Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-05-12

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 12
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
64 head
▼ 145 vs last sale 209▲ 4 vs year ago 60 · +6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 31, Bulls 17)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.20/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −57.37 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$321.20
5 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,789
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.94
vs VA average
−18.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560324.001,8144thin
Medium and Large 2545310.001,6901thin
One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $125 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 sale5 hd
321.20
—
VA average9 barns · 539 hd
327.14
−5.94
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−18.68
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−57.37
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

21 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425401.50/cwt400.00–403.001,7062
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2448435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9495
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1549395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1698
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,1771
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,4758
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,5111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6765
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2466371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,7294
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,6221
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,7502
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,8792
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8503
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,9962
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1953235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2402
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,7596
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2458403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,8462
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,9161
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573382.14/cwt371.00–386.002,1904
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,2683
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,2101

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.