Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-06-15

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jun 15
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
93 head
60 vs last sale 33 44 vs year ago 49 · +89.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 36, Bulls 13)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.67/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$138.67
43 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$60
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.08
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2547141.0577121
Medium and Large 1609136.3983122
One grade step is worth $4.65/cwt here — about −$60 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 sale43 hd
138.67
VA average8 barns · 2,106 hd
139.75
−1.08
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

21 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 1475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006651
BullsMedium and Large 1583126.03/cwt124.00–128.007352
BullsMedium and Large 1623120.00/cwt120.00–120.007482
BullsMedium and Large 2640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
BullsMedium and Large 2455152.00/cwt152.00–152.006922
BullsMedium and Large 2554136.00/cwt136.00–136.007534
SteersMedium and Large 1550149.00/cwt149.00–149.008205
SteersMedium and Large 1622127.14/cwt120.00–137.0079112
SteersMedium and Large 2720130.00/cwt130.00–130.009361
HeifersMedium and Large 1456129.59/cwt129.00–131.005917
SteersMedium and Large 2619119.40/cwt119.00–121.007395
SteersMedium and Large 2469149.00/cwt149.00–149.006997
SteersMedium and Large 2548149.00/cwt149.00–149.008178
SteersMedium and Large 1415170.00/cwt170.00–170.007061
SteersMedium and Large 1693140.00/cwt140.00–140.009704
HeifersMedium and Large 2556127.00/cwt127.00–127.007069
HeifersMedium and Large 2368135.00/cwt135.00–135.004972
HeifersMedium and Large 2633113.00/cwt113.00–113.007152
HeifersMedium and Large 2467122.00/cwt122.00–122.005706
HeifersMedium and Large 1615123.00/cwt123.00–123.007564
HeifersMedium and Large 1543128.67/cwt122.00–130.006996

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.