Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 22, Bulls 11)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.08/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −157.01 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$232.08

13 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,246

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$6.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.42

vs VA average

−28.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	233.00	1,258	11thin
Medium and Large 2	520	227.00	1,180	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about $78 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 sale13 hd

232.08

—

VA average10 barns · 638 hd

228.66

+3.42

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−28.38

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−157.01

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	400–450	420	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,113	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	240.71/cwt	227.00–248.00	1,377	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,450	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,037	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,415	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,022	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,258	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,440	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,180	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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 48Last week 104Year ago 80

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 22, Bulls 11)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	265.00	265.00
3	550–600	572	227.00–248.00	240.71
3	650–700	662	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	216.00	216.00
2	550–600	575	246.00	246.00
1	600–650	645	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	261.00	261.00
1	600–650	630	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	250.00	250.00
5	550–600	572	254.00	254.00
2	650–700	650	247.00	247.00
2	700–750	740	234.00	234.00
3	750–800	777	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	236.00	236.00
2	500–550	520	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	236.00	236.00
11	500–550	540	233.00	233.00
3	600–650	637	226.00	226.00
1	700–750	715	218.00	218.00

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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