Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-09-02

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 2
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
327 head
▲ 292 vs last sale 35▲ 31 vs year ago 296 · +10.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 121, Heifers 159, Bulls 47)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.44/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −145.14 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$233.44
68 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.70
vs VA average
−7.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541234.591,27055
Medium and Large 2548228.571,25213thin
One grade step is worth $6.02/cwt here — about $17 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale68 hd
233.44
—
VA average6 barns · 271 hd
230.74
+2.70
National average148 barns · 7,025 hd
240.69
−7.25
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−145.14
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

37 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,4303
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463285.07/cwt262.00–319.001,32011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2539271.22/cwt256.00–276.001,4624
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1544277.35/cwt276.00–279.501,50931
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569269.07/cwt266.00–275.001,5316
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623251.32/cwt230.00–257.001,56618
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668254.86/cwt243.00–256.501,70219
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6941
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2713238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6973
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736231.88/cwt231.00–233.001,7079
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,8089
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1843214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,8045
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1985197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,9401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373249.00/cwt249.00–249.009296
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383244.90/cwt231.00–255.009388
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433255.28/cwt246.00–257.001,1056
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439263.75/cwt257.00–266.001,15820
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1422
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,21811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1541234.73/cwt220.00–240.501,27054
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541223.91/cwt186.00–232.001,2117
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2556234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3016
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623222.02/cwt221.00–223.001,3832
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645226.89/cwt223.50–229.251,46317
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655213.00/cwt211.00–215.001,3952
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718213.99/cwt213.00–216.001,5366
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725198.94/cwt195.00–203.001,4422
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1754197.01/cwt193.00–205.001,4853
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1833198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,6493
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425271.30/cwt261.00–276.001,1533
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,2632
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,27316
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2531259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,3755
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1541259.87/cwt258.00–260.001,40614
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1643239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5376

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.