Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 43, Bulls 15)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.00/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −161.09 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$228.00

19 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,253

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$359

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

$57.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.01

vs VA average

−9.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	231.00	1,273	18thin
Medium and Large 2	525	174.00	914	1thin

One grade step is worth $57.00/cwt here — about $359 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale19 hd

228.00

—

VA average8 barns · 510 hd

229.01

−1.01

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−9.01

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−161.09

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

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	547	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,340	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,482	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,198	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,348	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,624	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,205	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,484	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,388	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,178	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	211.02/cwt	210.00–211.50	1,635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	177.26/cwt	157.00–188.00	1,271	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,273	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,402	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	238.76/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,125	8

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 16, 2024

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

Receipts 91Last week 55Year ago 100

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 43, Bulls 15)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	268.00	268.00
3	500–550	547	245.00	245.00
4	600–650	636	233.00	233.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	264.00	264.00
2	500–550	533	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	471	235.00–240.00	238.76
18	550–600	551	231.00	231.00
10	600–650	640	219.00	219.00
1	650–700	660	206.00	206.00
3	700–750	717	157.00–188.00	177.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	236.00	236.00
1	500–550	525	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	269.00	269.00
9	550–600	553	251.00	251.00
7	600–650	621	239.00	239.00
5	700–750	740	219.50	219.50
3	750–800	775	210.00–211.50	211.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	269.00	269.00
1	500–550	500	235.00	235.00

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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