Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-02-26

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Feb 26
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
47 head
8 vs last sale 55 21 vs year ago 68 · 30.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 21, Bulls 16)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.33/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$230.33
21 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,299
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$411
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.15
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2434239.201,0388thin
Medium and Large 1644224.871,44813thin
One grade step is worth $14.33/cwt here — about −$411 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 sale21 hd
230.33
VA average8 barns · 1,344 hd
239.48
−9.15
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

21 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 1515259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,3341
BullsMedium and Large 1575223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2821
BullsMedium and Large 1464250.42/cwt241.00–255.001,1623
BullsMedium and Large 1447259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1585
BullsMedium and Large 2680150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0201
BullsMedium and Large 2573187.35/cwt180.00–191.001,0743
HeifersMedium and Large 1739211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5596
HeifersMedium and Large 1350250.00/cwt250.00–250.008751
HeifersMedium and Large 2450249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,1213
BullsMedium and Large 2400221.00/cwt221.00–221.008841
BullsMedium and Large 2640222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4211
HeifersMedium and Large 2410249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,0211
SteersMedium and Large 2575269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5472
SteersMedium and Large 2485260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2611
SteersMedium and Large 1580276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6013
HeifersMedium and Large 2555225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2491
HeifersMedium and Large 2385230.87/cwt223.00–246.008893
HeifersMedium and Large 1627232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4553
HeifersMedium and Large 1569237.12/cwt226.00–243.001,3493
SteersMedium and Large 1453289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,3092
SteersMedium and Large 1530270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4312

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.