	1,173	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,526	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	993	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	177.53/cwt	166.00–200.00	820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,386	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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 96Last week 29Year ago 146

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 41, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	460	279.00–285.00	283.63
6	550–600	557	263.00	263.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	230.00–279.00	266.60
3	500–550	535	220.00–280.00	259.83
1	600–650	640	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	665	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	314.00	314.00
6	500–550	548	291.00	291.00
12	700–750	705	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	800	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	324.00	324.00
3	500–550	538	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	273.00	273.00
12	400–450	445	270.25	270.25
2	500–550	525	218.00–263.00	240.07
8	550–600	552	257.00	257.00
2	650–700	690	190.00–194.00	192.01
1	750–800	785	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	272.00	272.00
3	450–500	462	166.00–200.00	177.53
3	500–550	540	261.00	261.00
4	550–600	559	248.00	248.00
1	600–650	630	190.00	190.00
1	700–750	705	183.00	183.00

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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