Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 94, Bulls 38)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $305.03/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −154.57 against this barn's trailing median of $459.59.

Average price

$305.03

33 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$7.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.64

vs VA average

−4.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	305.73	1,671	30
Medium and Large 2	559	298.00	1,665	3thin

One grade step is worth $7.73/cwt here — about $6 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.00, low $393.00, median $459.59 across 14 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 sale33 hd

305.03

—

VA average6 barns · 363 hd

306.66

−1.64

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−4.13

This barn, trailing median14 sales

459.59

−154.57

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

31 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	500–550	542	289.88/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,571	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,376	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,708	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,101	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	303.99/cwt	294.00–305.00	1,684	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	289.04/cwt	286.00–295.00	1,818	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	259.72/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,922	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	261.11/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,285	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	271.87/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,207	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,450	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,674	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	308.00/cwt	302.00–311.00	1,654	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,064	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,497	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	266.53/cwt	261.00–268.00	1,501	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	256.39/cwt	256.00–257.00	1,618	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,950	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,245	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	329.14/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,514	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	268.73/cwt	259.00–279.00	1,166	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,408	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	259.09/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,482	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,563	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	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 Jun 3, 2024

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

Receipts 228Last week 36Year ago 251

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 94, Bulls 38)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	444	310.00	310.00
8	500–550	542	289.00–290.00	289.88
10	650–700	652	262.00	262.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	449	313.50	313.50
1	500–550	505	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	286.00	286.00
11	400–450	444	271.00–276.00	271.87
10	450–500	492	260.00–271.00	261.11
16	500–550	545	266.00	266.00
9	550–600	563	261.00–268.00	266.53
13	600–650	631	256.00–257.00	256.39
9	650–700	650	257.50	257.50
3	750–800	768	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	286.00	286.00
6	400–450	434	259.00–279.00	268.73
6	450–500	451	276.00	276.00
3	500–550	548	269.00	269.00
3	550–600	572	256.00–265.00	259.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	439	341.00	341.00
14	450–500	460	328.00–330.00	329.14
13	500–550	537	302.00–311.00	308.00
17	550–600	554	294.00–305.00	303.99
12	600–650	629	286.00–295.00	289.04
5	650–700	677	288.00	288.00
14	700–750	740	258.00–260.00	259.72
1	850–900	850	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	348.00	348.00
1	500–550	520	302.00	302.00
2	550–600	578	296.00	296.00
2	600–650	645	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	660	270.00	270.00

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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