Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 43, Bulls 11)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.52/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −154.57 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$234.52

16 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,314

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$5.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.21

vs VA average

−30.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	237.03	1,344	9thin
Medium and Large 2	552	231.29	1,277	7thin

One grade step is worth $5.74/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale16 hd

234.52

—

VA average8 barns · 431 hd

243.73

−9.21

National average157 barns · 8,958 hd

264.63

−30.11

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−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

21 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	650–700	658	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,579	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	229.48/cwt	168.00–262.00	1,095	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,398	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,226	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,357	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	232.98/cwt	230.00–235.00	992	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,298	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,159	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,506	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	237.03/cwt	222.00–239.00	1,344	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,266	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,670	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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 73Last week 55Year ago 49

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 43, Bulls 11)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	168.00–262.00	229.48
4	500–550	546	256.00	256.00
2	650–700	658	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	433	231.00	231.00
4	450–500	460	252.00	252.00
9	550–600	567	222.00–239.00	237.03
6	600–650	638	236.00	236.00
3	700–750	748	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	220.00	220.00
5	400–450	426	230.00–235.00	232.98
2	500–550	540	227.00	227.00
5	550–600	557	233.00	233.00
4	600–650	640	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	293.00	293.00
6	550–600	563	272.00	272.00
5	650–700	660	253.00	253.00
2	700–750	720	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	282.00	282.00
2	500–550	538	271.00	271.00

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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