Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-05-08

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 8
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
68 head
▼ 159 vs last sale 227▼ 8 vs year ago 76 · −10.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 31, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.71/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$183.71
31 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$898
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.37
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495189.2993624
Medium and Large 2468164.577707thin
One grade step is worth $24.72/cwt here — about $166 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 sale31 hd
183.71
—
VA average10 barns · 2,050 hd
195.08
−11.37
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

20 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 1—435231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0052
BullsMedium and Large 1—640176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1263
BullsMedium and Large 1—453228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,0335
BullsMedium and Large 1—521228.89/cwt228.00–231.001,19310
BullsMedium and Large 2—548176.00/cwt176.00–176.009642
BullsMedium and Large 2—430243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0451
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433202.00/cwt202.00–202.008752
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370184.00/cwt184.00–184.006811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0771
HeifersMedium and Large 2—510141.00/cwt141.00–141.007194
SteersMedium and Large 1—432230.00/cwt230.00–230.009943
SteersMedium and Large 2—475243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1541
HeifersMedium and Large 1—361192.47/cwt191.00–193.006954
HeifersMedium and Large 1—450198.00/cwt198.00–198.0089110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—538189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,0174
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0895
SteersMedium and Large 1—533234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2476
SteersMedium and Large 1—610226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3791
BullsMedium and Large 2—455116.00/cwt116.00–116.005281
BullsMedium and Large 2—655165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0812

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.