Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-03-09

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 9
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
107 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 77▲ 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 49, 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 $119.98/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$119.98
48 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$20
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.33
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2512121.4862223
Medium and Large 1542118.6064325
One grade step is worth $2.88/cwt here — about −$20 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 sale48 hd
119.98
—
VA average11 barns · 2,558 hd
125.31
−5.33
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1466169.00/cwt169.00–169.007888
Steers—Medium and Large 2475162.00/cwt162.00–162.007705
Steers—Medium and Large 2537158.00/cwt158.00–158.008486
Steers—Medium and Large 1551153.00/cwt153.00–153.008438
Steers—Medium and Large 1638139.00/cwt139.00–139.008876
Steers—Medium and Large 2644142.00/cwt142.00–142.009146
Steers—Medium and Large 1738123.00/cwt123.00–123.009082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365110.00/cwt110.00–110.004021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375125.00/cwt125.00–125.004692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409133.00/cwt133.00–133.005446
Heifers—Medium and Large 2442133.50/cwt133.50–133.5059012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516127.00/cwt127.00–127.006559
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568117.00/cwt117.00–117.006652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006663
Heifers—Medium and Large 2629107.00/cwt107.00–107.006735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658108.00/cwt108.00–108.007112
Heifers—Medium and Large 272586.48/cwt84.00–89.006272
Heifers—Medium and Large 173992.00/cwt92.00–92.006804
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1448153.00/cwt153.00–153.006853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470148.00/cwt148.00–148.006964
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530141.00/cwt141.00–141.007471
Bulls—Medium and Large 2548130.00/cwt130.00–130.007123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625125.00/cwt125.00–125.007812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2664124.00/cwt124.00–124.008234

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.