Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-09-18

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 18
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
100 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 50▼ 13 vs year ago 113 · −11.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 50, Bulls 20)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $209.52/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$209.52
50 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,127
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.65
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546211.301,15440
Medium and Large 2504202.401,02010thin
One grade step is worth $8.90/cwt here — about $134 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 sale50 hd
209.52
—
VA average8 barns · 1,865 hd
222.18
−12.65
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 1—524212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1114
BullsMedium and Large 1—654185.95/cwt177.00–189.001,2164
BullsMedium and Large 1—469220.30/cwt210.00–230.001,0338
BullsMedium and Large 2—510210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0711
BullsMedium and Large 2—600198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1881
BullsMedium and Large 2—443230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0192
SteersMedium and Large 2—475203.00/cwt203.00–203.009642
SteersMedium and Large 1—563192.04/cwt190.00–194.001,0812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3921
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2921
SteersMedium and Large 1—467249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,1636
SteersMedium and Large 1—384270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0377
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377227.00/cwt227.00–227.008563
HeifersMedium and Large 1—444214.00/cwt214.00–214.009509
SteersMedium and Large 1—529250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3238
SteersMedium and Large 2—535225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2041
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385227.00/cwt227.00–227.008741
HeifersMedium and Large 2—562179.76/cwt157.00–202.001,0104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—642214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3749
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568207.06/cwt201.00–213.001,17618
HeifersMedium and Large 2—448217.00/cwt217.00–217.009724
SteersMedium and Large 1—663221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4654

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.