Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 19, Bulls 5)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.18/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −158.41 against this barn's trailing median of $459.59.

Average price

$301.18

30 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

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

$49.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.10

vs VA average

−25.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	302.84	1,690	29
Medium and Large 2	545	253.00	1,379	1thin

One grade step is worth $49.84/cwt here — about $311 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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.00, low $393.00, median $459.59 across 14 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 sale30 hd

301.18

—

VA average8 barns · 323 hd

296.08

+5.10

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−25.45

This barn, trailing median14 sales

459.59

−158.41

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

15 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 2	500–550	545	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,379	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,282	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	302.84/cwt	280.00–307.75	1,690	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	248.69/cwt	244.00–250.50	1,813	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	307.69/cwt	283.00–314.00	1,495	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	281.95/cwt	264.00–284.50	1,793	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,109	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	252.40/cwt	225.00–256.00	1,196	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,414	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,334	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 Dec 16, 2024

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

Receipts 101Last week 171Year ago 26

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 19, Bulls 5)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	309.00	309.00
1	500–550	545	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	486	283.00–314.00	307.69
29	550–600	558	280.00–307.75	302.84
32	600–650	636	264.00–284.50	281.95
8	700–750	729	244.00–250.50	248.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	244.00	244.00
9	450–500	474	225.00–256.00	252.40
2	500–550	530	236.00	236.00
3	800–850	820	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	275.00	275.00
2	500–550	548	258.00	258.00
1	600–650	620	251.00	251.00

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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