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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Aug 5

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 12 →

Receipts

269 head

▲ 213 vs last sale 56▲ 46 vs year ago 223 · +20.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 116, Bulls 31)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $272.68/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −183.95 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.

Average price

$272.68

33 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,469

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$36

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$3.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.73

vs VA average

−2.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	524	275.22	1,442	9thin
Medium and Large 1	544	271.72	1,479	24

One grade step is worth $3.50/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale33 hd

272.68

—

VA average8 barns · 269 hd

274.40

−1.73

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

−2.40

This barn, trailing median14 sales

456.62

−183.95

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

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

28 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	289.09/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,246	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,314	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	284.38/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,339	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	275.22/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,442	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	272.06/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,475	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,522	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	255.53/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,623	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,632	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,689	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	234.78/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,751	23
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	220.41/cwt	220.00–220.50	1,818	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,595	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	962	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	252.21/cwt	251.00–258.00	963	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	229.06/cwt	227.00–231.00	980	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,108	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,279	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	265.59/cwt	258.00–269.00	1,235	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	237.96/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,254	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	240.75/cwt	240.75–240.75	1,293	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	241.65/cwt	238.00–243.50	1,353	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	232.12/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,437	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,369	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,491	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,204	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	444	261.23/cwt	200.00–270.00	1,160	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	256.25/cwt	225.00–261.00	1,345	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,497	4

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Mon Aug 5, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 269Last week 56Year ago 223

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 116, Bulls 31)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	433	278.00	278.00
9	500–550	525	225.00–261.00	256.25
4	600–650	648	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	444	200.00–270.00	261.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	260.00	260.00
1	400–450	445	249.00	249.00
16	450–500	465	258.00–269.00	265.59
26	500–550	537	240.75	240.75
12	550–600	560	238.00–243.50	241.65
27	600–650	619	230.00–238.00	232.12
4	700–750	738	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	382	251.00–258.00	252.21
2	400–450	428	227.00–231.00	229.06
11	450–500	465	275.00	275.00
6	500–550	527	235.00–244.00	237.96
3	650–700	652	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	471	283.00–285.00	284.38
22	500–550	542	270.00–273.00	272.06
2	550–600	568	268.00	268.00
23	600–650	635	254.00–260.00	255.53
3	650–700	650	251.00	251.00
23	700–750	746	232.00–241.00	234.78
11	800–850	825	220.00–220.50	220.41
5	900–950	906	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	431	287.00–290.00	289.09
3	450–500	450	292.00	292.00
9	500–550	524	270.00–278.00	275.22
1	650–700	695	243.00	243.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.