Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-06-17

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jun 17
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
53 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 86▼ 88 vs year ago 141 · −62.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 21, Bulls 20)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.67/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −136.91 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$241.67
6 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,357
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$476
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$80.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.75
vs VA average
−25.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564255.001,4385thin
Medium and Large 2550175.009631thin
One grade step is worth $80.00/cwt here — about $476 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 sale6 hd
241.67
—
VA average9 barns · 487 hd
261.41
−19.75
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−25.55
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−136.91
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

16 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,5158
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,7094
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373257.00/cwt257.00–257.009592
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,2091
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438281.14/cwt266.00–285.001,2315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550175.00/cwt175.00–175.009631
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4385
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3382
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4465
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,1221
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,2882
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2538230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2372
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2601
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565266.79/cwt259.00–273.001,5079
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5283
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5182

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.