Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 137, Bulls 10)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.37/cwt on 137 head.

Average price

$118.37

137 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$5.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.89

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	121.45	729	58
Medium and Large 2	537	116.11	624	79

One grade step is worth $5.34/cwt here — about $105 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 sale137 hd

118.37

—

VA average8 barns · 1,623 hd

128.27

−9.89

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	858	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	125.67/cwt	120.00–126.00	699	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	118.53/cwt	114.00–119.00	757	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	132.08/cwt	122.00–134.00	619	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	729	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	805	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	140.48/cwt	139.00–142.00	681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	870	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	128.83/cwt	128.00–130.00	591	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	670	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	707	110.84/cwt	110.00–112.00	784	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	103.58/cwt	80.00–131.00	597	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	410	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	766	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	440	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	150.09/cwt	140.00–160.00	689	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	149.98/cwt	144.00–156.00	804	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	150.79/cwt	150.00–154.00	715	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	147.35/cwt	145.00–148.50	939	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	956	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	871	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 Jul 12, 2021

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

Receipts 242Last week 71Year ago 59

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 137, Bulls 10)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	545	157.50	157.50
5	—	474	150.00–154.00	150.79
1	—	350	128.00	128.00
24	—	637	145.00–148.50	147.35
17	—	735	130.00	130.00
2	—	573	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	626	139.00	139.00
4	—	459	140.00–160.00	150.09
11	—	536	144.00–156.00	149.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
1	—	550	138.00	138.00
2	—	483	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	649	124.00	124.00
2	—	485	139.00–142.00	140.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	556	120.00–126.00	125.67
19	—	639	114.00–119.00	118.53
6	—	469	122.00–134.00	132.08
3	—	548	133.00	133.00
5	—	730	109.00	109.00
3	—	773	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	459	128.00–130.00	128.83
11	—	540	124.00	124.00
12	—	707	110.00–112.00	110.84
20	—	576	80.00–131.00	103.58
10	—	373	110.00	110.00
6	—	608	126.00	126.00
5	—	326	135.00	135.00
3	—	657	110.00	110.00

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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