Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-02-26

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Feb 26
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
47 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 55▼ 21 vs year ago 68 · −30.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 21, Bulls 16)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.33/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$230.33
21 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,299
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$411
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.15
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2434239.201,0388thin
Medium and Large 1644224.871,44813thin
One grade step is worth $14.33/cwt here — about −$411 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 sale21 hd
230.33
—
VA average8 barns · 1,344 hd
239.48
−9.15
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 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 1453289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,3092
Steers—Medium and Large 2485260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2611
Steers—Medium and Large 1530270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4312
Steers—Medium and Large 2575269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5472
Steers—Medium and Large 1580276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6013
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350250.00/cwt250.00–250.008751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385230.87/cwt223.00–246.008893
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,0211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2450249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,1213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569237.12/cwt226.00–243.001,3493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5596
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400221.00/cwt221.00–221.008841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1447259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1585
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464250.42/cwt241.00–255.001,1623
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,3341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573187.35/cwt180.00–191.001,0743
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2640222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0201

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.