Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-08-14

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Aug 14
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
83 head
140 vs last sale 223 49 vs year ago 34 · +144.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 40, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $207.48/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$207.48
40 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,150
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$83
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.41
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2528209.651,10820
Medium and Large 1580205.321,19120
One grade step is worth $4.33/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale40 hd
207.48
VA average9 barns · 1,282 hd
206.07
+1.41
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

22 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 1632196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,2393
BullsMedium and Large 1446192.00/cwt192.00–192.008564
BullsMedium and Large 1473231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,0955
BullsMedium and Large 1542191.63/cwt164.00–203.001,03910
BullsMedium and Large 2490180.00/cwt180.00–180.008821
BullsMedium and Large 2660150.00/cwt150.00–150.009901
SteersMedium and Large 1505214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,0811
SteersMedium and Large 1595227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3511
HeifersMedium and Large 2350197.00/cwt197.00–197.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 2750139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0431
SteersMedium and Large 1788215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6942
SteersMedium and Large 1858217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,8627
BullsMedium and Large 2535219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1724
HeifersMedium and Large 1606213.06/cwt188.50–222.501,29111
SteersMedium and Large 2493175.00/cwt175.00–175.008632
SteersMedium and Large 2550221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2162
HeifersMedium and Large 1695156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0842
HeifersMedium and Large 1462214.00/cwt214.00–214.009893
HeifersMedium and Large 1540202.17/cwt184.00–208.001,0924
HeifersMedium and Large 2545223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2158
HeifersMedium and Large 2632187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1823
HeifersMedium and Large 2459216.00/cwt216.00–216.009917

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.