Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 33, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.37/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −156.72 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$232.37

13 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,259

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$48.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.85

vs VA average

−19.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	239.89	1,300	11thin
Medium and Large 2	540	191.00	1,031	2thin

One grade step is worth $48.89/cwt here — about $269 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 sale13 hd

232.37

—

VA average8 barns · 423 hd

245.22

−12.85

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−19.57

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−156.72

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

19 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	544	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,425	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	233.58/cwt	222.00–238.50	1,556	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	275.24/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,211	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,237	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	227.86/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,518	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	257.59/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,654	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,493	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	239.89/cwt	239.00–241.00	1,300	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,755	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	253.53/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,171	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	934	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	828	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 Aug 12, 2024

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

Receipts 86Last week 269Year ago 83

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 33, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	440	260.00–277.00	275.24
7	500–550	544	262.00	262.00
7	650–700	666	222.00–238.50	233.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	465	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	462	251.00–256.00	253.53
11	500–550	542	239.00–241.00	239.89
7	650–700	666	220.00–231.00	227.86
1	750–800	790	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	247.00	247.00
1	500–550	505	164.00	164.00
1	550–600	575	218.00	218.00
1	600–650	610	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	272.00	272.00
1	600–650	640	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	289.00	289.00
5	500–550	543	275.00	275.00
7	600–650	642	255.00–258.00	257.59
9	700–750	712	246.50	246.50
1	750–800	775	229.00	229.00

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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