Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 80, Bulls 38)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $248.43/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −212.51 against this barn's trailing median of $460.94.

Average price

$248.43

27 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,357

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$385

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

$70.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.83

vs VA average

−53.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	266.62	1,457	20
Medium and Large 2	546	196.46	1,072	7thin

One grade step is worth $70.15/cwt here — about $385 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

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 sale27 hd

248.43

—

VA average8 barns · 449 hd

261.26

−12.83

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−53.42

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.94

−212.51

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

31 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	641	227.52/cwt	226.00–237.00	1,458	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	258.71/cwt	241.00–261.00	1,231	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	238.23/cwt	216.00–240.00	1,289	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,256	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	202.25/cwt	185.00–270.00	1,116	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	267.44/cwt	241.00–280.00	1,455	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,219	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	275.35/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	233.28/cwt	230.00–236.50	1,698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,307	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,704	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,605	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	965	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,292	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	227.54/cwt	180.00–235.00	1,006	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	239.29/cwt	225.00–243.00	919	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,017	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,463	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	240.48/cwt	233.00–245.00	914	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	225.59/cwt	210.00–231.00	1,207	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	194.81/cwt	149.00–215.50	1,099	6

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 Nov 4, 2024

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

Receipts 208Last week 48Year ago 352

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 80, Bulls 38)

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	476	241.00–261.00	258.71
13	500–550	541	216.00–240.00	238.23
7	600–650	641	226.00–237.00	227.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	258.00	258.00
4	550–600	558	225.00	225.00
3	600–650	642	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	650	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	437	279.00	279.00
1	450–500	480	285.00	285.00
2	500–550	530	182.00	182.00
5	550–600	552	185.00–270.00	202.25
3	600–650	648	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	265.00–285.00	275.35
5	450–500	470	278.00	278.00
19	500–550	544	241.00–280.00	267.44
1	550–600	595	251.00	251.00
11	600–650	632	254.00	254.00
3	650–700	672	252.00	252.00
4	700–750	728	230.00–236.50	233.28
1	750–800	795	231.50	231.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	667	255.50	255.50
9	750–800	791	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	225.00–243.00	239.29
7	400–450	442	180.00–235.00	227.54
2	450–500	463	241.00	241.00
6	550–600	564	149.00–215.50	194.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	233.00–245.00	240.48
1	400–450	400	240.00	240.00
13	450–500	460	221.00	221.00
36	500–550	535	210.00–231.00	225.59
4	550–600	558	231.50	231.50

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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