Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-09-08

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 8
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
89 head
▼ 180 vs last sale 269▲ 34 vs year ago 55 · +61.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 34, Bulls 35)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $373.50/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −42.64 against this barn's trailing median of $416.14.
Average price
$373.50
11 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.42
vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556380.002,1138thin
Medium and Large 2564356.182,0093thin
One grade step is worth $23.82/cwt here — about $104 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 sale11 hd
373.50
—
VA average8 barns · 339 hd
390.92
−17.42
This barn, trailing median11 sales
416.14
−42.64
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

11 sales
456416375335median 416.1403/0203/3005/0409/0710/19
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $442.20, low $348.78, median $416.14 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

21 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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1444445.54/cwt432.00–450.001,9784
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,0413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,0411
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,1858
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5491
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,3603
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,4641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,7089
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2493310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5282
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,8444
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555352.03/cwt347.00–357.001,95410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1051
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,2113
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735308.61/cwt276.00–319.002,2684
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463432.89/cwt430.00–434.002,0047
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0581
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1138
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2564356.18/cwt341.00–364.002,0093
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1637341.16/cwt330.00–346.002,17310
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9141
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1706307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,1675

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.