Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-08-18

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Aug 18
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
71 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 173▼ 23 vs year ago 94 · −24.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 18, Bulls 9)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $397.19/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 4 of 14 comparable sales and sits −59.43 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$397.19
18 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,077
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.76
vs VA average
−2.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523397.192,07718thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale18 hd
397.19
—
VA average8 barns · 279 hd
383.43
+13.76
National average156 barns · 7,040 hd
399.89
−2.70
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−59.43
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

14 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8623
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512400.83/cwt365.00–415.002,05215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,1873
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,29515
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676344.93/cwt342.00–349.002,3327
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483365.41/cwt362.00–367.001,7653
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,7882
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579332.87/cwt312.00–344.001,9279
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,8481
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7671
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,0092
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,6762
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,0312

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.