Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-09-29

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 29
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
150 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 74▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 63, Bulls 23)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $377.79/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −78.84 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$377.79
33 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,090
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.60
vs VA average
−44.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553383.142,12028
Medium and Large 2553347.801,9245thin
One grade step is worth $35.34/cwt here — about $196 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 sale33 hd
377.79
—
VA average8 barns · 337 hd
382.39
−4.60
National average177 barns · 15,324 hd
422.65
−44.86
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−78.84
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

26 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/cwt415.00–415.001,8471
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1454420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,90710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467391.57/cwt321.00–417.001,8294
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,9902
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9261
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,12727
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,8703
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,24114
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,4021
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,4406
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,55011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458352.48/cwt324.00–355.001,61413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520316.99/cwt300.00–325.001,6483
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,90614
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,8142
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,9977
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7693
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,0123
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,9241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469385.38/cwt330.00–400.001,8075
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570343.80/cwt315.00–358.001,9603
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0713
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635272.66/cwt272.00–273.001,7313
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1651339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,2078

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.