Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2026-01-19

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jan 19
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
54 head
▼ 196 vs last sale 250▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 3, Heifers 35, Bulls 16)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.64/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 5 of 17 comparable sales and sits −28.93 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$349.64
14 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,930
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.81
vs VA average
−61.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552353.831,95312thin
Medium and Large 2553324.501,7932thin
One grade step is worth $29.33/cwt here — about $160 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 sale14 hd
349.64
—
VA average7 barns · 402 hd
354.45
−4.81
National average175 barns · 20,266 hd
410.87
−61.23
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−28.93
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

21 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1831
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500481.00/cwt481.00–481.002,4051
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,4991
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,5171
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5591
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,7372
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,8517
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7761
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,96911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,8061
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8901
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1639337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,1534
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,9301
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1866292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,5294
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450484.00/cwt484.00–484.002,1785
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485458.00/cwt458.00–458.002,2212
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,3142
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,0921
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,1934
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0952

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.