Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-09-01

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 1
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
269 head
▲ 198 vs last sale 71▼ 58 vs year ago 327 · −17.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 114, Bulls 52)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.52/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 5 of 17 comparable sales and sits −29.06 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$349.52
51 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$29
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.80
vs VA average
−21.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2537352.661,89413thin
Medium and Large 1552348.441,92338
One grade step is worth $4.22/cwt here — about −$29 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 sale51 hd
349.52
—
VA average6 barns · 297 hd
340.72
+8.80
National average145 barns · 7,681 hd
371.51
−21.99
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−29.06
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

32 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9002
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456439.69/cwt390.00–450.002,00514
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534415.53/cwt400.00–422.002,21910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538417.51/cwt402.25–473.002,24629
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,1871
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,2602
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633360.64/cwt360.00–361.502,28323
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736322.90/cwt312.00–344.002,3776
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,1681
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1945328.00/cwt328.00–328.003,1008
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972311.00/cwt311.00–311.003,0237
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,4551
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,5627
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457366.12/cwt361.00–367.001,67314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,7223
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537352.66/cwt325.00–358.001,89413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1543339.12/cwt324.00–344.001,8414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553349.54/cwt349.00–353.501,93334
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5883
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646311.94/cwt311.00–326.002,01521
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,0222
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,1813
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1754311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,3458
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,4081
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1446444.00/cwt444.00–444.001,9807
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,0332
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,1291
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525399.50/cwt399.50–399.502,0975
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1544391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,12718
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,2481
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1639347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,22117
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1201

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.