Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 156, Heifers 132, Bulls 58)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $262.63/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −196.97 against this barn's trailing median of $459.59.

Average price

$262.63

71 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,437

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$16.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.14

vs VA average

−31.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	264.23	1,444	64
Medium and Large 2	554	247.93	1,373	7thin

One grade step is worth $16.30/cwt here — about $71 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

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 sale71 hd

262.63

—

VA average10 barns · 529 hd

260.49

+2.14

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−31.68

This barn, trailing median14 sales

459.59

−196.97

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

34 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	550–600	560	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,316	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	219.48/cwt	214.00–230.00	1,389	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	790	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	265.36/cwt	257.50–266.00	1,215	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	248.81/cwt	225.00–252.00	1,334	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,228	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	252.80/cwt	250.00–254.25	1,701	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	245.22/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,584	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	246.75/cwt	211.00–259.50	1,384	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	222.50/cwt	218.00–238.00	1,704	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	262.69/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,429	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	283.44/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,222	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	227.17/cwt	225.00–227.25	1,224	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,092	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	240.56/cwt	237.00–248.00	1,732	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	223.26/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,220	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	849	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	217.95/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,576	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,485	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,304	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	254.55/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,123	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,110	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	252.26/cwt	247.00–254.00	1,178	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,301	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	221.94/cwt	220.00–222.25	1,531	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	216.45/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,162	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	227.78/cwt	225.50–232.00	1,465	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	236.91/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,312	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	945	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 Oct 7, 2024

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

Receipts 346Last week 191Year ago 140

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 156, Heifers 132, Bulls 58)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	378	209.00	209.00
14	450–500	458	257.50–266.00	265.36
24	500–550	536	225.00–252.00	248.81
1	550–600	560	235.00	235.00
5	600–650	633	214.00–230.00	219.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	263.00	263.00
2	550–600	558	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	600	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	280.00–290.00	283.44
22	450–500	456	286.00	286.00
47	500–550	544	260.00–267.00	262.69
17	550–600	553	268.50	268.50
18	600–650	646	245.00–246.00	245.22
17	650–700	673	250.00–254.25	252.80
6	700–750	720	237.00–248.00	240.56
9	750–800	766	218.00–238.00	222.50
3	800–850	830	221.00–228.00	223.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	510	255.00	255.00
6	550–600	561	211.00–259.50	246.75
2	600–650	610	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	224.00	224.00
8	400–450	441	245.00–257.00	254.55
28	450–500	452	245.50	245.50
29	500–550	539	225.00–227.25	227.17
19	550–600	554	235.00–241.00	236.91
17	600–650	643	225.50–232.00	227.78
7	650–700	690	220.00–222.25	221.94
5	700–750	723	210.00–220.00	217.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	210.00	210.00
4	450–500	467	247.00–254.00	252.26
4	500–550	537	215.00–221.00	216.45
2	600–650	630	150.00	150.00
2	650–700	650	168.00	168.00

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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