Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-06-22

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jun 22
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
50 head
43 vs last sale 93 19 vs year ago 69 · 27.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 27, Bulls 8)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.20/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$119.20
25 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$680
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$45
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.87
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2539121.5565511thin
Medium and Large 1596117.3670014thin
One grade step is worth $4.19/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale25 hd
119.20
VA average9 barns · 1,075 hd
120.07
−0.87
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
HeifersMedium and Large 2605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 2565104.00/cwt104.00–104.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 1634124.00/cwt124.00–124.007866
HeifersMedium and Large 1561119.00/cwt119.00–119.006684
HeifersMedium and Large 2478125.00/cwt125.00–125.005983
HeifersMedium and Large 2705113.00/cwt113.00–113.007971
SteersMedium and Large 2558150.00/cwt150.00–150.008374
SteersMedium and Large 2441158.00/cwt158.00–158.006974
SteersMedium and Large 2670122.00/cwt122.00–122.008171
HeifersMedium and Large 154598.00/cwt98.00–98.005342
HeifersMedium and Large 1725100.00/cwt100.00–100.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 2523125.00/cwt125.00–125.006545
SteersMedium and Large 1727134.00/cwt134.00–134.009743
SteersMedium and Large 1648140.00/cwt140.00–140.009072
SteersMedium and Large 1460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 1485127.00/cwt127.00–127.006161
BullsMedium and Large 2615116.00/cwt116.00–116.007132
BullsMedium and Large 1618113.00/cwt113.00–113.006982
BullsMedium and Large 1523126.00/cwt125.00–127.006592
BullsMedium and Large 170594.00/cwt94.00–94.006631
BullsMedium and Large 1465102.00/cwt102.00–102.004741

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.