Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 47, Bulls 24)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.72/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −141.37 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$247.72

16 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$387

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

$60.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.60

vs VA average

−19.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	251.50	1,361	15thin
Medium and Large 2	510	191.00	974	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.50/cwt here — about $387 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

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 sale16 hd

247.72

—

VA average10 barns · 451 hd

250.32

−2.60

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−19.15

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−141.37

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

25 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	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,535	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,670	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,338	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,571	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,361	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,728	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,491	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	259.41/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,248	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,007	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,686	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,122	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 100Last week 96Year ago 73

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 47, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	446	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	480	280.00	280.00
6	550–600	561	280.00	280.00
4	600–650	645	238.00	238.00
4	700–750	749	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	301.00	301.00
1	550–600	595	246.00	246.00
1	650–700	675	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	257.00	257.00
16	450–500	481	249.00–266.00	259.41
15	500–550	541	251.50	251.50
2	700–750	700	217.00	217.00
2	750–800	773	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	263.00	263.00
6	400–450	425	264.00	264.00
1	500–550	510	191.00	191.00
1	650–700	690	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	463	322.00	322.00
4	550–600	564	299.00	299.00
7	600–650	626	276.00	276.00
1	650–700	660	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	323.00	323.00
3	500–550	548	299.00	299.00
1	550–600	555	267.00	267.00
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00

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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