Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-09-15

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 15
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
156 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 89▲ 65 vs year ago 91 · +71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 58, Bulls 53)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.45/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 4 of 17 comparable sales and sits −40.12 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$338.45
11 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,877
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.27
vs VA average
−21.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552339.221,8719thin
Medium and Large 2568335.001,9032thin
One grade step is worth $4.22/cwt here — about −$31 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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
338.45
—
VA average8 barns · 600 hd
345.73
−7.27
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
−21.21
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−40.12
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

31 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8101
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,0012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2581360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0925
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,2036
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,0134
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3217
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,2732
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2718307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,2042
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,2352
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761336.95/cwt331.00–338.502,56410
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2873298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,6022
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1900298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,6822
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,2481
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5481
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,5441
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2453285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,61810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4961
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,9208
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9032
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,96311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2647325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,10310
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,9622
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,0802
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,2597
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2446424.21/cwt412.00–429.001,8927
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455444.50/cwt444.50–444.502,02215
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540360.06/cwt345.00–363.001,94418
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,9422
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,1418
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8903

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.