Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 22, Bulls 18)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.23/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −145.86 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$243.23

13 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,337

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$4.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.65

vs VA average

−15.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	245.00	1,394	8thin
Medium and Large 2	519	240.39	1,248	5thin

One grade step is worth $4.61/cwt here — about $146 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

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 sale13 hd

243.23

—

VA average6 barns · 332 hd

242.58

+0.65

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−15.23

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−145.86

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 1	550–600	569	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,394	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	271.14/cwt	248.00–283.00	1,293	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	240.39/cwt	176.00–271.00	1,248	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	249.59/cwt	199.00–257.00	1,575	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,367	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,126	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,179	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,228	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,447	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,427	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 Jul 29, 2024

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

Receipts 56Last week 73Year ago 41

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 22, Bulls 18)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	256.00	256.00
8	550–600	569	245.00	245.00
5	600–650	646	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	248.00–283.00	271.14
5	500–550	519	176.00–271.00	240.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	286.00	286.00
6	500–550	535	276.00	276.00
8	600–650	631	199.00–257.00	249.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	284.00	284.00
1	550–600	590	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	440	279.00	279.00
4	500–550	538	269.00	269.00
1	600–650	640	223.00	223.00

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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