Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-08-21

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Aug 21
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
80 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 83▲ 44 vs year ago 36 · +122.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 39, Bulls 16)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.44/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$217.44
39 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.74
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571220.231,25827
Medium and Large 2494211.171,04312thin
One grade step is worth $9.06/cwt here — about $216 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 sale39 hd
217.44
—
VA average10 barns · 1,653 hd
210.70
+6.74
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—553213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,1782
BullsMedium and Large 1—470216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0153
BullsMedium and Large 2—548213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,1673
BullsMedium and Large 2—449221.00/cwt221.00–221.009927
BullsMedium and Large 1—600205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2301
HeifersMedium and Large 1—655210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3761
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1661
SteersMedium and Large 1—490221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0831
SteersMedium and Large 1—690218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5042
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435221.00/cwt221.00–221.009612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—635218.08/cwt214.00–219.001,38511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532222.72/cwt218.00–227.001,18513
SteersMedium and Large 1—765220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6832
SteersMedium and Large 2—583215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2532
SteersMedium and Large 1—530216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1453
HeifersMedium and Large 2—449215.00/cwt215.00–215.009655
HeifersMedium and Large 2—541214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1585
HeifersMedium and Large 2—355201.00/cwt201.00–201.007141
SteersMedium and Large 1—577239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,37912
SteersMedium and Large 2—715219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5661
SteersMedium and Large 1—713222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5832

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.