Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2026-02-23

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Feb 23
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
257 head
▲ 148 vs last sale 109▲ 209 vs year ago 48 · +435.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 118, Bulls 11)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $493.00/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 16 of 15 comparable sales and sits +38.00 against this barn's trailing median of $455.00.
Average price
$493.00
14 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,800
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+7.41
vs VA average
+5.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568493.002,80014thin
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 sale14 hd
493.00
—
VA average8 barns · 243 hd
485.59
+7.41
National average172 barns · 11,832 hd
487.02
+5.98
This barn, trailing median15 sales
455.00
+38.00
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

15 sales
505451396342median 455.0003/0204/0605/0409/0711/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.96, low $355.88, median $455.00 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

22 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 1453539.00/cwt539.00–539.002,4426
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2457498.24/cwt497.00–502.002,2778
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568493.00/cwt493.00–493.002,80014
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635441.40/cwt440.00–446.002,80342
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,86933
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,8482
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,93823
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378491.19/cwt475.00–499.001,8575
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2403496.00/cwt496.00–496.001,9992
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,0291
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456454.60/cwt418.00–462.002,0736
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471473.20/cwt470.00–474.002,22910
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530414.36/cwt402.00–429.002,19617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1722
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565451.00/cwt451.00–451.002,54828
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0131
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636430.79/cwt387.00–436.002,74036
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662383.61/cwt375.00–388.002,5393
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,6897
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531503.76/cwt500.00–505.002,6754
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567373.26/cwt348.00–386.002,1163
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1676417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,8194

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.