Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-02-24

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Feb 24
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
75 head
305 vs last sale 380 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 37, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.78/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$121.78
36 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$33
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.44
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2462125.1357823
Medium and Large 1527115.8561013thin
One grade step is worth $9.29/cwt here — about −$33 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
121.78
VA average8 barns · 1,276 hd
125.22
−3.44
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

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1460149.00/cwt149.00–149.006853
BullsMedium and Large 1335184.00/cwt184.00–184.006167
BullsMedium and Large 1516146.72/cwt139.00–148.007577
BullsMedium and Large 2640106.00/cwt106.00–106.006781
BullsMedium and Large 2530141.00/cwt141.00–141.007472
BullsMedium and Large 2475138.48/cwt120.00–147.006583
SteersMedium and Large 1755121.00/cwt121.00–121.009142
SteersMedium and Large 2420160.00/cwt160.00–160.006721
SteersMedium and Large 2635135.00/cwt135.00–135.008571
SteersMedium and Large 2705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008531
SteersMedium and Large 1520153.00/cwt153.00–153.007961
HeifersMedium and Large 278593.00/cwt93.00–93.007301
HeifersMedium and Large 2530108.29/cwt96.00–114.005743
HeifersMedium and Large 2379142.00/cwt142.00–142.005388
HeifersMedium and Large 2436124.58/cwt112.00–128.005439
HeifersMedium and Large 1355138.00/cwt138.00–138.004901
SteersMedium and Large 1470156.00/cwt156.00–156.007332
BullsMedium and Large 2439160.00/cwt160.00–160.007027
HeifersMedium and Large 267588.00/cwt88.00–88.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 1520115.00/cwt115.00–115.005982
HeifersMedium and Large 1463121.00/cwt121.00–121.005604
HeifersMedium and Large 1600109.00/cwt109.00–109.006546
HeifersMedium and Large 2610115.00/cwt115.00–115.007021

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.