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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 4

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Feb 26Mar 4Mar 11 →

Receipts

410 head

▲ 363 vs last sale 47▲ 18 vs year ago 392 · +4.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 193, Heifers 136, Bulls 81)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.83/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −142.79 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.

Average price

$313.83

39 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$1.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.86

vs VA average

+0.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	564	314.67	1,776	9thin
Medium and Large 1	550	313.59	1,723	30

One grade step is worth $1.08/cwt here — about $53 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale39 hd

313.83

—

VA average5 barns · 253 hd

289.97

+23.86

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

+0.83

This barn, trailing median14 sales

456.62

−142.79

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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.96, low $382.60, median $456.62 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

37 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,369	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	290.65/cwt	289.00–306.00	1,267	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,472	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	286.68/cwt	255.00–303.00	1,347	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,641	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,630	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	324.17/cwt	322.00–324.50	1,819	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	317.43/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,816	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,643	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	293.01/cwt	265.00–302.50	1,828	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,845	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,930	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	253.28/cwt	251.00–258.00	1,862	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,855	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,905	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,005	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	995	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,032	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,109	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	266.10/cwt	265.50–269.00	1,221	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	260.53/cwt	249.00–274.00	1,198	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	249.79/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,344	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	248.30/cwt	238.00–255.00	1,338	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	228.53/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,401	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,468	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	225.93/cwt	222.00–230.50	1,471	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,526	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	214.50/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,512	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,640	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	206.00/cwt	199.00–213.00	1,555	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	276.01/cwt	269.50–300.00	1,234	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	282.64/cwt	231.00–291.00	1,326	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,362	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,449	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	270.41/cwt	252.00–281.50	1,514	31
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	236.11/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,480	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,618	9

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Mon Mar 4, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 410Last week 47Year ago 392

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 193, Heifers 136, Bulls 81)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	447	269.50–300.00	276.01
1	500–550	510	267.00	267.00
31	550–600	560	252.00–281.50	270.41
9	600–650	627	235.00–237.00	236.11
9	650–700	663	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	469	231.00–291.00	282.64
6	550–600	553	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	436	289.00–306.00	290.65
9	450–500	463	318.00	318.00
15	500–550	538	303.00	303.00
15	550–600	561	322.00–324.50	324.17
38	600–650	624	265.00–302.50	293.01
47	650–700	693	278.50	278.50
9	700–750	735	251.00–258.00	253.28
10	750–800	759	251.00	251.00
10	800–850	802	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	436	314.00	314.00
4	450–500	470	255.00–303.00	286.68
2	500–550	538	305.00	305.00
7	550–600	572	300.00–321.00	317.43
1	600–650	620	265.00	265.00
5	650–700	652	283.00	283.00
1	700–750	745	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	266.00	266.00
23	450–500	460	249.00–274.00	260.53
19	500–550	539	238.00–255.00	248.30
14	600–650	634	231.50	231.50
13	650–700	651	222.00–230.50	225.93
10	700–750	747	219.50	219.50
2	750–800	755	199.00–213.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	374	266.00	266.00
1	400–450	435	255.00	255.00
24	450–500	459	265.50–269.00	266.10
13	500–550	538	246.00–253.00	249.79
2	600–650	613	222.00–235.00	228.53
3	650–700	665	229.50	229.50
2	700–750	705	210.00–219.00	214.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.