Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 27, Bulls 2)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.35/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −151.73 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$237.35

7 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$71

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

$11.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.39

vs VA average

−39.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	244.00	1,293	3thin
Medium and Large 1	587	232.37	1,364	4thin

One grade step is worth $11.63/cwt here — about −$71 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 sale7 hd

237.35

—

VA average8 barns · 430 hd

250.74

−13.39

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−39.11

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−151.73

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

13 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	395	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,345	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,226	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,293	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,306	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	232.37/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,364	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	948	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,305	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 May 20, 2024

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

Receipts 36Last week 60Year ago 49

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 27, Bulls 2)

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	395	230.00	230.00
7	450–500	454	270.00	270.00
3	500–550	530	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	234.00	234.00
10	450–500	480	272.00	272.00
4	550–600	587	230.00–240.00	232.37
1	750–800	750	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	453	297.00	297.00
1	550–600	590	244.00	244.00
2	600–650	605	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	251.00	251.00
1	700–750	705	219.00	219.00

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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