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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 20

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← May 13May 20Jun 3 →

Receipts

36 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 60▼ 13 vs year ago 49 · −26.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 27, Bulls 2)

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 $237.35/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −141.22 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$237.35

7 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$71

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

$11.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.39

vs VA average

−39.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	244.00	1,293	3thin
Medium and Large 1	587	232.37	1,364	4thin

One grade step is worth $11.63/cwt here — about −$71 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 sale7 hd

237.35

—

VA average8 barns · 430 hd

250.74

−13.39

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−39.11

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

−141.22

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

13 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,345	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,440	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,458	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,649	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	909	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	948	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	454	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,226	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,306	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,293	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	232.37/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,364	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,283	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,305	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,544	1

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 May 20, 2024

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

Receipts 36Last week 60Year ago 49

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 27, Bulls 2)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	230.00	230.00
7	450–500	454	270.00	270.00
3	500–550	530	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	234.00	234.00
10	450–500	480	272.00	272.00
4	550–600	587	230.00–240.00	232.37
1	750–800	750	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	453	297.00	297.00
1	550–600	590	244.00	244.00
2	600–650	605	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	251.00	251.00
1	700–750	705	219.00	219.00

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.