Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-06-03

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jun 3
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
228 head
▲ 192 vs last sale 36▼ 23 vs year ago 251 · −9.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 94, Bulls 38)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $305.03/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −151.60 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$305.03
33 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.64
vs VA average
−4.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547305.731,67130
Medium and Large 2559298.001,6653thin
One grade step is worth $7.73/cwt here — about $6 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 sale33 hd
305.03
—
VA average6 barns · 363 hd
306.66
−1.64
National average164 barns · 13,053 hd
309.16
−4.13
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−151.60
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

31 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,4977
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2449348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,5637
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460329.14/cwt328.00–330.001,51414
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,5701
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537308.00/cwt302.00–311.001,65413
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554303.99/cwt294.00–305.001,68417
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,7112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629289.04/cwt286.00–295.001,81812
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8382
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7821
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,9505
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740259.72/cwt258.00–260.001,92214
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,0643
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,1011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434268.73/cwt259.00–279.001,1666
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1444271.87/cwt271.00–276.001,20711
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2451276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2456
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1492261.11/cwt260.00–271.001,28510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,45016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2548269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4743
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563266.53/cwt261.00–268.001,5019
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572259.09/cwt256.00–265.001,4823
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631256.39/cwt256.00–257.001,61813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,6749
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,5973
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1444310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,37610
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2449313.50/cwt313.50–313.501,4089
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3131
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542289.88/cwt289.00–290.001,5718
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1652262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,70810

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.