Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 47, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.42/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −143.67 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$245.42

16 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,344

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$71

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

$4.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.14

vs VA average

+1.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	515	249.00	1,282	2thin
Medium and Large 1	552	244.91	1,353	14thin

One grade step is worth $4.09/cwt here — about −$71 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 sale16 hd

245.42

—

VA average8 barns · 377 hd

249.56

−4.14

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

+1.01

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−143.67

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

20 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	600–650	640	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,491	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	917	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,310	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,178	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,373	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	268.04/cwt	266.00–272.00	1,431	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,905	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,235	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,582	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	214.36/cwt	183.00–246.00	1,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,439	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,550	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	274.50/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,189	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,169	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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 94Last week 86Year ago 80

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 47, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	257.00	257.00
8	400–450	443	266.00	266.00
12	500–550	549	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	573	183.00–246.00	214.36
10	600–650	640	233.00	233.00
7	700–750	734	215.50	215.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	261.00	261.00
2	500–550	515	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	306.00	306.00
3	500–550	534	266.00–272.00	268.04
5	650–700	669	243.00	243.00
1	700–750	720	230.00	230.00
8	850–900	868	219.50	219.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	271.00	271.00
1	750–800	760	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	281.00	281.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	273.00–275.00	274.50
1	450–500	455	257.00	257.00
11	500–550	541	266.00	266.00
8	600–650	643	241.00	241.00

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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