Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 30, Bulls 12)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.67/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −156.42 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$232.67

6 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,228

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$34.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.69

vs VA average

−37.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	518	244.00	1,264	4thin
Medium and Large 1	548	210.00	1,151	2thin

One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about $113 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 sale6 hd

232.67

—

VA average10 barns · 523 hd

250.36

−17.69

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−37.33

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−156.42

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

18 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	445	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	262.35/cwt	262.00–263.00	1,225	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,261	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,151	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,506	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	295.75/cwt	295.75–295.75	1,730	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,110	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,233	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	942	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,180	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,264	4

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 13, 2024

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

Receipts 60Last week 442Year ago 68

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 30, Bulls 12)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	220.00	220.00
3	450–500	467	262.00–263.00	262.35
3	550–600	558	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	465	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	453	245.00	245.00
2	500–550	548	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	715	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	386	244.00	244.00
1	400–450	430	230.00	230.00
11	450–500	454	260.00	260.00
4	500–550	518	244.00	244.00
1	650–700	650	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	279.00	279.00
7	450–500	459	328.00	328.00
7	550–600	585	295.75	295.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	321.00	321.00
1	450–500	450	274.00	274.00
1	500–550	540	292.00	292.00

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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