Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-02-19

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Feb 19
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
67 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 55▼ 8 vs year ago 75 · −10.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 35, Bulls 19)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.60/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −145.97 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$232.60
10 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,280
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs VA average
−36.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556233.751,3018thin
Medium and Large 2525228.001,1972thin
One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
232.60
—
VA average1 barns · 10 hd
232.60
+0.00
National average176 barns · 21,502 hd
268.89
−36.29
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−145.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales
422385349312median 378.5703/0204/0605/0407/2010/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.95, low $326.47, median $378.57 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

22 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
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465174.00/cwt174.00–174.008093
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,3623
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6137
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370240.00/cwt240.00–240.008881
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371262.00/cwt262.00–262.009724
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2444259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1505
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1446252.52/cwt220.00–260.501,1265
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1484
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1972
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,0741
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3347
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4013
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4001
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5532
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2451301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,3585
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3411
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4633
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4664
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3671
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4341
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610219.62/cwt205.00–234.001,3402
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1653205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3392

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.