Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2021-05-24

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 24
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
37 head
9 vs last sale 46 19 vs year ago 56 · 33.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 8, Bulls 7)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $121.55/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$121.55
22 head · 633 lb average
Value per head Derived
$769
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
22.85
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1729124.6490811thin
Medium and Large 2537118.4563611thin
One grade step is worth $6.18/cwt here — about $272 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 sale22 hd
121.55
VA average10 barns · 921 hd
144.40
−22.85
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

15 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 1515126.00/cwt126.00–126.006491
BullsMedium and Large 1490129.00/cwt129.00–129.006322
BullsMedium and Large 1623118.00/cwt118.00–118.007352
HeifersMedium and Large 1435111.00/cwt111.00–111.004831
SteersMedium and Large 1435126.00/cwt126.00–126.005481
SteersMedium and Large 1763119.50/cwt119.50–119.509123
BullsMedium and Large 2475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006891
BullsMedium and Large 2555104.00/cwt104.00–104.005771
SteersMedium and Large 2555107.00/cwt107.00–107.005942
SteersMedium and Large 2533121.00/cwt121.00–121.006459
HeifersMedium and Large 2375120.00/cwt120.00–120.004501
HeifersMedium and Large 2446132.00/cwt132.00–132.005895
SteersMedium and Large 1902123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,1143
SteersMedium and Large 1646129.00/cwt129.00–129.008334
HeifersMedium and Large 153589.00/cwt89.00–89.004761

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.