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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-11

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 11

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Mar 4Mar 11Mar 18 →

Receipts

29 head

▼ 381 vs last sale 410▼ 18 vs year ago 47 · −38.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 8, Bulls 12)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $277.91/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −138.23 against this barn's trailing median of $416.14.

Average price

$277.91

6 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$38.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.44

vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	297.00	1,559	3thin
Medium and Large 1	565	258.82	1,462	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.18/cwt here — about $97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale6 hd

277.91

—

VA average8 barns · 137 hd

256.47

+21.44

This barn, trailing median11 sales

416.14

−138.23

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

11 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $442.20, low $348.78, median $416.14 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,266	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,539	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,670	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,713	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,816	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	765	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,139	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	888	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	210.90/cwt	171.00–224.00	1,152	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,240	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,079	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,127	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,344	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,559	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	258.82/cwt	240.00–296.00	1,462	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,391	1

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 11, 2024

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

Receipts 29Last week 410Year ago 47

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 8, Bulls 12)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	255.00	255.00
3	550–600	565	240.00–296.00	258.82
1	600–650	610	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	257.00	257.00
1	450–500	475	283.00	283.00
3	500–550	525	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	291.00	291.00
4	550–600	571	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	675	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	311.00	311.00
2	500–550	530	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	180.00	180.00
1	450–500	475	187.00	187.00
4	500–550	546	171.00–224.00	210.90
1	650–700	685	181.00	181.00

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.