Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-11-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 49, Bulls 39)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $217.26/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −171.83 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$217.26

14 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$31.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.91

vs VA average

−63.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	219.51	1,197	13thin
Medium and Large 2	570	188.00	1,072	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.51/cwt here — about $126 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

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 sale14 hd

217.26

—

VA average8 barns · 306 hd

225.17

−7.91

National average40 barns · 6,153 hd

280.90

−63.64

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−171.83

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

22 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	580	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,451	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,309	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,398	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,413	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	283.83/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,218	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,024	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,248	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	219.60/cwt	189.00–226.00	1,188	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	218.47/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	202.08/cwt	160.00–230.00	893	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,197	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	931	4

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 99Last week 44Year ago 30

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 49, Bulls 39)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	440	297.50	297.50
13	500–550	547	255.50	255.50
1	550–600	580	235.00	235.00
6	600–650	620	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	283.00–285.00	283.83
2	550–600	563	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	283.00	283.00
5	550–600	562	271.00	271.00
2	600–650	633	210.00–227.00	218.47
1	700–750	705	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	255.00	255.00
11	400–450	434	236.00	236.00
11	500–550	541	189.00–226.00	219.60
2	550–600	570	219.00	219.00
6	600–650	617	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	255.00	255.00
10	400–450	442	160.00–230.00	202.08
1	450–500	495	173.00	173.00
1	550–600	570	188.00	188.00
1	600–650	640	175.00	175.00
1	800–850	805	133.00	133.00

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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