Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 3, Heifers 18, Bulls 14)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −157.09 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$232.00

7 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,278

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.25

vs VA average

−9.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	232.00	1,278	7thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale7 hd

232.00

—

VA average8 barns · 453 hd

234.25

−2.25

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

−9.88

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−157.09

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,211	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,340	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,308	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,114	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,278	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,453	2

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 26, 2024

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

Receipts 35Last week 94Year ago 52

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 3, Heifers 18, Bulls 14)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	450	269.00	269.00
8	500–550	538	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	241.00	241.00
2	450–500	470	251.00	251.00
7	550–600	551	232.00	232.00
1	600–650	615	219.00	219.00
2	650–700	673	224.00	224.00
1	700–750	745	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	246.00	246.00
2	600–650	643	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	258.00	258.00
1	550–600	580	245.00	245.00

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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