Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 250, Heifers 157, Bulls 35)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $305.33/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −155.61 against this barn's trailing median of $460.94.

Average price

$305.33

49 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$6.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.18

vs VA average

−4.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	310.36	1,681	12thin
Medium and Large 1	545	303.70	1,655	37

One grade step is worth $6.66/cwt here — about $25 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.00, low $397.38, median $460.94 across 13 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 sale49 hd

305.33

—

VA average8 barns · 389 hd

295.15

+10.18

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−4.38

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.94

−155.61

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

39 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	600–650	643	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,562	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,257	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	256.78/cwt	215.00–261.00	1,412	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	236.08/cwt	227.00–237.00	1,539	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,338	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	244.31/cwt	239.00–257.00	1,324	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,474	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,620	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,228	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	254.50/cwt	254.00–257.00	1,359	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	214.77/cwt	188.00–221.00	1,531	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	254.79/cwt	254.00–266.00	1,169	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	263.40/cwt	245.00–266.00	1,688	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	308.72/cwt	293.00–312.00	1,713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,911	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	801	233.25/cwt	233.25–233.25	1,868	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	313.06/cwt	272.00–325.00	1,468	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	982	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	238.47/cwt	234.00–239.00	1,524	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	254.68/cwt	242.00–265.00	1,144	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	270.77/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,768	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	303.70/cwt	285.00–314.00	1,655	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	268.44/cwt	264.00–269.25	1,911	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,473	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	240.33/cwt	220.00–261.00	1,454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,871	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,364	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	326.61/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,496	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,647	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	244.72/cwt	241.00–252.00	1,321	6

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 May 6, 2024

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

Receipts 442Last week 66Year ago 68

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 250, Heifers 157, Bulls 35)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	271.00	271.00
11	550–600	550	215.00–261.00	256.78
6	600–650	643	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	283.00	283.00
6	500–550	534	254.00–257.00	254.50
1	650–700	650	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	381	258.00	258.00
16	450–500	459	254.00–266.00	254.79
33	500–550	542	239.00–257.00	244.31
4	550–600	555	241.00	241.00
5	600–650	638	231.00	231.00
11	650–700	652	227.00–237.00	236.08
11	700–750	713	188.00–221.00	214.77
6	750–800	750	216.00	216.00
1	800–850	825	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	385	255.00	255.00
28	400–450	449	242.00–265.00	254.68
6	500–550	540	241.00–252.00	244.72
10	550–600	560	263.00	263.00
9	600–650	639	234.00–239.00	238.47
1	650–700	670	238.00	238.00
3	700–750	735	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
19	450–500	469	272.00–325.00	313.06
37	500–550	545	285.00–314.00	303.70
19	600–650	641	245.00–266.00	263.40
26	650–700	653	265.00–277.50	270.77
40	700–750	712	264.00–269.25	268.44
1	750–800	750	230.00	230.00
7	800–850	817	229.00	229.00
5	850–900	855	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	440	310.00	310.00
6	450–500	458	310.00–330.00	326.61
6	500–550	528	312.00	312.00
6	550–600	555	293.00–312.00	308.72
2	600–650	605	220.00–261.00	240.33
30	700–750	713	268.00	268.00
2	750–800	773	240.00	240.00
38	800–850	801	233.25	233.25

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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