Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-01-15

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jan 15
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
62 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 102▼ 80 vs year ago 142 · −56.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 34, Bulls 9)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $188.78/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$188.78
34 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$958
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.52
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502192.1196432
Medium and Large 2603135.508162thin
One grade step is worth $56.61/cwt here — about $147 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
188.78
—
VA average9 barns · 1,502 hd
189.30
−0.52
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 1441248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,0968
Steers—Medium and Large 1548231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2662
Steers—Medium and Large 1673212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4273
Steers—Medium and Large 1773210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,6276
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363204.00/cwt204.00–204.007413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420160.00/cwt160.00–160.006721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1454198.00/cwt195.00–201.0089914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,0157
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575122.00/cwt122.00–122.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630149.00/cwt149.00–149.009391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1644178.93/cwt166.00–184.001,1527
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413214.00/cwt214.00–214.008842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1954
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615149.00/cwt149.00–149.009161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1690135.00/cwt135.00–135.009321

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.