Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-05-29

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 29
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
48 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 49▼ 39 vs year ago 87 · −44.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 26, Bulls 7)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $195.21/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$195.21
26 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$478
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$67.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.23
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519205.561,06722
Medium and Large 2426138.255894thin
One grade step is worth $67.31/cwt here — about $478 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 sale26 hd
195.21
—
VA average6 barns · 1,005 hd
203.44
−8.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

16 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 1448229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,0289
Steers—Medium and Large 1485219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0621
Steers—Medium and Large 1580226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3113
Steers—Medium and Large 1635226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4352
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370141.00/cwt141.00–141.005222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420185.00/cwt185.00–185.007771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465211.16/cwt210.00–212.0098212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1346
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540146.00/cwt146.00–146.007881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600201.50/cwt201.50–201.501,2091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1790171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3512
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415200.00/cwt200.00–200.008301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485198.00/cwt198.00–198.009602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518191.00/cwt191.00–191.009892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1643201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2922

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.