Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-07-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 81, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $276.37/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −183.23 against this barn's trailing median of $459.59.

Average price

$276.37

27 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

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

$11.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.64

vs VA average

−32.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	276.80	1,521	26
Medium and Large 2	595	265.00	1,577	1thin

One grade step is worth $11.80/cwt here — about −$56 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

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 sale27 hd

276.37

—

VA average5 barns · 224 hd

274.72

+1.64

National average16 barns · 1,423 hd

309.26

−32.89

This barn, trailing median14 sales

459.59

−183.23

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

32 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	530	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,166	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,424	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	278.27/cwt	274.00–291.00	1,567	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	267.53/cwt	263.75–281.00	1,710	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	233.63/cwt	198.00–252.00	1,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	247.06/cwt	243.00–256.00	1,569	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,108	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,316	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	973	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,419	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	253.50/cwt	250.00–259.50	1,815	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,349	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	226.79/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,635	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	258.01/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,404	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,767	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	280.64/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,308	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,701	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	234.25/cwt	234.25–234.25	2,054	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	216.98/cwt	214.00–220.00	1,573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,205	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,159	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,312	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	942	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,206	5

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 Jul 1, 2024

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

Receipts 203Last week 53Year ago 59

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 81, Bulls 26)

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	461	253.00	253.00
1	500–550	530	217.00	217.00
8	550–600	552	258.00	258.00
1	600–650	645	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	445	271.00	271.00
3	550–600	563	233.00	233.00
1	600–650	645	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	470	280.00	280.00
8	500–550	519	273.50	273.50
18	550–600	563	274.00–291.00	278.27
30	600–650	639	263.75–281.00	267.53
8	700–750	716	250.00–259.50	253.50
1	800–850	820	235.00	235.00
7	850–900	877	234.25	234.25
6	900–950	905	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	466	280.00–285.00	280.64
1	550–600	595	265.00	265.00
3	600–650	638	277.00	277.00
1	700–750	740	259.50	259.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	256.00	256.00
3	400–450	438	253.00	253.00
3	450–500	485	198.00–252.00	233.63
14	500–550	544	252.00–259.00	258.01
15	550–600	555	243.00	243.00
11	600–650	635	243.00–256.00	247.06
13	700–750	721	220.00–228.00	226.79
2	750–800	790	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	256.00	256.00
8	450–500	458	253.00	253.00
4	500–550	524	230.00	230.00
2	600–650	630	236.00	236.00
2	700–750	725	214.00–220.00	216.98

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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