Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 75, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.61/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −147.47 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$241.61

25 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,327

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$10.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.44

vs VA average

−41.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	249.00	1,342	7thin
Medium and Large 1	553	238.74	1,321	18thin

One grade step is worth $10.26/cwt here — about $22 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 sale25 hd

241.61

—

VA average3 barns · 302 hd

241.18

+0.44

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−41.71

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−147.47

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

29 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	450–500	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,428	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	296.22/cwt	282.00–298.00	1,312	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,461	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,333	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	1,312	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,708	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,246	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	260.41/cwt	250.00–274.50	1,661	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,463	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	859	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,817	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,342	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	202.52/cwt	190.00–215.00	1,527	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,371	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	288.69/cwt	265.00–290.50	1,617	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	235.21/cwt	150.00–244.00	1,040	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,322	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	235.00/cwt	230.00–240.00	881	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	235.94/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,088	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	239.21/cwt	226.00–243.00	1,330	16

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 Dec 2, 2024

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

Receipts 171Last week 99Year ago 91

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 75, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	443	282.00–298.00	296.22
1	450–500	475	260.00	260.00
4	500–550	528	270.50	270.50
1	550–600	555	264.00	264.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	452	295.00	295.00
10	500–550	539	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	299.50	299.50
1	450–500	490	281.00	281.00
3	600–650	635	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	289.00	289.00
4	500–550	500	292.50	292.50
24	550–600	560	265.00–290.50	288.69
15	600–650	638	250.00–274.50	260.41
5	700–750	733	230.00	230.00
5	750–800	751	242.00	242.00
1	850–900	875	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	358	240.00	240.00
9	450–500	461	235.00–239.00	235.94
2	500–550	530	235.00	235.00
16	550–600	556	226.00–243.00	239.21
2	600–650	615	215.00	215.00
4	650–700	653	210.00	210.00
8	750–800	754	190.00–215.00	202.52
4	900–950	944	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	230.00–240.00	235.00
13	400–450	442	150.00–244.00	235.21
7	500–550	539	249.00	249.00
1	700–750	730	195.00	195.00
1	750–800	775	195.00	195.00

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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