Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-08-28

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Aug 28
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
52 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 80▲ 18 vs year ago 34 · +52.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 29, Bulls 11)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.61/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$183.61
29 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$947
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−30.38
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535191.471,02419thin
Medium and Large 2480168.6680910thin
One grade step is worth $22.81/cwt here — about $215 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 sale29 hd
183.61
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VA average8 barns · 1,166 hd
213.99
−30.38
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

18 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 2435221.00/cwt221.00–221.009611
Steers—Medium and Large 1490217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,0631
Steers—Medium and Large 1588222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3053
Steers—Medium and Large 1650224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4566
Steers—Medium and Large 1780219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2382187.00/cwt187.00–187.007143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445185.00/cwt185.00–185.008237
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462170.00/cwt170.00–170.007853
Heifers—Medium and Large 2509160.54/cwt153.00–176.008173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510174.00/cwt174.00–174.008871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1647188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1561
Heifers—Medium and Large 2740134.00/cwt134.00–134.009921
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0633
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1304
Bulls—Medium and Large 2538218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3862

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.