Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-07-27

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jul 27
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
70 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 38▲ 30 vs year ago 40 · +75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 29, Bulls 7)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.09/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$133.09
34 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$130
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.46
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2514147.007564thin
Medium and Large 1675131.2388630
One grade step is worth $15.77/cwt here — about −$130 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 sale34 hd
133.09
—
VA average8 barns · 703 hd
133.55
−0.46
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 1—615111.00/cwt111.00–111.006831
BullsMedium and Large 1—571117.00/cwt117.00–117.006684
BullsMedium and Large 2—485137.00/cwt137.00–137.006641
BullsMedium and Large 2—600114.00/cwt114.00–114.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420123.00/cwt123.00–123.005172
HeifersMedium and Large 1—540121.00/cwt121.00–121.006533
SteersMedium and Large 1—724120.72/cwt115.00–125.008747
SteersMedium and Large 1—824116.00/cwt116.00–116.009567
SteersMedium and Large 1—636135.00/cwt135.00–135.008598
SteersMedium and Large 2—510151.00/cwt151.00–151.007701
SteersMedium and Large 2—630131.00/cwt131.00–131.008251
SteersMedium and Large 2—458153.00/cwt153.00–153.007012
SteersMedium and Large 1—495147.00/cwt147.00–147.007281
SteersMedium and Large 1—503154.00/cwt154.00–154.007752
SteersMedium and Large 1—564149.00/cwt149.00–149.008405
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475128.00/cwt128.00–128.006086
HeifersMedium and Large 2—590108.00/cwt108.00–108.006371
HeifersMedium and Large 2—547113.00/cwt113.00–113.006183
HeifersMedium and Large 2—637104.93/cwt103.00–109.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 2—444128.00/cwt128.00–128.005688
HeifersMedium and Large 1—642110.00/cwt110.00–110.007063

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.