Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-12-04

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Dec 4
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
91 head
61 vs last sale 30 274 vs year ago 365 · 75.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 45, Bulls 12)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $184.80/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$184.80
45 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,077
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$46
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$21.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.24
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2525198.491,04316thin
Medium and Large 1614177.241,08929
One grade step is worth $21.25/cwt here — about −$46 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 sale45 hd
184.80
VA average9 barns · 1,167 hd
177.56
+7.24
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

26 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 1680144.00/cwt144.00–144.009791
BullsMedium and Large 1588150.00/cwt150.00–150.008822
BullsMedium and Large 1542190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0303
BullsMedium and Large 1464202.00/cwt202.00–202.009374
BullsMedium and Large 2485165.00/cwt165.00–165.008001
BullsMedium and Large 2540160.00/cwt160.00–160.008641
SteersMedium and Large 1682178.34/cwt177.00–179.001,2163
SteersMedium and Large 1839178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,4934
HeifersMedium and Large 2720162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1661
HeifersMedium and Large 2633171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0822
SteersMedium and Large 1727174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2657
SteersMedium and Large 1771185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,4308
SteersMedium and Large 2513194.00/cwt194.00–194.009953
SteersMedium and Large 2550199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,0953
HeifersMedium and Large 1633165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0443
HeifersMedium and Large 1759162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,2305
SteersMedium and Large 1525193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,0131
SteersMedium and Large 1628171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0742
HeifersMedium and Large 2574191.24/cwt189.00–192.001,0984
HeifersMedium and Large 2458211.88/cwt211.00–213.009709
HeifersMedium and Large 1480197.00/cwt197.00–197.009461
HeifersMedium and Large 1378196.00/cwt196.00–196.007412
SteersMedium and Large 2485136.00/cwt136.00–136.006601
SteersMedium and Large 2725165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1961
HeifersMedium and Large 1660164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0828
HeifersMedium and Large 1560193.41/cwt192.00–194.001,08310

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.