Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-10-21

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Oct 21
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
104 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 102▼ 19 vs year ago 123 · −15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 44, Bulls 37)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $229.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −149.57 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$229.00
8 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,285
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.65
vs VA average
−30.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561229.001,2858thin
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 sale8 hd
229.00
—
VA average9 barns · 660 hd
224.35
+4.65
National average195 barns · 25,856 hd
259.63
−30.63
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−149.57
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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1402295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1863
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,2883
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4405
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631246.27/cwt240.00–248.001,5549
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6543
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362220.93/cwt215.00–224.008003
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380226.00/cwt226.00–226.008593
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434212.35/cwt178.00–233.009228
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461228.51/cwt210.00–233.001,0535
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2858
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643215.26/cwt190.00–220.001,38414
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3851
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2432255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1023
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1456264.84/cwt256.00–266.001,2089
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1546243.63/cwt207.00–249.001,33014
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2491
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1644227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4659
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4341

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.