Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-03-02

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 2
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
77 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 75▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 26, Bulls 8)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.15/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$150.15
41 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$806
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.37
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521152.5279535
Medium and Large 2625136.318526thin
One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about −$57 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 sale41 hd
150.15
—
VA average6 barns · 688 hd
150.52
−0.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1460153.51/cwt148.00–159.0070614
Steers—Medium and Large 2495154.00/cwt154.00–154.007621
Steers—Medium and Large 1543154.87/cwt153.00–156.0084116
Steers—Medium and Large 2555149.00/cwt149.00–149.008271
Steers—Medium and Large 1595145.00/cwt145.00–145.008631
Steers—Medium and Large 2620133.42/cwt124.00–143.008272
Steers—Medium and Large 1632141.55/cwt138.00–145.008954
Steers—Medium and Large 2730124.00/cwt124.00–124.009052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2388125.00/cwt125.00–125.004852
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433126.00/cwt126.00–126.005463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445126.00/cwt126.00–126.005613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471125.00/cwt125.00–125.005896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503123.00/cwt123.00–123.006192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2542118.00/cwt118.00–118.006405
Heifers—Medium and Large 2637110.00/cwt110.00–110.007013
Heifers—Medium and Large 273090.00/cwt90.00–90.006571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1750104.00/cwt104.00–104.007801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463145.00/cwt145.00–145.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490144.00/cwt144.00–144.007061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517146.00/cwt146.00–146.007553
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550145.00/cwt145.00–145.007981

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.