Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-10-07

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Oct 7
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
346 head
▲ 155 vs last sale 191▲ 206 vs year ago 140 · +147.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 156, Heifers 132, Bulls 58)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $262.63/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −194.00 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$262.63
71 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,437
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.14
vs VA average
−31.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546264.231,44464
Medium and Large 2554247.931,3737thin
One grade step is worth $16.30/cwt here — about $71 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 sale71 hd
262.63
—
VA average10 barns · 529 hd
260.49
+2.14
National average177 barns · 23,944 hd
294.31
−31.68
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−194.00
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
505460414369median 456.6203/0204/0605/0408/1010/19
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

34 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 2428285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2202
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431283.44/cwt280.00–290.001,2226
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,30422
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1544262.69/cwt260.00–267.001,42947
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,48517
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2561246.75/cwt211.00–259.501,3846
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646245.22/cwt245.00–246.001,58418
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673252.80/cwt250.00–254.251,70117
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720240.56/cwt237.00–248.001,7326
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766222.50/cwt218.00–238.001,7049
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830223.26/cwt221.00–228.001,8533
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375210.00/cwt210.00–210.007882
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379224.00/cwt224.00–224.008494
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441254.55/cwt245.00–257.001,1238
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,11028
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467252.26/cwt247.00–254.001,1784
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537216.45/cwt215.00–221.001,1624
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1539227.17/cwt225.00–227.251,22429
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554236.91/cwt235.00–241.001,31219
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630150.00/cwt150.00–150.009452
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643227.78/cwt225.50–232.001,46517
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0922
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690221.94/cwt220.00–222.251,5317
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723217.95/cwt210.00–220.001,5765
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378209.00/cwt209.00–209.007908
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458265.36/cwt257.50–266.001,21514
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,2283
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1536248.81/cwt225.00–252.001,33424
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3112
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3161
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3681
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633219.48/cwt214.00–230.001,3895

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.