Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-04-22

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Apr 22
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
62 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 91▼ 8 vs year ago 70 · −11.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 29, Bulls 5)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −139.57 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$239.00
4 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,286
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.61
vs VA average
−31.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538239.001,2864thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
239.00
—
VA average9 barns · 511 hd
244.61
−5.61
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
−31.19
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−139.57
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

19 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2447293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,3103
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3756
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,52812
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,5572
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7024
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6871
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385259.00/cwt259.00–259.009971
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390253.00/cwt253.00–253.009871
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400235.00/cwt235.00–235.009401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0637
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2067
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,2864
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3231
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633219.43/cwt203.00–225.001,3894
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1698214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4942
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1491
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2832
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1538254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,3672
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6511

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.