Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-05-15

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 15
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
68 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 68▲ 5 vs year ago 63 · +7.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 20, Bulls 18)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $198.16/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$198.16
30 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$356
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$62.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.87
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566229.381,29815thin
Medium and Large 2564166.9394215thin
One grade step is worth $62.44/cwt here — about $356 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 sale30 hd
198.16
—
VA average8 barns · 1,267 hd
222.03
−23.87
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

23 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—520194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0091
BullsMedium and Large 1—450209.00/cwt209.00–209.009412
BullsMedium and Large 1—633189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1963
BullsMedium and Large 2—490190.00/cwt190.00–190.009311
BullsMedium and Large 2—650201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3071
BullsMedium and Large 2—524201.64/cwt175.00–214.001,0577
SteersMedium and Large 2—428158.00/cwt158.00–158.006766
SteersMedium and Large 2—490190.00/cwt190.00–190.009311
SteersMedium and Large 2—510218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1121
SteersMedium and Large 1—665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3301
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463189.00/cwt189.00–189.008756
SteersMedium and Large 1—645206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3291
SteersMedium and Large 1—535222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1905
SteersMedium and Large 1—563240.27/cwt235.00–241.001,3538
SteersMedium and Large 2—590170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0031
BullsMedium and Large 2—432218.00/cwt218.00–218.009423
SteersMedium and Large 2—718163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1706
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520191.00/cwt191.00–191.009932
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435193.00/cwt193.00–193.008402
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365166.51/cwt166.00–167.006084
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1252
HeifersMedium and Large 1—543192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0433
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0231

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.