Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-04-07

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Apr 7
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
299 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 159▲ 209 vs year ago 90 · +232.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 138, Heifers 110, Bulls 51)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $339.52/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −117.10 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$339.52
23 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,877
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.44
vs VA average
−14.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547340.911,86418thin
Medium and Large 2574334.531,9205thin
One grade step is worth $6.38/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale23 hd
339.52
—
VA average9 barns · 541 hd
351.96
−12.44
National average175 barns · 9,187 hd
354.30
−14.78
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−117.10
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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1441340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,49911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458354.90/cwt340.00–365.001,62510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,7548
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,66510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559379.55/cwt369.00–390.002,1228
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574334.53/cwt325.00–357.001,9205
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623331.33/cwt299.00–370.002,06443
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1213
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2662352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,3303
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667290.26/cwt265.00–341.001,9363
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767277.47/cwt252.00–280.502,12831
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1864263.33/cwt262.00–264.002,2753
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2665
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379333.98/cwt318.00–341.001,26610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2441358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,57910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457337.49/cwt330.00–345.001,54216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458350.84/cwt320.00–353.001,60716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1541314.94/cwt289.00–318.001,70419
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544301.80/cwt297.00–311.501,64212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,6761
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627273.83/cwt263.00–283.001,7173
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1639278.46/cwt268.00–283.001,77910
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1711266.40/cwt264.00–267.001,8945
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,9872
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,3611
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2449353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,5859
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1456335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,52813
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2537320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,71810
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558308.86/cwt285.00–312.001,7239
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1636310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9726
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2643302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,9423

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.