Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 29, Bulls 5)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −150.09 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$239.00

4 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,286

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.61

vs VA average

−31.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	239.00	1,286	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale4 hd

239.00

—

VA average9 barns · 511 hd

244.61

−5.61

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−31.19

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−150.09

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

19 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,375	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,286	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,310	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	219.43/cwt	203.00–225.00	1,389	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,687	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,063	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,528	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,206	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,149	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	997	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,367	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,283	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,651	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 Apr 22, 2024

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

Receipts 62Last week 91Year ago 70

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 29, Bulls 5)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	253.00	253.00
1	400–450	400	235.00	235.00
7	450–500	473	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	630	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	259.00	259.00
7	400–450	434	245.00	245.00
4	500–550	538	239.00	239.00
4	600–650	633	203.00–225.00	219.43
2	650–700	698	214.00	214.00
1	700–750	705	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	466	295.00	295.00
12	500–550	536	285.00	285.00
2	550–600	550	283.00	283.00
4	600–650	621	274.00	274.00
1	700–750	715	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	447	293.00	293.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	273.00	273.00
2	500–550	538	254.00	254.00
1	650–700	685	241.00	241.00

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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