Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-04-01

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Apr 1
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
368 head
▲ 268 vs last sale 100▲ 71 vs year ago 297 · +23.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 176, Bulls 32)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.93/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −121.64 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$256.93
70 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,435
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$57
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.73
vs VA average
−13.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536260.461,39724
Medium and Large 1570255.091,45446
One grade step is worth $5.37/cwt here — about −$57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale70 hd
256.93
—
VA average6 barns · 286 hd
249.20
+7.73
National average179 barns · 13,329 hd
270.59
−13.66
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−121.64
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

35 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,3792
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445243.70/cwt223.00–336.001,08411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2453341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,5458
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468316.72/cwt299.00–331.001,48224
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539310.45/cwt305.00–314.001,67320
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540316.53/cwt310.00–318.001,70911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575300.40/cwt274.00–307.001,7275
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2629270.44/cwt224.00–285.001,7014
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640280.33/cwt268.00–284.001,79417
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1696274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,91122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,9231
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727266.13/cwt238.00–273.501,93533
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2813220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7892
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0184
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2386283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,0924
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1931
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2457280.29/cwt275.00–284.501,28125
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460264.62/cwt258.00–280.001,21720
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534261.13/cwt253.00–264.001,39423
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544253.34/cwt251.00–255.001,37824
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4461
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1598257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,53722
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634236.92/cwt220.00–239.001,50218
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645238.27/cwt238.00–239.001,53711
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707230.40/cwt221.00–231.001,62917
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0641
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7785
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2447307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,3723
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1453289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,3099
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2971
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4314
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4126
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,5753
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1644244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5715
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3401

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.