Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-03-24

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 24
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
101 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 153▲ 1 vs year ago 100 · +1.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 59, Bulls 32)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.08/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −92.49 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$286.08
13 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.88
vs VA average
−35.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542287.091,55612thin
Medium and Large 2525274.001,4391thin
One grade step is worth $13.08/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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
286.08
—
VA average8 barns · 415 hd
286.96
−0.88
National average178 barns · 15,613 hd
321.74
−35.66
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−92.49
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

20 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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429367.21/cwt329.00–374.001,5757
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,8671
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1543342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,8572
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,3425
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3418
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422234.89/cwt220.00–260.009914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1451309.54/cwt304.00–312.001,39613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4249
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4391
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1539289.82/cwt280.00–298.001,56211
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4781
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615261.54/cwt246.00–267.001,6084
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7322
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0591
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1461351.75/cwt349.00–357.001,62212
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2482368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7743
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3781
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1534302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,6134
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623274.42/cwt247.00–287.001,7105
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8005

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.