Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-09-14

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 14
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
95 head
▼ 148 vs last sale 243▼ 14 vs year ago 109 · −12.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 47, Bulls 11)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.38/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$119.38
47 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$188
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.28
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2409121.2549612thin
Medium and Large 1576118.7468435
One grade step is worth $2.51/cwt here — about −$188 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 sale47 hd
119.38
—
VA average9 barns · 1,976 hd
127.66
−8.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

15 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 2425156.00/cwt156.00–156.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 1460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006674
Steers—Medium and Large 2525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007092
Steers—Medium and Large 1555135.00/cwt135.00–135.0074911
Steers—Medium and Large 1649135.00/cwt135.00–135.008765
Steers—Medium and Large 1733132.33/cwt128.00–134.009707
Steers—Medium and Large 1846128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0837
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367123.00/cwt123.00–123.004515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2439120.00/cwt120.00–120.005277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1447125.00/cwt125.00–125.005598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1546120.00/cwt120.00–120.0065512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635119.00/cwt119.00–119.0075612
Heifers—Medium and Large 180396.00/cwt96.00–96.007713
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463148.00/cwt148.00–148.006857
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528136.00/cwt136.00–136.007184

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.