Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-05-25

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 25
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
56 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 79▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 16, Bulls 7)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.49/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$138.49
33 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$862
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$124
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.48
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2519144.337493thin
Medium and Large 1633137.9187330
One grade step is worth $6.43/cwt here — about −$124 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 sale33 hd
138.49
—
VA average9 barns · 1,089 hd
138.01
+0.48
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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 2490143.00/cwt143.00–143.007011
Steers—Medium and Large 2533145.00/cwt145.00–145.007732
Steers—Medium and Large 1563148.00/cwt148.00–148.008339
Steers—Medium and Large 1637139.33/cwt131.00–140.0088813
Steers—Medium and Large 1739121.28/cwt121.00–122.008967
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435111.00/cwt111.00–111.004831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1446118.00/cwt118.00–118.005264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525114.00/cwt114.00–114.005991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537114.00/cwt114.00–114.006127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660109.00/cwt109.00–109.007193
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455141.00/cwt141.00–141.006421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463139.00/cwt139.00–139.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540135.00/cwt135.00–135.007292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565122.00/cwt122.00–122.006891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007321

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.