Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2026-10-05

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Oct 5
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
279 head
▲ 227 vs last sale 52▼ 44 vs year ago 323 · −13.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 114, Bulls 50)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $391.18/cwt on 42 head, up $8.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −65.44 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.
Average price
$391.18
▲ 8.58 vs prior sale
42 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,145
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.96
vs VA average
−39.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548391.182,14542
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale42 hd
391.18
—
VA average9 barns · 493 hd
390.23
+0.96
National average183 barns · 26,018 hd
430.36
−39.18
This barn, trailing median14 sales
456.62
−65.44
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

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430412.46/cwt360.00–425.001,7745
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,82119
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529364.19/cwt350.00–399.001,9275
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551394.83/cwt361.00–399.002,17637
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629339.06/cwt333.00–340.002,13320
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,2584
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,9321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730272.04/cwt271.00–273.001,98617
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1862251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,1645
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,4553
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421362.43/cwt353.00–375.001,52612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,4421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464376.77/cwt375.00–379.001,74816
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540326.71/cwt326.00–332.001,76437
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,91719
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634293.23/cwt292.00–299.001,85916
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,9724
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1744279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,0764
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,1521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1441370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6326
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,8681
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,9086
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1552369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,03717
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1659323.99/cwt290.00–330.002,13520

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.