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

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 9
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
55 head
▼ 272 vs last sale 327▲ 5 vs year ago 50 · +10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 20, Bulls 19)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $204.36/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −174.21 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$204.36
2 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,171
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−25.47
vs VA average
−34.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2573204.361,1712thin
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 sale2 hd
204.36
—
VA average8 barns · 590 hd
229.83
−25.47
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−34.25
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−174.21
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

14 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
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571239.50/cwt239.00–240.001,3686
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643236.24/cwt233.00–239.001,5198
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,7742
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,0832
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485247.26/cwt246.00–250.001,1996
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573204.36/cwt201.00–208.001,1712
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3751
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657222.01/cwt216.00–223.001,4597
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4862
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415240.00/cwt240.00–240.009961
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455241.14/cwt230.00–243.001,0977
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1537235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2627
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4782
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4632

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.