Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2021-05-31

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 31
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
96 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 37▲ 37 vs year ago 59 · +62.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 42, Bulls 19)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.23/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$115.23
42 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$64
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$19.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.87
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2439131.835796thin
Medium and Large 1572112.4664336
One grade step is worth $19.37/cwt here — about −$64 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 sale42 hd
115.23
—
VA average7 barns · 800 hd
121.10
−5.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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 1430147.00/cwt147.00–147.006321
Steers—Medium and Large 1463157.00/cwt157.00–157.007278
Steers—Medium and Large 2532156.00/cwt156.00–156.008307
Steers—Medium and Large 1546145.21/cwt142.00–146.0079310
Steers—Medium and Large 2569161.10/cwt152.00–164.009174
Steers—Medium and Large 1617139.00/cwt139.00–139.008583
Steers—Medium and Large 1718126.00/cwt126.00–126.009052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380126.00/cwt126.00–126.004791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2451133.00/cwt133.00–133.006005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469127.02/cwt117.00–130.005969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534126.85/cwt116.00–128.0067710
Heifers—Medium and Large 164587.00/cwt87.00–87.0056111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714112.00/cwt112.00–112.008005
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415138.00/cwt138.00–138.005732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458140.00/cwt140.00–140.006412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533130.00/cwt130.00–130.006932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543132.00/cwt132.00–132.007173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1577131.00/cwt131.00–131.007563
Bulls—Medium and Large 259090.00/cwt90.00–90.005311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645121.00/cwt121.00–121.007805
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650106.00/cwt106.00–106.006891

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.