Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-04-24

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Apr 24
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
70 head
162 vs last sale 232 61 vs year ago 131 · 46.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 28, Bulls 18)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $179.01/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$179.01
28 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$885
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$92
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.37
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2469180.1784516thin
Medium and Large 1528177.4793712thin
One grade step is worth $2.70/cwt here — about −$92 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 sale28 hd
179.01
VA average12 barns · 2,096 hd
187.38
−8.37
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

24 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 1480160.00/cwt160.00–160.007681
BullsMedium and Large 1640187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1971
BullsMedium and Large 1565187.96/cwt170.00–205.001,0622
BullsMedium and Large 1754166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2524
BullsMedium and Large 2590218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2861
BullsMedium and Large 2459195.00/cwt195.00–195.008954
SteersMedium and Large 1580212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2332
SteersMedium and Large 1610195.33/cwt194.50–197.001,1923
SteersMedium and Large 1547211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,1575
SteersMedium and Large 2570219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2487
SteersMedium and Large 2450202.00/cwt202.00–202.009091
SteersMedium and Large 2522215.42/cwt211.00–216.501,1245
HeifersMedium and Large 2560178.00/cwt178.00–178.009972
HeifersMedium and Large 2428194.00/cwt194.00–194.008303
HeifersMedium and Large 2467187.84/cwt169.00–196.508778
HeifersMedium and Large 1515180.95/cwt176.00–184.009328
HeifersMedium and Large 2625142.00/cwt142.00–142.008881
SteersMedium and Large 1490190.00/cwt190.00–190.009311
BullsMedium and Large 2542205.97/cwt205.00–209.001,1164
BullsMedium and Large 2445200.00/cwt200.00–200.008901
HeifersMedium and Large 1415160.00/cwt160.00–160.006641
HeifersMedium and Large 1605176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0651
HeifersMedium and Large 1598173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0352
HeifersMedium and Large 2370150.00/cwt150.00–150.005552

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.