Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 37, Bulls 14)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $249.40/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −211.54 against this barn's trailing median of $460.94.

Average price

$249.40

21 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,405

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$15.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.80

vs VA average

−49.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	250.12	1,406	20
Medium and Large 2	590	235.00	1,387	1thin

One grade step is worth $15.12/cwt here — about $19 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.00, low $397.38, median $460.94 across 13 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 sale21 hd

249.40

—

VA average9 barns · 589 hd

257.20

−7.80

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−49.93

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.94

−211.54

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

25 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	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,419	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	240.50/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,089	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	237.23/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,139	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,553	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,087	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,332	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	223.48/cwt	219.00–228.00	1,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,244	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	195.09/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	249.72/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,134	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	250.12/cwt	239.00–253.00	1,406	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	227.44/cwt	227.00–228.00	1,185	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	1

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 14, 2024

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

Receipts 102Last week 346Year ago 138

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 37, Bulls 14)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	240.00–241.00	240.50
1	550–600	570	225.00	225.00
2	600–650	648	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	480	232.00–239.00	237.23
1	500–550	520	232.00	232.00
1	550–600	550	211.00	211.00
1	600–650	620	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	590	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	600	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	675	212.00	212.00
2	700–750	735	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	241.00	241.00
12	450–500	479	278.00	278.00
20	550–600	562	239.00–253.00	250.12
11	600–650	647	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	219.00–228.00	223.48
1	500–550	505	215.00	215.00
3	550–600	558	223.00	223.00
1	600–650	610	125.00	125.00
1	700–750	705	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	454	243.00–251.00	249.72
11	500–550	521	227.00–228.00	227.44
3	700–750	728	185.00–200.00	195.09
2	850–900	893	187.00	187.00

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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