Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-07-01

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jul 1
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
203 head
▲ 150 vs last sale 53▲ 144 vs year ago 59 · +244.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 81, Bulls 26)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $276.37/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −180.26 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$276.37
27 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.64
vs VA average
−32.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549276.801,52126
Medium and Large 2595265.001,5771thin
One grade step is worth $11.80/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale27 hd
276.37
—
VA average5 barns · 224 hd
274.72
+1.64
National average16 barns · 1,423 hd
309.26
−32.89
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−180.26
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

32 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466280.64/cwt280.00–285.001,3088
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3165
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,4198
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563278.27/cwt274.00–291.001,56718
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5771
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,7673
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639267.53/cwt263.75–281.001,71030
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716253.50/cwt250.00–259.501,8158
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,9201
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9271
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877234.25/cwt234.25–234.252,0547
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7016
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368256.00/cwt256.00–256.009423
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380256.00/cwt256.00–256.009731
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,1083
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,1598
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485233.63/cwt198.00–252.001,1333
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2054
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544258.01/cwt252.00–259.001,40414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,34915
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4872
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635247.06/cwt243.00–256.001,56911
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721226.79/cwt220.00–228.001,63513
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725216.98/cwt214.00–220.001,5732
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7382
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2065
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1461253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,1667
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1552258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4248
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3123
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4961
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4841

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.