Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2021-03-29

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 29
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
89 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 123▼ 41 vs year ago 130 · −31.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 52, Bulls 16)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.97/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$123.97
52 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.81
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498126.7163130
Medium and Large 2511120.2361422
One grade step is worth $6.48/cwt here — about $17 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 sale52 hd
123.97
—
VA average7 barns · 1,445 hd
127.77
−3.81
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

22 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 1—532145.00/cwt145.00–145.007713
BullsMedium and Large 1—435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006535
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460130.00/cwt130.00–130.005981
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616107.74/cwt106.00–110.006647
HeifersMedium and Large 1—439134.00/cwt134.00–134.0058811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—386135.00/cwt135.00–135.005214
HeifersMedium and Large 2—68065.00/cwt65.00–65.004421
HeifersMedium and Large 2—488106.00/cwt106.00–106.005173
HeifersMedium and Large 1—542129.00/cwt129.00–129.006997
SteersMedium and Large 1—535155.00/cwt155.00–155.0082910
SteersMedium and Large 1—667135.00/cwt135.00–135.009003
SteersMedium and Large 1—442164.00/cwt164.00–164.007255
SteersMedium and Large 2—425142.00/cwt142.00–142.006041
SteersMedium and Large 2—625136.00/cwt136.00–136.008502
BullsMedium and Large 2—440144.43/cwt138.00–151.006352
BullsMedium and Large 2—605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008172
BullsMedium and Large 2—650134.00/cwt134.00–134.008714
HeifersMedium and Large 2—545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
HeifersMedium and Large 2—74075.00/cwt75.00–75.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 2—372153.00/cwt153.00–153.005693
HeifersMedium and Large 2—635100.00/cwt100.00–100.006355
HeifersMedium and Large 2—439138.50/cwt138.50–138.506088

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.