Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-11-04

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Nov 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
208 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 48▼ 144 vs year ago 352 · −40.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 80, Bulls 38)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $248.43/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −208.19 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$248.43
27 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,357
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$385
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$70.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.83
vs VA average
−53.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547266.621,45720
Medium and Large 2546196.461,0727thin
One grade step is worth $70.15/cwt here — about $385 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 sale27 hd
248.43
—
VA average8 barns · 449 hd
261.26
−12.83
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−53.42
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−208.19
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

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425275.35/cwt265.00–285.001,1702
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2437279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2193
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3075
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3681
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530182.00/cwt182.00–182.009652
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1544267.44/cwt241.00–280.001,45519
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2552202.25/cwt185.00–270.001,1165
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4931
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,60511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2648240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5553
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,70421
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6933
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728233.28/cwt230.00–236.501,6984
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4639
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1795231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,8401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380240.48/cwt233.00–245.009146
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384239.29/cwt225.00–243.009195
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400240.00/cwt240.00–240.009601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2442227.54/cwt180.00–235.001,0067
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,01713
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535225.59/cwt210.00–231.001,20736
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,2924
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2564194.81/cwt149.00–215.501,0996
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,0451
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476258.71/cwt241.00–261.001,2319
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1541238.23/cwt216.00–240.001,28913
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2564
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1641227.52/cwt226.00–237.001,4587
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2642225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4453
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5021

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.