Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-03-20

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 20
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
146 head
99 vs last sale 47 2 vs year ago 148 · 1.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 91, Bulls 10)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $184.41/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$184.41
91 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$18.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.02
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2529187.4299176
Medium and Large 1523169.1988515thin
One grade step is worth $18.23/cwt here — about $107 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 sale91 hd
184.41
VA average9 barns · 1,800 hd
182.39
+2.02
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 1610160.00/cwt160.00–160.009761
BullsMedium and Large 2415210.00/cwt210.00–210.008721
BullsMedium and Large 2625187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,1723
BullsMedium and Large 2567198.58/cwt197.00–199.001,1265
HeifersMedium and Large 1563161.41/cwt155.00–168.009092
HeifersMedium and Large 1655156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,0252
SteersMedium and Large 1458206.00/cwt206.00–206.009433
SteersMedium and Large 2570204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1631
HeifersMedium and Large 2528197.09/cwt178.50–199.001,04151
SteersMedium and Large 1415222.00/cwt222.00–222.009211
SteersMedium and Large 1673211.33/cwt208.00–213.001,42215
SteersMedium and Large 2600209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2541
HeifersMedium and Large 2379175.78/cwt170.00–181.006664
HeifersMedium and Large 2439175.00/cwt175.00–175.007686
SteersMedium and Large 2423234.79/cwt234.00–236.0099310
SteersMedium and Large 1570204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1631
HeifersMedium and Large 2658170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1196
HeifersMedium and Large 2575157.66/cwt130.00–174.509079
HeifersMedium and Large 1454171.00/cwt171.00–171.007764
HeifersMedium and Large 1513174.00/cwt174.00–174.008937
SteersMedium and Large 1549222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2194
SteersMedium and Large 1832174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,4489

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.