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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-15

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Apr 15

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Apr 8Apr 15Apr 22 →

Receipts

91 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 90▼ 141 vs year ago 232 · −60.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 35, Bulls 34)

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 $234.13/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −144.45 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$234.13

8 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,303

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$29.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.90

vs VA average

−30.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	237.86	1,321	7thin
Medium and Large 2	565	208.00	1,175	1thin

One grade step is worth $29.86/cwt here — about $146 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 sale8 hd

234.13

—

VA average10 barns · 625 hd

241.02

−6.90

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−30.39

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

−144.45

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

23 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	427	296.20/cwt	296.00–298.00	1,265	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,390	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,515	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,593	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,610	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,026	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	966	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,069	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,173	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,204	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,342	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,175	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,408	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	198.15/cwt	196.00–201.00	1,514	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,095	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	439	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,229	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,241	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,278	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	244.38/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,310	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,372	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,479	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,513	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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 91Last week 90Year ago 232

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 35, Bulls 34)

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	438	250.00	250.00
5	450–500	453	274.00	274.00
9	500–550	536	240.00–261.00	244.38
3	650–700	658	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	439	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	458	279.00	279.00
1	500–550	540	254.00	254.00
2	550–600	580	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	427	296.00–298.00	296.20
4	500–550	526	288.00	288.00
1	650–700	650	245.00	245.00
4	900–950	925	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	265.00	265.00
12	400–450	440	243.00	243.00
1	500–550	535	225.00	225.00
6	550–600	559	240.00	240.00
7	750–800	764	196.00–201.00	198.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	420	230.00	230.00
2	450–500	453	259.00	259.00
1	550–600	565	208.00	208.00
1	650–700	655	215.00	215.00

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.