Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-07-31

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jul 31
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
41 head
8 vs last sale 49 69 vs year ago 110 · 62.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 19, Bulls 15)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.76/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$185.76
19 head · 609 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,130
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$129
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.75
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2577186.321,07611thin
Medium and Large 1651185.001,2058thin
One grade step is worth $1.32/cwt here — about −$129 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 sale19 hd
185.76
VA average6 barns · 876 hd
197.52
−11.75
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 1585218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2751
BullsMedium and Large 1665168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1171
BullsMedium and Large 1460192.00/cwt192.00–192.008832
BullsMedium and Large 1535218.71/cwt218.00–221.001,1704
BullsMedium and Large 2555190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0551
BullsMedium and Large 2452221.00/cwt221.00–221.009993
HeifersMedium and Large 2475179.50/cwt179.50–179.508533
HeifersMedium and Large 2540220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1883
HeifersMedium and Large 2705178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2552
BullsMedium and Large 2525226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,1873
HeifersMedium and Large 1465171.00/cwt171.00–171.007951
HeifersMedium and Large 1510220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1221
SteersMedium and Large 1525233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2231
SteersMedium and Large 1730202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4751
SteersMedium and Large 1628224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4072
HeifersMedium and Large 1637189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2043
HeifersMedium and Large 1775174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,3493
HeifersMedium and Large 2632165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0433
SteersMedium and Large 1470248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,1661
SteersMedium and Large 2440234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0301
SteersMedium and Large 2540230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2421

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.