Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-11-20

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Nov 20
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
47 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 68▼ 1 vs year ago 48 · −2.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1, Heifers 34, Bulls 12)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.80/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$156.80
34 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$849
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$400
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−33.21
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576173.861,00122
Medium and Large 2479125.5360112thin
One grade step is worth $48.34/cwt here — about $400 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 sale34 hd
156.80
—
VA average9 barns · 1,305 hd
190.01
−33.21
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

15 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1580165.00/cwt165.00–165.009571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380173.03/cwt172.00–174.006582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466191.00/cwt191.00–191.008904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468123.04/cwt106.00–168.005767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540174.00/cwt174.00–174.0094010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555101.00/cwt101.00–101.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 260097.00/cwt97.00–97.005821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,3142
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2447198.00/cwt198.00–198.008853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525142.00/cwt142.00–142.007461
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563154.00/cwt154.00–154.008672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1595142.00/cwt142.00–142.008451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1638131.84/cwt120.00–138.008415

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.