Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-07-06

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jul 6
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
25 head
18 vs last sale 43 37 vs year ago 62 · 59.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 11, Bulls 7)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.36/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$121.36
11 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.92
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576121.9070210thin
Medium and Large 2425116.004931thin
One grade step is worth $5.90/cwt here — about $209 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 sale11 hd
121.36
VA average4 barns · 389 hd
118.45
+2.92
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

10 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
SteersMedium and Large 273084.00/cwt84.00–84.006131
SteersMedium and Large 257085.00/cwt85.00–85.004851
SteersMedium and Large 1548142.00/cwt142.00–142.007783
SteersMedium and Large 1645133.00/cwt133.00–133.008582
HeifersMedium and Large 2425116.00/cwt116.00–116.004931
HeifersMedium and Large 1562123.00/cwt123.00–123.006915
HeifersMedium and Large 1615122.00/cwt122.00–122.007504
HeifersMedium and Large 1490116.00/cwt116.00–116.005681
BullsMedium and Large 1560131.00/cwt131.00–131.007346
BullsMedium and Large 1650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151

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.