Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-03-27

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 27
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
73 head
73 vs last sale 146 117 vs year ago 190 · 61.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 6, Heifers 56, Bulls 11)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $180.14/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$180.14
56 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$915
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$145
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.01
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2450181.9581819thin
Medium and Large 1538179.2196337
One grade step is worth $2.74/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale56 hd
180.14
VA average10 barns · 1,675 hd
185.14
−5.01
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 1510204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0402
BullsMedium and Large 1445183.00/cwt183.00–183.008143
BullsMedium and Large 2630176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1091
BullsMedium and Large 2565198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1192
BullsMedium and Large 2453189.00/cwt189.00–189.008563
HeifersMedium and Large 1705156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1001
HeifersMedium and Large 2457184.00/cwt184.00–184.008413
HeifersMedium and Large 2370183.00/cwt183.00–183.006774
HeifersMedium and Large 1541189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,02216
HeifersMedium and Large 1595171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0172
HeifersMedium and Large 1657164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0773
HeifersMedium and Large 1378171.00/cwt171.00–171.006464
SteersMedium and Large 2448221.00/cwt221.00–221.009902
SteersMedium and Large 1645189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2191
SteersMedium and Large 1740165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2211
HeifersMedium and Large 1623170.43/cwt164.00–175.001,0625
HeifersMedium and Large 1457180.08/cwt173.00–187.008236
HeifersMedium and Large 2633159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0062
HeifersMedium and Large 2325192.00/cwt192.00–192.006245
HeifersMedium and Large 2561179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0045
SteersMedium and Large 1478199.00/cwt199.00–199.009512

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.