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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-29

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Apr 29

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Apr 22Apr 29May 6 →

Receipts

66 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 62▼ 161 vs year ago 227 · −70.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 31, Bulls 30)

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 $239.13/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −139.44 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$239.13

9 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$36

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

$9.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.98

vs VA average

−29.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	244.29	1,290	4thin
Medium and Large 2	564	235.00	1,325	5thin

One grade step is worth $9.29/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale9 hd

239.13

—

VA average8 barns · 500 hd

248.11

−8.98

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−29.25

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

−139.44

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

18 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	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,338	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,440	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,633	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,678	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,752	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,166	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	250.72/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,163	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	244.29/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,290	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,325	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,454	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,044	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	979	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,230	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,261	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	266.37/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,353	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,432	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,559	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 Apr 29, 2024

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

Receipts 66Last week 62Year ago 227

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 31, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	236.00	236.00
7	450–500	464	265.00	265.00
5	500–550	508	264.00–270.00	266.37
7	550–600	553	259.00	259.00
4	600–650	626	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	273.00	273.00
1	500–550	500	288.00	288.00
1	700–750	715	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	289.00	289.00
1	600–650	610	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	250.00	250.00
15	450–500	464	250.00–251.00	250.72
4	500–550	528	242.00–245.00	244.29
3	600–650	632	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	715	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	265.00	265.00
5	550–600	564	235.00	235.00

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.