Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-07-27

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jul 27
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
70 head
32 vs last sale 38 30 vs year ago 40 · +75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 29, Bulls 7)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.09/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$133.09
34 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$130
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.46
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2514147.007564thin
Medium and Large 1675131.2388630
One grade step is worth $15.77/cwt here — about −$130 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 sale34 hd
133.09
VA average8 barns · 703 hd
133.55
−0.46
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 1615111.00/cwt111.00–111.006831
BullsMedium and Large 1571117.00/cwt117.00–117.006684
BullsMedium and Large 2485137.00/cwt137.00–137.006641
BullsMedium and Large 2600114.00/cwt114.00–114.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 1420123.00/cwt123.00–123.005172
HeifersMedium and Large 1540121.00/cwt121.00–121.006533
SteersMedium and Large 1724120.72/cwt115.00–125.008747
SteersMedium and Large 1824116.00/cwt116.00–116.009567
SteersMedium and Large 1636135.00/cwt135.00–135.008598
SteersMedium and Large 2510151.00/cwt151.00–151.007701
SteersMedium and Large 2630131.00/cwt131.00–131.008251
SteersMedium and Large 2458153.00/cwt153.00–153.007012
SteersMedium and Large 1495147.00/cwt147.00–147.007281
SteersMedium and Large 1503154.00/cwt154.00–154.007752
SteersMedium and Large 1564149.00/cwt149.00–149.008405
HeifersMedium and Large 1475128.00/cwt128.00–128.006086
HeifersMedium and Large 2590108.00/cwt108.00–108.006371
HeifersMedium and Large 2547113.00/cwt113.00–113.006183
HeifersMedium and Large 2637104.93/cwt103.00–109.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 2444128.00/cwt128.00–128.005688
HeifersMedium and Large 1642110.00/cwt110.00–110.007063

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.