Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-12-11

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Dec 11
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
32 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 91▼ 333 vs year ago 365 · −91.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 4, Heifers 24, Bulls 4)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.18/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$185.18
24 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$977
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$60
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.81
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2455202.009191thin
Medium and Large 1531184.4597923
One grade step is worth $17.55/cwt here — about −$60 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 sale24 hd
185.18
—
VA average9 barns · 1,432 hd
191.99
−6.81
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

9 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1578183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0582
Steers—Medium and Large 1640172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1011
Steers—Medium and Large 1700166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455202.00/cwt202.00–202.009191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465207.74/cwt207.00–209.0096611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575169.59/cwt169.00–170.009757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614154.00/cwt154.00–154.009465
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425185.00/cwt185.00–185.007861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1548171.00/cwt171.00–171.009373

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.