Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-07-22

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jul 22
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
73 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 55▲ 24 vs year ago 49 · +49.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 43, Bulls 11)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.52/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −144.06 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$234.52
16 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,314
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.21
vs VA average
−30.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567237.031,3449thin
Medium and Large 2552231.291,2777thin
One grade step is worth $5.74/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale16 hd
234.52
—
VA average8 barns · 431 hd
243.73
−9.21
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
−30.11
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−144.06
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

21 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,1421
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,2663
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4582
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,5316
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,6705
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7282
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350220.00/cwt220.00–220.007701
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388220.00/cwt220.00–220.008542
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426232.98/cwt230.00–235.009925
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0002
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1594
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2262
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2557233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2985
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567237.03/cwt222.00–239.001,3449
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5066
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3574
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1748223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6683
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2972
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477229.48/cwt168.00–262.001,0953
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1546256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3984
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5792

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.