Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-10-06

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Oct 6
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
323 head
▲ 173 vs last sale 150▼ 23 vs year ago 346 · −6.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 161, Heifers 102, Bulls 60)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $377.26/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −79.36 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$377.26
74 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,060
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.39
vs VA average
−68.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2538380.772,05023
Medium and Large 1549375.682,06451
One grade step is worth $5.09/cwt here — about −$14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale74 hd
377.26
—
VA average8 barns · 494 hd
379.65
−2.39
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−68.59
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−79.36
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

38 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,8442
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2453435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9714
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,93811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535387.46/cwt366.00–400.002,07319
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1548378.23/cwt350.00–379.252,07342
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,9374
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556363.79/cwt361.00–373.502,0239
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,0213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630347.62/cwt316.00–352.002,19020
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2663340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,25412
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728317.25/cwt313.00–325.002,31011
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,5909
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825325.50/cwt325.50–325.502,6855
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2903310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,7995
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915296.01/cwt295.00–297.002,7082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,3091
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,4212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,1872
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,3184
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2451324.02/cwt309.00–339.001,4618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482320.79/cwt315.00–339.001,5464
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532334.61/cwt330.00–358.001,7806
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542336.02/cwt328.50–358.001,82131
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568327.07/cwt300.00–336.001,8588
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573324.04/cwt315.00–333.001,8572
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620298.74/cwt282.00–307.001,8523
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632305.76/cwt305.00–307.001,93216
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,07111
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728303.21/cwt299.00–308.002,2074
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,5351
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,5332
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460389.17/cwt386.00–390.001,79015
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7852
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8191
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,99622
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,8575
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633318.41/cwt270.00–337.002,01610
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0612

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.