Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 35, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.13/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −154.96 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$234.13

8 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,303

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$29.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.90

vs VA average

−30.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	237.86	1,321	7thin
Medium and Large 2	565	208.00	1,175	1thin

One grade step is worth $29.86/cwt here — about $146 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 sale8 hd

234.13

—

VA average10 barns · 625 hd

241.02

−6.90

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−30.39

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−154.96

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

23 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	400–450	438	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,095	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,513	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,241	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	244.38/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,310	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,069	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	296.20/cwt	296.00–298.00	1,265	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,342	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	198.15/cwt	196.00–201.00	1,514	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,515	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,229	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,173	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,026	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,278	2

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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 91Last week 90Year ago 232

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 35, Bulls 34)

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	438	250.00	250.00
5	450–500	453	274.00	274.00
9	500–550	536	240.00–261.00	244.38
3	650–700	658	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	439	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	458	279.00	279.00
1	500–550	540	254.00	254.00
2	550–600	580	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	427	296.00–298.00	296.20
4	500–550	526	288.00	288.00
1	650–700	650	245.00	245.00
4	900–950	925	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	265.00	265.00
12	400–450	440	243.00	243.00
1	500–550	535	225.00	225.00
6	550–600	559	240.00	240.00
7	750–800	764	196.00–201.00	198.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	420	230.00	230.00
2	450–500	453	259.00	259.00
1	550–600	565	208.00	208.00
1	650–700	655	215.00	215.00

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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