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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 20, Bulls 19)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $204.36/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −184.73 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$204.36

2 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,171

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.47

vs VA average

−34.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	573	204.36	1,171	2thin

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 sale2 hd

204.36

—

VA average8 barns · 590 hd

229.83

−25.47

National average182 barns · 14,937 hd

238.61

−34.25

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−184.73

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

14 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	415	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	996	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	241.14/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,097	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,262	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,083	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	247.26/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,199	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	222.01/cwt	216.00–223.00	1,459	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	239.50/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,368	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	236.24/cwt	233.00–239.00	1,519	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	204.36/cwt	201.00–208.00	1,171	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 9, 2024

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

Receipts 55Last week 327Year ago 50

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 20, Bulls 19)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	240.00	240.00
7	450–500	455	230.00–243.00	241.14
7	500–550	537	235.00	235.00
2	600–650	640	231.00	231.00
2	650–700	650	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	253.00	253.00
6	450–500	485	246.00–250.00	247.26
7	650–700	657	216.00–223.00	222.01
2	700–750	718	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	201.00–208.00	204.36
1	600–650	625	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	571	239.00–240.00	239.50
8	600–650	643	233.00–239.00	236.24
2	750–800	758	234.00	234.00

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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