Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-07-17

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jul 17
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
27 head
▼ 151 vs last sale 178▼ 24 vs year ago 51 · −47.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 10, Bulls 5)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $227.71/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$227.71
12 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,177
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$353
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.33
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523242.391,2699thin
Medium and Large 2498183.689153thin
One grade step is worth $58.71/cwt here — about $353 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 sale12 hd
227.71
—
VA average10 barns · 1,533 hd
230.04
−2.33
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

15 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—450246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,1072
SteersMedium and Large 2—455172.00/cwt172.00–172.007831
SteersMedium and Large 2—520189.52/cwt153.00–224.009862
SteersMedium and Large 1—521248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,2955
SteersMedium and Large 1—645213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,3741
SteersMedium and Large 1—560234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3101
HeifersMedium and Large 1—440182.00/cwt182.00–182.008012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0561
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380150.00/cwt150.00–150.005701
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385179.00/cwt179.00–179.006892
HeifersMedium and Large 1—645194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1602
BullsMedium and Large 2—610209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2751
BullsMedium and Large 1—629202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2714

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.