Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-09-21

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 21
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
105 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 95▼ 11 vs year ago 116 · −9.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 35, Bulls 30)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.80/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$134.80
40 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$811
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.23
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1596136.1681237
Medium and Large 2665118.007853thin
One grade step is worth $18.16/cwt here — about $27 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 sale40 hd
134.80
—
VA average8 barns · 1,770 hd
139.03
−4.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

18 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1460147.00/cwt147.00–147.006764
Steers—Medium and Large 1549139.00/cwt139.00–139.0076313
Steers—Medium and Large 1640129.00/cwt129.00–129.0082611
Steers—Medium and Large 2665118.00/cwt118.00–118.007853
Steers—Medium and Large 1671136.00/cwt136.00–136.009139
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464124.50/cwt124.50–124.505786
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531123.35/cwt122.00–125.0065513
Heifers—Medium and Large 253970.00/cwt70.00–70.003776
Heifers—Medium and Large 259459.00/cwt59.00–59.003506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630117.00/cwt117.00–117.007372
Heifers—Medium and Large 274079.00/cwt79.00–79.005851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455135.00/cwt135.00–135.006144
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535139.00/cwt139.00–139.007441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1554136.00/cwt136.00–136.0075314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1632115.00/cwt115.00–115.007273
Bulls—Medium and Large 2678108.00/cwt108.00–108.007322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1833104.00/cwt104.00–104.008666

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.