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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 4, Heifers 11, Bulls 9)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $185.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −203.59 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$185.50

2 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−33.71

vs VA average

−79.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	185.50	1,016	2thin

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 sale2 hd

185.50

—

VA average8 barns · 397 hd

219.21

−33.71

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−79.60

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−203.59

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

12 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	251.48/cwt	251.00–254.00	923	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,004	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,046	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,113	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	248.69/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,124	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,292	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,087	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,102	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 Nov 11, 2024

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

Receipts 24Last week 208Year ago 68

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 4, Heifers 11, Bulls 9)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	255.00	255.00
2	550–600	550	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	251.00–254.00	251.48
1	400–450	420	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	530	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	565	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	246.00–254.00	248.69
2	500–550	525	246.00	246.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	237.00	237.00
2	550–600	580	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	675	161.00	161.00

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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