Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 121, Heifers 159, Bulls 47)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.44/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −155.65 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$233.44

68 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

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

$6.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.70

vs VA average

−7.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	234.59	1,270	55
Medium and Large 2	548	228.57	1,252	13thin

One grade step is worth $6.02/cwt here — about $17 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale68 hd

233.44

—

VA average6 barns · 271 hd

230.74

+2.70

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

−7.25

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−155.65

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

37 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	400–450	440	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,263	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,537	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	259.87/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,406	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,273	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,375	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	277.35/cwt	276.00–279.50	1,509	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,804	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	231.88/cwt	231.00–233.00	1,707	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,430	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,808	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	254.86/cwt	243.00–256.50	1,702	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,142	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	285.07/cwt	262.00–319.00	1,320	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	271.22/cwt	256.00–276.00	1,462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	251.32/cwt	230.00–257.00	1,566	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	929	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	269.07/cwt	266.00–275.00	1,531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,301	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	255.28/cwt	246.00–257.00	1,105	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	213.99/cwt	213.00–216.00	1,536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	223.91/cwt	186.00–232.00	1,211	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	198.94/cwt	195.00–203.00	1,442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	222.02/cwt	221.00–223.00	1,383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,218	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	244.90/cwt	231.00–255.00	938	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	226.89/cwt	223.50–229.25	1,463	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	263.75/cwt	257.00–266.00	1,158	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	271.30/cwt	261.00–276.00	1,153	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	197.01/cwt	193.00–205.00	1,485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	234.73/cwt	220.00–240.50	1,270	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	213.00/cwt	211.00–215.00	1,395	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 Sep 2, 2024

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

Receipts 327Last week 35Year ago 296

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 121, Heifers 159, Bulls 47)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	287.00	287.00
16	450–500	458	278.00	278.00
14	500–550	541	258.00–260.00	259.87
6	600–650	643	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	261.00–276.00	271.30
5	500–550	531	259.00	259.00
1	600–650	600	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	331.00	331.00
4	500–550	539	256.00–276.00	271.22
1	650–700	675	251.00	251.00
3	700–750	713	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	463	262.00–319.00	285.07
31	500–550	544	276.00–279.50	277.35
6	550–600	569	266.00–275.00	269.07
18	600–650	623	230.00–257.00	251.32
19	650–700	668	243.00–256.50	254.86
9	700–750	736	231.00–233.00	231.88
9	750–800	763	237.00	237.00
5	800–850	843	214.00	214.00
1	950–1000	985	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	383	231.00–255.00	244.90
20	400–450	439	257.00–266.00	263.75
2	450–500	455	251.00	251.00
54	500–550	541	220.00–240.50	234.73
1	550–600	555	227.00	227.00
17	600–650	645	223.50–229.25	226.89
6	700–750	718	213.00–216.00	213.99
3	750–800	754	193.00–205.00	197.01
3	800–850	833	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	249.00	249.00
6	400–450	433	246.00–257.00	255.28
11	450–500	465	262.00	262.00
7	500–550	541	186.00–232.00	223.91
6	550–600	556	234.00	234.00
2	600–650	623	221.00–223.00	222.02
2	650–700	655	211.00–215.00	213.00
2	700–750	725	195.00–203.00	198.94

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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