Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-12-18

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Dec 18
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
26 head
6 vs last sale 32 339 vs year ago 365 · 92.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 13, Bulls 4)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $190.54/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$190.54
13 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$999
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$76.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.78
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511196.421,00312thin
Medium and Large 2685120.008221thin
One grade step is worth $76.42/cwt here — about $181 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 sale13 hd
190.54
VA average8 barns · 903 hd
193.32
−2.78
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

10 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
SteersMedium and Large 1455234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0654
SteersMedium and Large 1570224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2773
SteersMedium and Large 1713185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3192
HeifersMedium and Large 2685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008221
HeifersMedium and Large 1528197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,0408
HeifersMedium and Large 1453203.00/cwt203.00–203.009202
HeifersMedium and Large 1605175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0591
HeifersMedium and Large 1395200.00/cwt200.00–200.007901
BullsMedium and Large 2520206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0711
BullsMedium and Large 1545201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0953

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.