Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 116, Bulls 31)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $272.68/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −186.92 against this barn's trailing median of $459.59.

Average price

$272.68

33 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,469

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$36

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

$3.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.73

vs VA average

−2.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	524	275.22	1,442	9thin
Medium and Large 1	544	271.72	1,479	24

One grade step is worth $3.50/cwt here — about −$36 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

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

272.68

—

VA average8 barns · 269 hd

274.40

−1.73

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

−2.40

This barn, trailing median14 sales

459.59

−186.92

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

28 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	600–650	648	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	256.25/cwt	225.00–261.00	1,345	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,204	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	255.53/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,623	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	240.75/cwt	240.75–240.75	1,293	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	232.12/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,437	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	284.38/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,339	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,491	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	272.06/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,475	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,314	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	275.22/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,442	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	265.59/cwt	258.00–269.00	1,235	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	234.78/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,751	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	252.21/cwt	251.00–258.00	963	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	229.06/cwt	227.00–231.00	980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	241.65/cwt	238.00–243.50	1,353	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	220.41/cwt	220.00–220.50	1,818	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	237.96/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,254	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,279	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	261.23/cwt	200.00–270.00	1,160	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	289.09/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,246	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,369	3

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 Aug 5, 2024

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

Receipts 269Last week 56Year ago 223

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 116, Bulls 31)

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	433	278.00	278.00
9	500–550	525	225.00–261.00	256.25
4	600–650	648	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	444	200.00–270.00	261.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	260.00	260.00
1	400–450	445	249.00	249.00
16	450–500	465	258.00–269.00	265.59
26	500–550	537	240.75	240.75
12	550–600	560	238.00–243.50	241.65
27	600–650	619	230.00–238.00	232.12
4	700–750	738	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	382	251.00–258.00	252.21
2	400–450	428	227.00–231.00	229.06
11	450–500	465	275.00	275.00
6	500–550	527	235.00–244.00	237.96
3	650–700	652	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	471	283.00–285.00	284.38
22	500–550	542	270.00–273.00	272.06
2	550–600	568	268.00	268.00
23	600–650	635	254.00–260.00	255.53
3	650–700	650	251.00	251.00
23	700–750	746	232.00–241.00	234.78
11	800–850	825	220.00–220.50	220.41
5	900–950	906	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	431	287.00–290.00	289.09
3	450–500	450	292.00	292.00
9	500–550	524	270.00–278.00	275.22
1	650–700	695	243.00	243.00

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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