Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-11-03

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Nov 3
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
262 head
▲ 192 vs last sale 70▲ 54 vs year ago 208 · +26.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 92, Bulls 59)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $379.10/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −77.52 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$379.10
26 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,073
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.25
vs VA average
−40.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2565391.002,2096thin
Medium and Large 1541375.532,03220
One grade step is worth $15.47/cwt here — about $177 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 sale26 hd
379.10
—
VA average7 barns · 308 hd
368.85
+10.25
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−40.00
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−77.52
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

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8173
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484383.08/cwt377.00–385.001,8544
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538375.54/cwt375.00–377.002,02018
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,2096
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570375.47/cwt361.00–391.002,1402
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640363.11/cwt354.00–366.002,32425
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,2767
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653346.31/cwt341.00–347.002,26118
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2732315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3063
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739308.29/cwt296.00–315.002,27812
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1945200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,89011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3134
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2441
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439334.02/cwt328.00–335.001,4667
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2444334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,48313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,5702
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,6112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6703
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553298.86/cwt250.00–330.001,65331
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2559322.22/cwt315.00–325.001,80111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,94310
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7881
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2659288.42/cwt250.00–301.001,9014
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2733284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,0823
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,3121
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462369.50/cwt369.50–369.501,70716
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1161
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,8584
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1557348.84/cwt346.00–349.001,94319
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2637321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,0453
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1659315.68/cwt314.00–316.002,08013

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.