Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-10-13

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Oct 13
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
82 head
▼ 241 vs last sale 323▼ 20 vs year ago 102 · −19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 44, Bulls 25)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.93/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −57.64 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$320.93
17 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.17
vs VA average
−76.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551328.091,80612thin
Medium and Large 2537303.761,6315thin
One grade step is worth $24.32/cwt here — about $175 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 sale17 hd
320.93
—
VA average10 barns · 520 hd
326.10
−5.17
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−76.93
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−57.64
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

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

23 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,9051
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6541
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1541379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,0504
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2306
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380368.62/cwt368.00–370.001,4013
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,3341
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3884
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,3401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,5684
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537303.76/cwt301.00–315.001,6315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547329.82/cwt329.00–330.001,80411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,8231
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2624316.61/cwt310.00–320.001,9763
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0736
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,0861
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,2134
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5752
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470392.44/cwt350.00–399.001,8449
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1547377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,0625
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2552358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,9765
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622323.11/cwt317.00–326.002,0103
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8081

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.