Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-05-05

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 5
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
209 head
▲ 145 vs last sale 64▼ 233 vs year ago 442 · −52.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 103, Bulls 12)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.08/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −52.50 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$326.08
52 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,803
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.91
vs VA average
−6.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554326.321,80650
Medium and Large 2540320.001,7282thin
One grade step is worth $6.32/cwt here — about $78 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale52 hd
326.08
—
VA average8 barns · 459 hd
323.17
+2.91
National average172 barns · 12,542 hd
332.82
−6.74
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−52.50
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

23 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6433
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458396.44/cwt358.00–402.001,81616
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562376.84/cwt361.00–380.002,11842
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633346.98/cwt315.00–355.002,1965
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,17815
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3248
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727318.70/cwt314.00–326.002,3175
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,2773
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,2011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2441350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5448
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,52411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,6197
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7282
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542322.00/cwt320.00–325.001,74532
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,91718
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,81912
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,9338
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,9641
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2462371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,7143
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,7443
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8313
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8761
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1653302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,9722

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.