Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-08-31

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Aug 31
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
14 head
89 vs last sale 103 363 vs year ago 377 · 96.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 2, Bulls 4)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.50/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$142.50
8 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.44
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556143.007947thin
Medium and Large 2480139.006671thin
One grade step is worth $4.00/cwt here — about $127 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 sale8 hd
142.50
VA average7 barns · 781 hd
139.06
+3.44
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

8 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 2480139.00/cwt139.00–139.006671
SteersMedium and Large 1549145.00/cwt145.00–145.007966
SteersMedium and Large 1595131.00/cwt131.00–131.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 2640103.00/cwt103.00–103.006591
HeifersMedium and Large 2595100.00/cwt100.00–100.005951
BullsMedium and Large 1458145.00/cwt145.00–145.006642
BullsMedium and Large 1555132.00/cwt132.00–132.007331
BullsMedium and Large 1445116.00/cwt116.00–116.005161

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.