Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-08-24

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Aug 24
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
103 head
57 vs last sale 46 38 vs year ago 65 · +58.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 32, Bulls 41)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.00/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$135.00
41 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$797
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$73
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.47
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2503146.007347thin
Medium and Large 1608132.7480734
One grade step is worth $13.26/cwt here — about −$73 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 sale41 hd
135.00
VA average7 barns · 608 hd
140.47
−5.47
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

25 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 1448144.00/cwt144.00–144.006452
BullsMedium and Large 1452147.00/cwt147.00–147.006643
BullsMedium and Large 1715121.00/cwt121.00–121.008653
BullsMedium and Large 1537143.12/cwt137.00–145.007694
BullsMedium and Large 182699.00/cwt99.00–99.008185
BullsMedium and Large 1633125.51/cwt123.00–126.007946
SteersMedium and Large 2660122.00/cwt122.00–122.008052
SteersMedium and Large 2470158.00/cwt158.00–158.007434
SteersMedium and Large 1485156.00/cwt156.00–156.007571
SteersMedium and Large 1785119.00/cwt119.00–119.009341
SteersMedium and Large 1668137.89/cwt137.00–139.009219
SteersMedium and Large 1740132.50/cwt132.50–132.5098111
SteersMedium and Large 2510149.00/cwt149.00–149.007602
HeifersMedium and Large 1523122.61/cwt115.00–124.506415
HeifersMedium and Large 1588121.32/cwt114.00–122.507137
HeifersMedium and Large 1628122.50/cwt122.50–122.507697
HeifersMedium and Large 2450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 2548118.00/cwt118.00–118.006472
HeifersMedium and Large 2665122.50/cwt122.50–122.508152
BullsMedium and Large 1564145.50/cwt145.50–145.5082111
BullsMedium and Large 2465146.00/cwt146.00–146.006793
BullsMedium and Large 2531146.00/cwt146.00–146.007754
HeifersMedium and Large 2430126.00/cwt126.00–126.005424
HeifersMedium and Large 1370129.00/cwt129.00–129.004771
HeifersMedium and Large 1775106.00/cwt106.00–106.008222

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.