Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-08-26

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Aug 26
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
35 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 94▼ 17 vs year ago 52 · −32.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 3, Heifers 18, Bulls 14)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −146.57 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$232.00
7 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,278
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−2.25
vs VA average
−9.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551232.001,2787thin
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 sale7 hd
232.00
—
VA average8 barns · 453 hd
234.25
−2.25
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
−9.88
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−146.57
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 1490258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,2641
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4211
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385241.00/cwt241.00–241.009281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2453246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,1142
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1802
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2787
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3471
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4532
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5082
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,2116
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1538249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3408

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.