Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-01-29

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jan 29
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
40 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 80▼ 53 vs year ago 93 · −57.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 24, Bulls 8)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.76/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$221.76
24 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.51
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505222.051,12219thin
Medium and Large 2440220.649725thin
One grade step is worth $1.41/cwt here — about $151 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
221.76
—
VA average6 barns · 881 hd
218.25
+3.51
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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1443277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,2272
Steers—Medium and Large 1463290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3433
Steers—Medium and Large 2470303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,4241
Steers—Medium and Large 1580247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4332
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368212.10/cwt210.00–214.007812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,00711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,0902
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1549226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3172
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1452281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3972

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.