Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 69, Bulls 11)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $255.90/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −203.69 against this barn's trailing median of $459.59.

Average price

$255.90

42 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,450

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.19

vs VA average

−18.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	255.90	1,450	42

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.00, low $393.00, median $459.59 across 14 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 sale42 hd

255.90

—

VA average9 barns · 569 hd

263.10

−7.19

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

−18.39

This barn, trailing median14 sales

459.59

−203.69

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	600–650	615	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,169	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	974	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,191	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,310	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	258.66/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,381	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	220.28/cwt	200.00–241.00	1,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	255.53/cwt	226.00–265.00	1,459	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,269	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	248.61/cwt	237.00–251.50	1,604	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,669	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	231.14/cwt	229.50–232.00	1,715	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,137	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	234.19/cwt	222.00–237.00	1,276	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,457	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	219.41/cwt	151.00–254.00	998	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	237.25/cwt	237.25–237.25	1,552	17

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 191Last week 91Year ago 87

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 69, Bulls 11)

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	433	225.00	225.00
3	450–500	458	260.00	260.00
5	500–550	520	252.00	252.00
1	600–650	615	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	455	151.00–254.00	219.41
32	500–550	545	222.00–237.00	234.19
1	550–600	560	171.00	171.00
8	600–650	628	232.00	232.00
17	650–700	654	237.25	237.25
2	850–900	850	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	200.00–241.00	220.28
1	700–750	715	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	463	274.00	274.00
5	500–550	534	255.00–264.00	258.66
37	550–600	571	226.00–265.00	255.53
15	600–650	645	237.00–251.50	248.61
20	650–700	661	252.50	252.50
23	700–750	742	229.50–232.00	231.14
4	800–850	835	225.00	225.00

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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