Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-09-22

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 22
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
74 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 156▼ 117 vs year ago 191 · −61.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 26, Bulls 17)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $376.50/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −80.12 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$376.50
4 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.12
vs VA average
−40.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548380.002,0823thin
Medium and Large 2595366.002,1781thin
One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about −$95 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 sale4 hd
376.50
—
VA average9 barns · 473 hd
396.62
−20.12
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
−40.59
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−80.12
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

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8477
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9552
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,8381
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1548380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0823
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,1781
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2232
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4152
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712350.64/cwt332.50–357.002,4978
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,4941
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1884293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,5904
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3142
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4061
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,4541
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,6583
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514346.47/cwt343.00–353.001,7813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1591
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,9458
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9462
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,0322
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738291.53/cwt283.00–300.002,1512
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,9731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,6211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,7602
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2453406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,8392
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,9721
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1536365.51/cwt351.00–375.001,9595
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6391
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7981
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,1204

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.