Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2025-12-15

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Dec 15
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
61 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 143▼ 40 vs year ago 101 · −39.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 28, Bulls 8)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.57/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 3 of 17 comparable sales and sits −49.00 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$329.57
7 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,821
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.67
vs VA average
−60.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560331.001,8526thin
Medium and Large 2510321.001,6371thin
One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $215 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 sale7 hd
329.57
—
VA average8 barns · 332 hd
339.24
−9.67
National average175 barns · 15,310 hd
389.91
−60.34
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−49.00
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

17 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9531
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,18113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,0061
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3724
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,3001
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765316.50/cwt316.50–316.502,4211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,3391
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,5458
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,55512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,6371
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8053
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,8993
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,7973
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8002
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8542
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,7571

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.