Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 176, Bulls 32)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.93/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −132.16 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$256.93

70 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$57

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

$5.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.73

vs VA average

−13.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	260.46	1,397	24
Medium and Large 1	570	255.09	1,454	46

One grade step is worth $5.37/cwt here — about −$57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale70 hd

256.93

—

VA average6 barns · 286 hd

249.20

+7.73

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−13.66

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−132.16

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

35 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	650–700	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,571	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,412	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,309	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	280.33/cwt	268.00–284.00	1,794	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	300.40/cwt	274.00–307.00	1,727	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,778	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	230.40/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,629	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	264.62/cwt	258.00–280.00	1,217	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	253.34/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,378	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	236.92/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,502	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	266.13/cwt	238.00–273.50	1,935	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,911	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,018	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,537	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,297	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	310.45/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,673	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,379	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,545	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,092	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	270.44/cwt	224.00–285.00	1,701	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	316.72/cwt	299.00–331.00	1,482	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,064	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	280.29/cwt	275.00–284.50	1,281	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	243.70/cwt	223.00–336.00	1,084	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,923	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,372	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	238.27/cwt	238.00–239.00	1,537	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,575	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,431	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	261.13/cwt	253.00–264.00	1,394	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	813	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	316.53/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,709	11

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 Apr 1, 2024

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

Receipts 368Last week 100Year ago 297

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 176, Bulls 32)

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	453	289.00	289.00
6	500–550	545	259.00	259.00
5	600–650	644	244.00	244.00
1	650–700	670	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	447	307.00	307.00
1	450–500	455	285.00	285.00
4	500–550	528	271.00	271.00
3	600–650	620	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	445	223.00–336.00	243.70
24	450–500	468	299.00–331.00	316.72
20	500–550	539	305.00–314.00	310.45
5	550–600	575	274.00–307.00	300.40
17	600–650	640	268.00–284.00	280.33
22	650–700	696	274.50	274.50
33	700–750	727	238.00–273.50	266.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	326.00	326.00
8	450–500	453	341.00	341.00
11	500–550	540	310.00–318.00	316.53
4	600–650	629	224.00–285.00	270.44
1	700–750	715	269.00	269.00
2	800–850	813	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	265.00	265.00
1	400–450	445	268.00	268.00
20	450–500	460	258.00–280.00	264.62
24	500–550	544	251.00–255.00	253.34
22	550–600	598	257.00	257.00
18	600–650	634	220.00–239.00	236.92
17	700–750	707	221.00–231.00	230.40
5	750–800	780	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	283.00	283.00
25	450–500	457	275.00–284.50	280.29
23	500–550	534	253.00–264.00	261.13
1	550–600	590	245.00	245.00
11	600–650	645	238.00–239.00	238.27
1	750–800	760	140.00	140.00

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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