Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-10-05

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Oct 5
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
227 head
▲ 128 vs last sale 99▲ 107 vs year ago 120 · +89.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 125, Heifers 74, Bulls 28)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.58/cwt on 123 head.
Average price
$139.58
123 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$872
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$137
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.31
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2528142.8475518thin
Medium and Large 1642139.02892105
One grade step is worth $3.82/cwt here — about −$137 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 sale123 hd
139.58
—
VA average8 barns · 1,580 hd
138.26
+1.31
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1422128.22/cwt123.00–135.005413
Steers—Medium and Large 2430121.00/cwt121.00–121.005201
Steers—Medium and Large 1461154.56/cwt149.00–155.0071314
Steers—Medium and Large 2462152.01/cwt150.00–153.007026
Steers—Medium and Large 2505139.00/cwt139.00–139.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 1546145.00/cwt145.00–145.0079223
Steers—Medium and Large 2559143.72/cwt143.00–144.008037
Steers—Medium and Large 1580145.44/cwt139.00–147.008445
Steers—Medium and Large 2630131.00/cwt131.00–131.008253
Steers—Medium and Large 1633135.00/cwt135.00–135.008559
Steers—Medium and Large 1663138.00/cwt138.00–138.0091514
Steers—Medium and Large 1740132.79/cwt130.00–134.0098313
Steers—Medium and Large 1755132.00/cwt132.00–132.009977
Steers—Medium and Large 1822134.06/cwt129.00–136.001,10211
Steers—Medium and Large 1878119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0456
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365117.00/cwt117.00–117.004271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445105.00/cwt105.00–105.004671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456124.48/cwt124.00–127.0056813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472124.38/cwt123.00–126.005879
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519116.19/cwt115.00–120.006036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539117.16/cwt113.00–119.0063113
Heifers—Medium and Large 255893.00/cwt93.00–93.005196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560114.61/cwt108.00–118.006423
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618118.50/cwt118.00–119.007322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629117.00/cwt117.00–117.007365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676118.00/cwt118.00–118.007986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729107.00/cwt107.00–107.007807
Heifers—Medium and Large 2730107.49/cwt107.00–108.007852
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2464140.00/cwt140.00–140.006508
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465139.00/cwt139.00–139.006467
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535114.00/cwt114.00–114.006101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550125.00/cwt125.00–125.006883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1554137.00/cwt137.00–137.007597
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633115.00/cwt115.00–115.007282

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.