Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-05-18

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 18
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
79 head
22 vs last sale 101 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 19, Bulls 11)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.16/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$134.16
49 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.42
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639134.6386035
Medium and Large 2552133.0073514thin
One grade step is worth $1.63/cwt here — about $125 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 sale49 hd
134.16
VA average10 barns · 1,634 hd
138.59
−4.42
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
HeifersMedium and Large 2380129.00/cwt129.00–129.004904
HeifersMedium and Large 2527112.61/cwt111.00–116.005933
HeifersMedium and Large 269094.00/cwt94.00–94.006491
HeifersMedium and Large 1410119.28/cwt117.00–124.004893
HeifersMedium and Large 1755108.00/cwt108.00–108.008151
HeifersMedium and Large 2446124.00/cwt124.00–124.005534
SteersMedium and Large 1490138.00/cwt138.00–138.006761
SteersMedium and Large 2561134.00/cwt134.00–134.007526
SteersMedium and Large 2459141.00/cwt141.00–141.006474
SteersMedium and Large 2630122.00/cwt122.00–122.007692
SteersMedium and Large 2740117.00/cwt117.00–117.008661
HeifersMedium and Large 1675100.00/cwt100.00–100.006751
SteersMedium and Large 2530133.00/cwt133.00–133.007051
SteersMedium and Large 1672134.00/cwt134.00–134.0090025
SteersMedium and Large 1545138.63/cwt137.00–141.007568
SteersMedium and Large 1705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
HeifersMedium and Large 1475118.00/cwt118.00–118.005611
BullsMedium and Large 2449128.00/cwt128.00–128.005756
BullsMedium and Large 2553123.00/cwt123.00–123.006802
BullsMedium and Large 2455122.00/cwt122.00–122.005551
BullsMedium and Large 1545117.00/cwt117.00–117.006381
BullsMedium and Large 1485121.00/cwt121.00–121.005871

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.