Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-07-29

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jul 29
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
56 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 73▲ 15 vs year ago 41 · +36.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 22, Bulls 18)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.23/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −135.35 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$243.23
13 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,337
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.65
vs VA average
−15.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569245.001,3948thin
Medium and Large 2519240.391,2485thin
One grade step is worth $4.61/cwt here — about $146 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 sale13 hd
243.23
—
VA average6 barns · 332 hd
242.58
+0.65
National average139 barns · 7,218 hd
258.46
−15.23
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−135.35
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

13 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,3672
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,4776
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631249.59/cwt199.00–257.001,5758
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,1261
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477271.14/cwt248.00–283.001,2933
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519240.39/cwt176.00–271.001,2485
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3948
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5255
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,1791
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,22811
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1538269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4474
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5051
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4271

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.