Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-03-30

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 30
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
130 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 188▲ 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 50, Bulls 16)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.95/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$145.95
62 head · 611 lb average
Value per head Derived
$892
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$184
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.13
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2470155.897339thin
Medium and Large 1635144.2791753
One grade step is worth $11.62/cwt here — about −$184 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 sale62 hd
145.95
—
VA average8 barns · 758 hd
143.82
+2.13
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 1—655118.00/cwt118.00–118.007731
BullsMedium and Large 1—467145.00/cwt145.00–145.006773
BullsMedium and Large 1—544134.00/cwt134.00–134.007295
BullsMedium and Large 2—533133.00/cwt133.00–133.007092
BullsMedium and Large 2—472144.00/cwt144.00–144.006805
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470125.00/cwt125.00–125.005881
SteersMedium and Large 2—434159.00/cwt159.00–159.006907
SteersMedium and Large 1—555155.00/cwt155.00–155.008601
SteersMedium and Large 1—843113.00/cwt113.00–113.009534
SteersMedium and Large 1—467162.27/cwt160.00–163.007588
SteersMedium and Large 1—546159.00/cwt159.00–159.008689
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371138.00/cwt138.00–138.005127
HeifersMedium and Large 2—462134.50/cwt134.50–134.5062115
SteersMedium and Large 1—743116.00/cwt116.00–116.0086210
SteersMedium and Large 1—651150.00/cwt150.00–150.0097721
SteersMedium and Large 2—565150.00/cwt150.00–150.008481
SteersMedium and Large 2—630140.00/cwt140.00–140.008821
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615108.00/cwt108.00–108.006641
HeifersMedium and Large 1—440129.00/cwt129.00–129.005687
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527128.00/cwt128.00–128.006759
HeifersMedium and Large 2—75084.00/cwt84.00–84.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 2—65699.00/cwt99.00–99.006494
HeifersMedium and Large 2—556124.00/cwt124.00–124.006895

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.