Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-01-29

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jan 29
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
40 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 80▼ 53 vs year ago 93 · −57.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 24, Bulls 8)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.76/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$221.76
24 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.51
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505222.051,12219thin
Medium and Large 2440220.649725thin
One grade step is worth $1.41/cwt here — about $151 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 sale24 hd
221.76
—
VA average6 barns · 881 hd
218.25
+3.51
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

15 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—553240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3272
BullsMedium and Large 1—675207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3972
BullsMedium and Large 1—452281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2703
BullsMedium and Large 2—435290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1782
HeifersMedium and Large 1—708186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3172
HeifersMedium and Large 1—549226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,00711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—510223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1371
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368212.10/cwt210.00–214.007812
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,0902
SteersMedium and Large 1—580247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4332
SteersMedium and Large 1—463290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3433
SteersMedium and Large 1—443277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,2272
SteersMedium and Large 2—470303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,4241

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.