Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-07-15

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jul 15
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
55 head
▼ 148 vs last sale 203▲ 28 vs year ago 27 · +103.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 20, Bulls 14)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $271.97/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −184.65 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$271.97
8 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,458
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−10.35
vs VA average
−19.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536271.971,4588thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale8 hd
271.97
—
VA average10 barns · 491 hd
282.32
−10.35
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
−19.12
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−184.65
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

15 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536271.97/cwt269.00–277.001,4588
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6158
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6321
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,7484
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2076
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1431
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1691
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536236.57/cwt236.00–237.001,2687
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4723
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,5292
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2462285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3173
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3022
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2508270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3723
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1554262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,4514
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5912

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.