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 1—465230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0704
BullsMedium and Large 1—557223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2425
BullsMedium and Large 1—640193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,2358
BullsMedium and Large 2—450219.00/cwt219.00–219.009861
BullsMedium and Large 2—538217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1673
BullsMedium and Large 2—634193.95/cwt188.00–197.001,2303
SteersMedium and Large 2—430235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0111
SteersMedium and Large 2—565224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2661
HeifersMedium and Large 1—543204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,10817
HeifersMedium and Large 1—445160.00/cwt160.00–160.007121
SteersMedium and Large 1—473242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1473
SteersMedium and Large 1—735212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5587
HeifersMedium and Large 1—760181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3763
HeifersMedium and Large 1—564191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0775
SteersMedium and Large 1—645217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,40313
SteersMedium and Large 1—554235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,30225
HeifersMedium and Large 2—450208.00/cwt208.00–208.009365
HeifersMedium and Large 2—502192.00/cwt192.00–192.009645
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469203.00/cwt203.00–203.009528
HeifersMedium and Large 1—648199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,29015
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365199.00/cwt199.00–199.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 2—643150.00/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.