Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2020-10-12

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Oct 12
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
18 head
▼ 209 vs last sale 227▼ 128 vs year ago 146 · −87.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 6, Heifers 6, Bulls 6)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.00/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$129.00
6 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.91
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1425145.006161thin
Medium and Large 2586125.807375thin
One grade step is worth $19.20/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale6 hd
129.00
—
VA average11 barns · 1,883 hd
138.91
−9.91
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

12 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 2470126.00/cwt126.00–126.005921
Steers—Medium and Large 2540128.00/cwt128.00–128.006911
Steers—Medium and Large 2640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008003
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545112.00/cwt112.00–112.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545111.00/cwt111.00–111.006053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625112.00/cwt112.00–112.007001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665108.00/cwt108.00–108.007181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475119.00/cwt119.00–119.005651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517132.00/cwt132.00–132.006823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535132.00/cwt132.00–132.007061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640111.00/cwt111.00–111.007101

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.