Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-06-02

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jun 2
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
119 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 55▼ 109 vs year ago 228 · −47.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 36, Bulls 19)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $374.59/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −82.04 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$374.59
26 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,119
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.44
vs VA average
−3.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2565379.002,1411thin
Medium and Large 1566374.412,11825
One grade step is worth $4.59/cwt here — about $24 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 sale26 hd
374.59
—
VA average5 barns · 376 hd
364.15
+10.44
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−3.99
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−82.04
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

24 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,5831
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461396.03/cwt390.00–409.001,82618
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,9428
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,1411
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580379.78/cwt378.00–381.002,20317
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2995
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,3422
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9564
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4908
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2454355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6125
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,62611
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533330.45/cwt326.00–331.001,7619
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,8174
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,8473
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,6631
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,8802
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,8851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,5873
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435399.50/cwt399.50–399.501,7384
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,7341
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1544371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,0184
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,8923
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0383
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,9891

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.