Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 61, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.97/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$107.97

60 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$47

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

$3.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.16

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	491	109.98	540	25
Medium and Large 1	551	106.54	587	35

One grade step is worth $3.43/cwt here — about −$47 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale60 hd

107.97

—

VA average11 barns · 2,945 hd

112.14

−4.16

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	—	561	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	543	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	645	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	448	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	524	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	525	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	92.81/cwt	92.00–94.00	583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	693	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	433	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	621	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	427	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	114.87/cwt	108.00–115.50	532	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	615	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	708	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	123.66/cwt	119.00–127.50	773	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	698	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	574	12

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 Oct 14, 2019

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

Receipts 146Last week 120Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 61, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	561	118.00	118.00
6	—	468	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	113.00	113.00
3	—	572	117.00	117.00
4	—	626	103.00	103.00
6	—	448	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	102.00	102.00
1	—	750	93.00	93.00
2	—	563	84.00	84.00
3	—	453	116.00	116.00
5	—	628	92.00–94.00	92.81
6	—	693	100.00	100.00
7	—	387	112.00	112.00
10	—	531	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	91.00	91.00
1	—	650	73.00	73.00
2	—	628	94.00	94.00
4	—	385	111.00	111.00
5	—	534	115.00	115.00
12	—	463	108.00–115.50	114.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	118.00	118.00
3	—	650	125.50	125.50
8	—	473	130.00	130.00
11	—	547	129.50	129.50
11	—	625	119.00–127.50	123.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	118.00	118.00
4	—	648	125.00	125.00
6	—	558	125.00	125.00
12	—	443	129.50	129.50

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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