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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Apr 8

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Receipts

90 head

▼ 278 vs last sale 368▲ 4 vs year ago 86 · +4.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 55, Bulls 13)

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 $249.13/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −129.44 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$249.13

15 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,321

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$0.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.29

vs VA average

−14.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	249.50	1,317	4thin
Medium and Large 1	531	249.00	1,322	11thin

One grade step is worth $0.50/cwt here — about −$5 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale15 hd

249.13

—

VA average9 barns · 685 hd

247.84

+1.29

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−14.83

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

−129.44

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	322.54/cwt	316.00–329.00	1,316	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,470	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	301.61/cwt	289.00–329.00	1,596	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,652	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,301	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,756	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,809	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,845	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	956	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,001	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	451	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,213	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	252.10/cwt	242.00–274.00	1,150	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,317	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,322	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	233.32/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,465	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,499	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,356	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,093	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,385	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,337	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,504	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,540	3

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 Apr 8, 2024

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

Receipts 90Last week 368Year ago 86

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 55, Bulls 13)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	244.00	244.00
4	450–500	461	290.00	290.00
3	500–550	545	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	301.00	301.00
3	550–600	560	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	260.00	260.00
13	450–500	456	242.00–274.00	252.10
11	500–550	531	249.00	249.00
6	600–650	628	232.00–236.00	233.32
5	650–700	653	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	255.00	255.00
9	450–500	451	269.00	269.00
4	500–550	528	249.50	249.50
2	700–750	745	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	478	307.50	307.50
9	500–550	529	289.00–329.00	301.61
1	600–650	605	215.00	215.00
2	650–700	660	266.00	266.00
1	750–800	750	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	316.00–329.00	322.54
1	550–600	590	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	665	272.00	272.00

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.