Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2019-12-30

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Dec 30
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
61 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 64▲ 61 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 28, Bulls 17)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.39/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$105.39
28 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544106.0057723
Medium and Large 2537102.605515thin
One grade step is worth $3.40/cwt here — about $25 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 sale28 hd
105.39
—
VA average1 barns · 28 hd
105.39
+0.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

16 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1473101.00/cwt101.00–101.004788
Steers—Medium and Large 1628133.50/cwt133.50–133.508385
Steers—Medium and Large 1783119.00/cwt119.00–119.009323
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405110.00/cwt110.00–110.004461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480106.23/cwt100.00–116.0051013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532105.00/cwt105.00–105.005593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557105.00/cwt105.00–105.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628114.00/cwt114.00–114.007165
Heifers—Medium and Large 166094.00/cwt94.00–94.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 268588.00/cwt88.00–88.006031
Heifers—Medium and Large 180078.00/cwt78.00–78.006241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2453138.00/cwt138.00–138.006252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460126.00/cwt126.00–126.005801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550124.00/cwt124.00–124.006825
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555131.02/cwt128.00–134.007278
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151

This sale against other markets

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.