Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2019-12-02

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Dec 2
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
68 head
17 vs last sale 51 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 41, Bulls 11)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $96.98/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$96.98
41 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$509
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$58
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.60
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 248297.9647215thin
Medium and Large 154996.4253026
One grade step is worth $1.54/cwt here — about −$58 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 sale41 hd
96.98
VA average3 barns · 522 hd
114.58
−17.60
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

22 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
BullsMedium and Large 1455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
BullsMedium and Large 1545126.00/cwt126.00–126.006871
BullsMedium and Large 1710106.00/cwt106.00–106.007531
BullsMedium and Large 2500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
BullsMedium and Large 2610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
BullsMedium and Large 2455123.00/cwt123.00–123.005603
BullsMedium and Large 2563135.00/cwt135.00–135.007603
HeifersMedium and Large 134594.00/cwt94.00–94.003241
HeifersMedium and Large 174580.00/cwt80.00–80.005961
HeifersMedium and Large 1465106.00/cwt106.00–106.004932
HeifersMedium and Large 167484.00/cwt84.00–84.005665
HeifersMedium and Large 1523100.05/cwt93.00–104.0052317
HeifersMedium and Large 2495105.00/cwt105.00–105.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 266063.00/cwt63.00–63.004161
HeifersMedium and Large 238391.94/cwt83.00–101.003522
HeifersMedium and Large 252494.50/cwt94.50–94.504955
HeifersMedium and Large 2447107.50/cwt107.50–107.504816
SteersMedium and Large 1475120.36/cwt116.00–125.005722
SteersMedium and Large 1605140.00/cwt140.00–140.008472
SteersMedium and Large 1541138.49/cwt134.00–140.007498
SteersMedium and Large 2425133.09/cwt125.00–141.005662
SteersMedium and Large 2555144.00/cwt144.00–144.007992

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.