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 1—495227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1241
BullsMedium and Large 1—665210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3971
BullsMedium and Large 1—557223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2423
BullsMedium and Large 2—555221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2272
BullsMedium and Large 2—446227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0124
BullsMedium and Large 2—470216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0151
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530180.00/cwt180.00–180.009541
HeifersMedium and Large 2—550170.00/cwt170.00–170.009351
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373203.00/cwt203.00–203.007572
HeifersMedium and Large 1—440192.00/cwt192.00–192.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3321
HeifersMedium and Large 1—388190.61/cwt185.00–196.007402
SteersMedium and Large 2—555237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3151
SteersMedium and Large 1—475245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1642
SteersMedium and Large 1—563238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3403
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460172.00/cwt172.00–172.007911
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569150.00/cwt150.00–150.008544
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665173.23/cwt143.00–196.001,1527
HeifersMedium and Large 1—539222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,1978
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420146.00/cwt146.00–146.006132
SteersMedium and Large 2—450228.00/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.