Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2026-04-20

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Apr 20
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
127 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 124▲ 51 vs year ago 76 · +67.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 60, Bulls 27)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $374.30/cwt on 23 head, down $22.62 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 17 comparable sales and sits −4.27 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$374.30
▼ 22.62 vs prior sale
23 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,063
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$231
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$47.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.56
vs VA average
−47.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2549386.762,12217thin
Medium and Large 1558339.001,8926thin
One grade step is worth $47.76/cwt here — about $231 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 sale23 hd
374.30
—
VA average10 barns · 520 hd
377.87
−3.56
National average167 barns · 11,519 hd
422.17
−47.87
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−4.27
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

29 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1971
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,25518
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,3041
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533483.04/cwt473.00–484.502,5758
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538463.00/cwt463.00–463.002,4918
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,6101
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,6982
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,7991
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2343452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,5502
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,6101
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7361
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2441458.12/cwt450.00–460.002,0205
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1444445.24/cwt423.00–460.001,9775
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,06911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,8051
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2548390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,13716
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558339.00/cwt300.00–350.001,8926
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8761
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628313.57/cwt310.00–317.001,9692
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1648346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,2423
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,2614
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725307.35/cwt302.00–313.002,2282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440464.77/cwt460.00–480.002,0454
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1452501.00/cwt501.00–501.002,2659
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463468.52/cwt464.00–470.002,1694
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3181
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1875
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3292
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,3612

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.