Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2019-08-05

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Aug 5
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
116 head
76 vs last sale 40 116 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 26, Bulls 12)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.75/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$134.75
78 head · 647 lb average
Value per head Derived
$871
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.37
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1660135.6189469
Medium and Large 2548128.117029thin
One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about $192 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 sale78 hd
134.75
VA average9 barns · 1,680 hd
139.11
−4.37
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

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2541138.00/cwt138.00–138.007474
SteersMedium and Large 264392.00/cwt92.00–92.005922
SteersMedium and Large 2463140.00/cwt140.00–140.006482
SteersMedium and Large 2555137.00/cwt137.00–137.007601
SteersMedium and Large 1647138.26/cwt121.00–140.0089524
SteersMedium and Large 1700130.00/cwt130.00–130.0091020
SteersMedium and Large 1590142.00/cwt142.00–142.0083812
SteersMedium and Large 1778129.49/cwt125.00–131.001,0078
SteersMedium and Large 1535139.81/cwt139.00–140.007485
HeifersMedium and Large 2538115.00/cwt115.00–115.006194
HeifersMedium and Large 2620106.00/cwt106.00–106.006573
HeifersMedium and Large 2452119.00/cwt119.00–119.005383
HeifersMedium and Large 1474116.36/cwt115.00–119.005529
HeifersMedium and Large 1660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006933
HeifersMedium and Large 1570116.00/cwt116.00–116.006612
HeifersMedium and Large 1545114.00/cwt114.00–114.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1390125.00/cwt125.00–125.004881
BullsMedium and Large 2645117.00/cwt117.00–117.007551
BullsMedium and Large 1481130.09/cwt128.00–130.506266
BullsMedium and Large 1535126.81/cwt117.00–130.006784
BullsMedium and Large 1620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006821

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.