Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-10-09

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Oct 9
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
140 head
212 vs last sale 352 18 vs year ago 158 · 11.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 65, Bulls 25)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $197.35/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$197.35
63 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,097
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.34
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576198.671,14549
Medium and Large 2484192.7193314thin
One grade step is worth $5.96/cwt here — about $213 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 sale63 hd
197.35
VA average11 barns · 2,482 hd
214.69
−17.34
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 1465230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0704
BullsMedium and Large 1557223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2425
BullsMedium and Large 1640193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,2358
BullsMedium and Large 2450219.00/cwt219.00–219.009861
BullsMedium and Large 2538217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1673
BullsMedium and Large 2634193.95/cwt188.00–197.001,2303
SteersMedium and Large 2430235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0111
SteersMedium and Large 2565224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2661
HeifersMedium and Large 1543204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,10817
HeifersMedium and Large 1445160.00/cwt160.00–160.007121
SteersMedium and Large 1473242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1473
SteersMedium and Large 1735212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5587
HeifersMedium and Large 1760181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3763
HeifersMedium and Large 1564191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0775
SteersMedium and Large 1645217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,40313
SteersMedium and Large 1554235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,30225
HeifersMedium and Large 2450208.00/cwt208.00–208.009365
HeifersMedium and Large 2502192.00/cwt192.00–192.009645
HeifersMedium and Large 1469203.00/cwt203.00–203.009528
HeifersMedium and Large 1648199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,29015
HeifersMedium and Large 2365199.00/cwt199.00–199.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 2643150.00/cwt150.00–150.009652

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.