Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 34, Bulls 27)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.82/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$110.82

34 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$2.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.96

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	112.83	587	6thin
Medium and Large 2	531	110.39	586	28

One grade step is worth $2.44/cwt here — about $1 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 sale34 hd

110.82

—

VA average9 barns · 1,604 hd

124.78

−13.96

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

20 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	—	530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	802	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	672	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	646	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	724	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	417	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	937	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	591	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	533	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	106.51/cwt	106.00–107.00	554	2

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 10, 2020

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

Receipts 70Last week 188Year ago 73

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 34, Bulls 27)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	130.00	130.00
2	—	438	136.00	136.00
2	—	668	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	553	145.00	145.00
8	—	460	146.00	146.00
8	—	646	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	144.00	144.00
1	—	525	140.00	140.00
5	—	774	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	107.00	107.00
2	—	640	105.00	105.00
3	—	437	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	119.00	119.00
2	—	665	102.00	102.00
3	—	745	99.00	99.00
9	—	552	107.00	107.00
10	—	448	119.00	119.00
1	—	470	105.00	105.00
2	—	520	106.00–107.00	106.51

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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