Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2019-12-16

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Dec 16
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
64 head
▼ 88 vs last sale 152▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 36, Bulls 14)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.60/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$119.60
36 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.44
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2537124.4566820
Medium and Large 1539113.5561216thin
One grade step is worth $10.90/cwt here — about $57 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 sale36 hd
119.60
—
VA average8 barns · 1,750 hd
115.17
+4.44
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

24 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 1—668120.00/cwt120.00–120.008022
BullsMedium and Large 1—428140.00/cwt140.00–140.005993
BullsMedium and Large 1—460131.00/cwt131.00–131.006033
BullsMedium and Large 1—567125.00/cwt125.00–125.007093
BullsMedium and Large 2—635119.00/cwt119.00–119.007561
BullsMedium and Large 2—448129.00/cwt129.00–129.005782
SteersMedium and Large 2—490140.00/cwt140.00–140.006861
SteersMedium and Large 2—54592.00/cwt92.00–92.005011
SteersMedium and Large 2—650124.00/cwt124.00–124.008061
SteersMedium and Large 2—785114.00/cwt114.00–114.008951
SteersMedium and Large 1—490140.00/cwt140.00–140.006861
SteersMedium and Large 1—705117.00/cwt117.00–117.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515112.00/cwt112.00–112.005772
HeifersMedium and Large 2—673106.00/cwt106.00–106.007132
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375115.49/cwt114.00–116.004334
HeifersMedium and Large 2—582134.00/cwt134.00–134.0078011
SteersMedium and Large 1—650124.00/cwt124.00–124.008062
SteersMedium and Large 1—542144.00/cwt144.00–144.007806
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775100.00/cwt100.00–100.007751
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428116.00/cwt116.00–116.004962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623105.00/cwt105.00–105.006542
HeifersMedium and Large 1—461117.00/cwt117.00–117.005394
HeifersMedium and Large 1—557115.26/cwt111.00–117.006427
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465117.00/cwt117.00–117.005441

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.