Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 35, Bulls 12)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.94/cwt on 141 head.

Average price

$139.94

141 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$2.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.11

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	140.18	930	127
Medium and Large 2	572	137.71	787	14thin

One grade step is worth $2.47/cwt here — about $143 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 sale141 hd

139.94

—

VA average7 barns · 1,453 hd

137.83

+2.11

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

28 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	—	465	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	118.49/cwt	118.00–119.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,027	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	957	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	149.25/cwt	146.00–150.00	833	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	139.99/cwt	137.50–144.00	946	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	791	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	824	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	717	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	143.28/cwt	137.50–144.00	911	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	538	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	655	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	724	3

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 Aug 3, 2020

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

Receipts 188Last week 70Year ago 116

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 35, Bulls 12)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	131.00	131.00
2	—	513	131.00	131.00
2	—	620	118.00–119.00	118.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	118.00	118.00
1	—	500	135.00	135.00
4	—	655	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	775	132.50	132.50
14	—	742	129.00	129.00
19	—	558	146.00–150.00	149.25
72	—	676	137.50–144.00	139.99
4	—	478	150.00	150.00
9	—	636	137.50–144.00	143.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	118.00	118.00
4	—	453	149.00	149.00
4	—	549	144.00	144.00
4	—	634	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	441	122.00	122.00
4	—	666	101.00	101.00
1	—	390	122.00	122.00
1	—	580	103.00	103.00
3	—	545	114.00	114.00
3	—	710	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	123.00	123.00
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
1	—	700	104.00	104.00
3	—	643	109.50	109.50
6	—	467	124.00	124.00
7	—	565	116.00	116.00

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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