Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 21, Bulls 20)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.67/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −147.42 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$241.67

6 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,357

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$476

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

$80.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.75

vs VA average

−25.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	255.00	1,438	5thin
Medium and Large 2	550	175.00	963	1thin

One grade step is worth $80.00/cwt here — about $476 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

241.67

—

VA average9 barns · 487 hd

261.41

−19.75

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

−25.55

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−147.42

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

16 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 2	400–450	405	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,438	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,209	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	281.14/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,231	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,237	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,446	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	266.79/cwt	259.00–273.00	1,507	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,288	2

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 53Last week 86Year ago 141

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 21, Bulls 20)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	277.00	277.00
2	500–550	538	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	550	229.00	229.00
2	650–700	690	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	274.00	274.00
9	550–600	565	259.00–273.00	266.79
3	650–700	670	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	257.00	257.00
1	400–450	435	278.00	278.00
5	550–600	564	255.00	255.00
5	600–650	634	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	266.00–285.00	281.14
1	550–600	550	175.00	175.00
2	600–650	625	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	545	278.00	278.00
4	600–650	639	267.50	267.50

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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