Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-05-06

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 6
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
442 head
▲ 376 vs last sale 66▲ 374 vs year ago 68 · +550.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 250, Heifers 157, Bulls 35)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $305.33/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −151.29 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$305.33
49 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.18
vs VA average
−4.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2542310.361,68112thin
Medium and Large 1545303.701,65537
One grade step is worth $6.66/cwt here — about $25 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale49 hd
305.33
—
VA average8 barns · 389 hd
295.15
+10.18
National average167 barns · 10,730 hd
309.71
−4.38
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−151.29
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

14 sales
505460414369median 456.6203/0204/0605/0408/1010/19
Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.96, low $382.60, median $456.62 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3645
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2761
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458326.61/cwt310.00–330.001,4966
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469313.06/cwt272.00–325.001,46819
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,6476
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545303.70/cwt285.00–314.001,65537
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555308.72/cwt293.00–312.001,7136
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605240.33/cwt220.00–261.001,4542
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641263.40/cwt245.00–266.001,68819
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653270.77/cwt265.00–277.501,76826
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712268.44/cwt264.00–269.251,91140
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2713268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,91130
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7251
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2773240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8552
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2801233.25/cwt233.25–233.251,86838
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8717
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9155
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381258.00/cwt258.00–258.009835
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385255.00/cwt255.00–255.009828
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2449254.68/cwt242.00–265.001,14428
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459254.79/cwt254.00–266.001,16916
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540244.72/cwt241.00–252.001,3216
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542244.31/cwt239.00–257.001,32433
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3384
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,47310
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4745
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2639238.47/cwt234.00–239.001,5249
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652236.08/cwt227.00–237.001,53911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5951
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713214.77/cwt188.00–221.001,53111
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6243
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6206
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,2284
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2577
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2534254.50/cwt254.00–257.001,3596
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550256.78/cwt215.00–261.001,41211
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1643243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5626
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6321

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.