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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-25

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 25

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Mar 18Mar 25Apr 1 →

Receipts

100 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 96▲ 27 vs year ago 73 · +37.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 47, Bulls 24)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.72/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −130.85 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$247.72

16 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$387

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

$60.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.60

vs VA average

−19.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	251.50	1,361	15thin
Medium and Large 2	510	191.00	974	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.50/cwt here — about $387 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 sale16 hd

247.72

—

VA average10 barns · 451 hd

250.32

−2.60

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−19.15

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

−130.85

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

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

25 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,405	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,491	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,639	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,482	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,686	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,728	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,492	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	938	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,007	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,122	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	259.41/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,248	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	974	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,361	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,484	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,519	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,616	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,338	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,430	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,571	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,464	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,535	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,647	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	749	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,670	4

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 100Last week 96Year ago 73

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 47, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	446	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	480	280.00	280.00
6	550–600	561	280.00	280.00
4	600–650	645	238.00	238.00
4	700–750	749	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	301.00	301.00
1	550–600	595	246.00	246.00
1	650–700	675	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	257.00	257.00
16	450–500	481	249.00–266.00	259.41
15	500–550	541	251.50	251.50
2	700–750	700	217.00	217.00
2	750–800	773	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	263.00	263.00
6	400–450	425	264.00	264.00
1	500–550	510	191.00	191.00
1	650–700	690	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	463	322.00	322.00
4	550–600	564	299.00	299.00
7	600–650	626	276.00	276.00
1	650–700	660	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	323.00	323.00
3	500–550	548	299.00	299.00
1	550–600	555	267.00	267.00
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00

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.