Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-07-24

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jul 24
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
49 head
22 vs last sale 27 5 vs year ago 44 · +11.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 30, Bulls 12)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.39/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$185.39
30 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,009
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$305
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.71
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574188.781,08323
Medium and Large 2447174.297787thin
One grade step is worth $14.49/cwt here — about $305 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
185.39
VA average9 barns · 1,152 hd
197.10
−11.71
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 1495227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1241
BullsMedium and Large 1665210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3971
BullsMedium and Large 1557223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2423
BullsMedium and Large 2555221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2272
BullsMedium and Large 2446227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0124
BullsMedium and Large 2470216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0151
HeifersMedium and Large 2530180.00/cwt180.00–180.009541
HeifersMedium and Large 2550170.00/cwt170.00–170.009351
HeifersMedium and Large 2373203.00/cwt203.00–203.007572
HeifersMedium and Large 1440192.00/cwt192.00–192.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 1740180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3321
HeifersMedium and Large 1388190.61/cwt185.00–196.007402
SteersMedium and Large 2555237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3151
SteersMedium and Large 1475245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1642
SteersMedium and Large 1563238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3403
HeifersMedium and Large 2460172.00/cwt172.00–172.007911
HeifersMedium and Large 1569150.00/cwt150.00–150.008544
HeifersMedium and Large 1665173.23/cwt143.00–196.001,1527
HeifersMedium and Large 1539222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,1978
HeifersMedium and Large 2420146.00/cwt146.00–146.006132
SteersMedium and Large 2450228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,0261

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.