Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2026-06-15

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jun 15
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
63 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 106▼ 73 vs year ago 136 · −53.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 27, Bulls 14)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.25/cwt on 4 head, up $17.73 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 17 comparable sales and sits −0.32 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$378.25
▲ 17.73 vs prior sale
4 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,086
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.12
vs VA average
−33.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520379.001,9711thin
Medium and Large 2562378.002,1243thin
One grade step is worth $1.00/cwt here — about −$154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale4 hd
378.25
—
VA average8 barns · 361 hd
375.13
+3.12
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−33.25
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
−0.32
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

19 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1441438.16/cwt434.00–439.001,9326
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470423.00/cwt423.00–423.001,9881
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,2407
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,4702
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4141
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1782354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,7685
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,3351
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,6841
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2447404.66/cwt375.00–407.001,80913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468402.58/cwt401.00–403.001,8845
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,9711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2562378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,1243
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,1411
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2622
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2443428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,8965
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,0552
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0542
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,0702
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1638346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,2073

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.