Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-02-10

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Feb 10
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
88 head
▼ 270 vs last sale 358▲ 33 vs year ago 55 · +60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 51, Bulls 20)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $275.35/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −103.23 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$275.35
13 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,488
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.09
vs VA average
−21.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545277.501,51211thin
Medium and Large 2515263.501,3572thin
One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $155 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale13 hd
275.35
—
VA average8 barns · 427 hd
263.25
+12.09
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−21.65
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−103.23
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

18 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
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1451311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4035
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,6266
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,7536
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,0545
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454286.50/cwt286.50–286.501,3018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515263.50/cwt251.00–276.001,3572
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,51211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620181.32/cwt141.00–221.001,1242
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5863
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6238
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1702243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,70612
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,3173
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2453312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4133
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,4632
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533288.50/cwt288.50–288.501,5382
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,6156
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1642266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,7083
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5591

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.