Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-06-09

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jun 9
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
38 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 119▼ 48 vs year ago 86 · −55.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 20, Bulls 2)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.56/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 5 of 17 comparable sales and sits −28.02 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$350.56
9 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.10
vs VA average
+9.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549351.251,9298thin
Medium and Large 2525345.001,8111thin
One grade step is worth $6.25/cwt here — about $118 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 sale9 hd
350.56
—
VA average8 barns · 527 hd
327.45
+23.10
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
+9.64
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−28.02
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

13 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
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8115
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,5822
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564348.92/cwt285.00–362.001,9686
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608316.41/cwt289.00–330.001,9243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475315.79/cwt294.00–339.001,5002
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,7971
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,9497
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,9783
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,0945
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,1791
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5761
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,6451

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.