Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2021-08-30

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Aug 30
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
40 head
2 vs last sale 42 26 vs year ago 14 · +185.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Stat Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 19, Bulls 10)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.76/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$122.76
19 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$72
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.18
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2459126.4658112thin
Medium and Large 1561116.436537thin
One grade step is worth $10.03/cwt here — about −$72 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 sale19 hd
122.76
VA average8 barns · 782 hd
131.95
−9.18
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 1425136.00/cwt136.00–136.005781
BullsMedium and Large 1480142.00/cwt142.00–142.006821
BullsMedium and Large 1535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007491
BullsMedium and Large 2463138.00/cwt138.00–138.006392
BullsMedium and Large 2563140.00/cwt140.00–140.007882
BullsMedium and Large 2655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
HeifersMedium and Large 1537125.00/cwt125.00–125.006713
HeifersMedium and Large 2440128.31/cwt122.00–130.005658
HeifersMedium and Large 2532123.00/cwt123.00–123.006543
BullsMedium and Large 2428130.00/cwt130.00–130.005562
HeifersMedium and Large 1380119.00/cwt119.00–119.004521
HeifersMedium and Large 1585123.00/cwt123.00–123.007201
SteersMedium and Large 2445156.00/cwt156.00–156.006943
SteersMedium and Large 2551153.00/cwt153.00–153.008434
SteersMedium and Large 1625134.00/cwt134.00–134.008381
HeifersMedium and Large 1645104.00/cwt104.00–104.006711
HeifersMedium and Large 2395122.00/cwt122.00–122.004821
HeifersMedium and Large 170594.00/cwt94.00–94.006631
SteersMedium and Large 2600137.00/cwt137.00–137.008221
SteersMedium and Large 1525157.00/cwt157.00–157.008241
SteersMedium and Large 2735117.00/cwt117.00–117.008601

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.