Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2021-08-23

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Aug 23
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
42 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 61▼ 61 vs year ago 103 · −59.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 11, 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 $147.84/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$147.84
25 head · 600 lb average
Value per head Derived
$888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$194
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.56
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2452161.007285thin
Medium and Large 1638144.5592220
One grade step is worth $16.45/cwt here — about −$194 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 sale25 hd
147.84
—
VA average11 barns · 1,490 hd
147.28
+0.56
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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2452161.00/cwt161.00–161.007285
Steers—Medium and Large 1468152.50/cwt152.50–152.507142
Steers—Medium and Large 1579155.00/cwt155.00–155.008974
Steers—Medium and Large 1652149.00/cwt149.00–149.0097110
Steers—Medium and Large 1745119.00/cwt119.00–119.008874
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435138.00/cwt138.00–138.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573128.00/cwt128.00–128.007333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633106.29/cwt91.00–112.006734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685104.00/cwt104.00–104.007121
Heifers—Medium and Large 183088.00/cwt88.00–88.007301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2549120.00/cwt120.00–120.006594
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610126.00/cwt126.00–126.007692

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.