Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-09-16

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 16
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
91 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 55▼ 9 vs year ago 100 · −9.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 43, Bulls 15)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.00/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −150.57 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$228.00
19 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,253
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$359
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$57.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.01
vs VA average
−9.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551231.001,27318thin
Medium and Large 2525174.009141thin
One grade step is worth $57.00/cwt here — about $359 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale19 hd
228.00
—
VA average8 barns · 510 hd
229.01
−1.01
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−9.01
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−150.57
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

19 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,1782
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2448269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,2056
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1751
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3889
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4847
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,6245
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775211.02/cwt210.00–211.501,6353
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1092
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471238.76/cwt235.00–240.001,1258
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525174.00/cwt174.00–174.009141
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,27318
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,40210
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3601
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717177.26/cwt157.00–188.001,2713
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,1221
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1447268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1985
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,3482
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1547245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3403
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1636233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4824

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.