Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-09-11

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 11
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
50 head
▼ 246 vs last sale 296▲ 1 vs year ago 49 · +2.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 20, Bulls 5)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $235.13/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$235.13
25 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,518
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$303
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.16
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1653236.401,54423
Medium and Large 2563220.501,2402thin
One grade step is worth $15.90/cwt here — about $303 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 sale25 hd
235.13
—
VA average9 barns · 1,967 hd
239.29
−4.16
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

19 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—450212.00/cwt212.00–212.009541
BullsMedium and Large 1—560210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1761
BullsMedium and Large 1—615204.50/cwt204.50–204.501,2583
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385192.00/cwt192.00–192.007391
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1061
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1372
SteersMedium and Large 1—688246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6928
HeifersMedium and Large 2—550170.00/cwt170.00–170.009351
SteersMedium and Large 1—455245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1151
SteersMedium and Large 1—642225.80/cwt225.00–231.001,4507
SteersMedium and Large 2—615221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3591
SteersMedium and Large 1—515254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,3083
SteersMedium and Large 1—762220.22/cwt211.00–225.001,6783
SteersMedium and Large 2—510220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1221
SteersMedium and Large 1—735221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6241
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375220.00/cwt220.00–220.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475205.22/cwt200.00–208.009753
HeifersMedium and Large 1—543208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,1295
HeifersMedium and Large 1—753167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,2586

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.