Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2021-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 52, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.77/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$118.77

52 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$61

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

$0.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.17

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	118.85	628	26
Medium and Large 1	581	118.69	689	26

One grade step is worth $0.15/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale52 hd

118.77

—

VA average4 barns · 810 hd

127.94

−9.17

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

23 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	—	578	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	751	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	594	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	730	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	683	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	891	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	139.56/cwt	132.00–142.00	737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	665	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	744	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	672	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	543	11

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 Nov 29, 2021

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

Receipts 102Last week 90Year ago 50

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 52, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	130.00	130.00
4	—	660	90.00	90.00
2	—	440	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	118.00	118.00
7	—	545	134.00	134.00
10	—	481	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	126.00	126.00
7	—	650	137.00	137.00
1	—	405	143.00	143.00
1	—	460	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	130.00	130.00
1	—	735	126.00	126.00
4	—	455	151.00	151.00
4	—	528	132.00–142.00	139.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	115.00	115.00
1	—	690	94.00	94.00
1	—	760	90.00	90.00
10	—	546	123.00	123.00
11	—	449	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	748	96.00	96.00
5	—	462	121.00	121.00
7	—	541	123.00	123.00
12	—	625	119.00	119.00

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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