Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-10-16

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Oct 16
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
138 head
2 vs last sale 140 99 vs year ago 237 · 41.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 59, Bulls 16)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $229.69/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$229.69
62 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,332
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$195
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.40
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2489236.861,1587thin
Medium and Large 1591228.781,35355
One grade step is worth $8.08/cwt here — about −$195 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 sale62 hd
229.69
VA average10 barns · 1,740 hd
237.09
−7.40
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

23 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 1490206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0091
BullsMedium and Large 1530212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1241
BullsMedium and Large 1620201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2463
BullsMedium and Large 1552221.50/cwt221.50–221.501,2236
BullsMedium and Large 2655202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3231
BullsMedium and Large 2470200.00/cwt200.00–200.009403
SteersMedium and Large 2437242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0583
SteersMedium and Large 1665180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1971
SteersMedium and Large 1714200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4283
SteersMedium and Large 1462252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1648
HeifersMedium and Large 2540216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1665
HeifersMedium and Large 2720145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0441
SteersMedium and Large 1637223.15/cwt140.00–235.001,42126
SteersMedium and Large 1533230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2262
SteersMedium and Large 1560235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,31615
BullsMedium and Large 2585210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,2311
SteersMedium and Large 2528233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2304
HeifersMedium and Large 1573183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0498
HeifersMedium and Large 1644200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,28810
HeifersMedium and Large 2634170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0785
HeifersMedium and Large 1461193.00/cwt193.00–193.008909
HeifersMedium and Large 1545220.47/cwt213.00–221.001,20215
HeifersMedium and Large 2457193.00/cwt193.00–193.008826

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.