Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-10-30

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Oct 30
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
80 head
43 vs last sale 123 11 vs year ago 91 · 12.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 25, Bulls 23)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $188.76/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$188.76
31 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,098
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$204
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$34.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
38.84
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2405222.008991thin
Medium and Large 1588187.651,10330
One grade step is worth $34.35/cwt here — about −$204 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 sale31 hd
188.76
VA average10 barns · 1,638 hd
227.60
−38.84
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 1674165.01/cwt160.00–175.001,1123
BullsMedium and Large 1463234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,08310
BullsMedium and Large 2420210.00/cwt210.00–210.008821
BullsMedium and Large 1574210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2054
BullsMedium and Large 2545214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1662
BullsMedium and Large 2623197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2273
SteersMedium and Large 1541216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1694
HeifersMedium and Large 2475173.00/cwt173.00–173.008221
SteersMedium and Large 2405222.00/cwt222.00–222.008991
SteersMedium and Large 1807193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,5623
SteersMedium and Large 1563171.78/cwt158.00–178.0096710
SteersMedium and Large 1624200.35/cwt190.00–211.001,2508
SteersMedium and Large 1765182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3921
HeifersMedium and Large 2650165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0732
SteersMedium and Large 1416170.58/cwt160.00–180.007104
HeifersMedium and Large 1625174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0882
HeifersMedium and Large 1462185.00/cwt185.00–185.008553
HeifersMedium and Large 1555193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,07112
HeifersMedium and Large 2550205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1285

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.