Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 44, Bulls 37)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $229.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −160.09 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$229.00

8 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,285

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.65

vs VA average

−30.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	229.00	1,285	8thin

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 sale8 hd

229.00

—

VA average9 barns · 660 hd

224.35

+4.65

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−30.63

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−160.09

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	550–600	555	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,249	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	264.84/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,208	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,465	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	243.63/cwt	207.00–249.00	1,330	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,102	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,434	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,186	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	246.27/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,554	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	212.35/cwt	178.00–233.00	922	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,440	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	220.93/cwt	215.00–224.00	800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,288	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,285	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	228.51/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,053	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	215.26/cwt	190.00–220.00	1,384	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,224	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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 104Last week 102Year ago 123

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 44, Bulls 37)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	456	256.00–266.00	264.84
14	500–550	546	207.00–249.00	243.63
1	550–600	555	225.00	225.00
9	600–650	644	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	655	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	402	295.00	295.00
5	550–600	554	260.00	260.00
9	600–650	631	240.00–248.00	246.27
3	700–750	732	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	226.00	226.00
5	450–500	461	210.00–233.00	228.51
8	550–600	561	229.00	229.00
14	600–650	643	190.00–220.00	215.26
1	700–750	710	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	215.00–224.00	220.93
8	400–450	434	178.00–233.00	212.35
1	750–800	765	160.00	160.00

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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