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

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jul 7
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
112 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 14▲ 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 30, Bulls 30)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $369.42/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −87.21 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$369.42
15 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.40
vs VA average
−9.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549381.502,0956thin
Medium and Large 2530361.361,9159thin
One grade step is worth $20.14/cwt here — about $180 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 sale15 hd
369.42
—
VA average3 barns · 91 hd
368.02
+1.40
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
−9.71
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−87.21
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

29 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,5231
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2444379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,6834
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,7621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,9012
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530361.36/cwt347.00–375.001,9159
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,0381
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550383.00/cwt363.00–388.002,1075
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627337.35/cwt334.00–343.002,1153
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628315.30/cwt243.00–338.001,9804
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2465
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1741321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,3796
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,3813
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,5964
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,040264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,7464
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369332.94/cwt329.00–334.001,2295
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443330.03/cwt325.00–335.001,4622
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1444331.54/cwt331.00–335.001,4727
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,5822
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520326.98/cwt325.00–331.001,7003
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562321.68/cwt315.00–325.001,8083
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631312.19/cwt311.00–314.001,9705
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9661
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,6938
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483332.64/cwt305.00–360.001,6072
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523355.56/cwt333.50–367.001,86014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,7711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,8941
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1648294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,9054

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.