Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2026-05-11

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 11
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
66 head
▼ 238 vs last sale 304▲ 2 vs year ago 64 · +3.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 31, Bulls 10)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.57/cwt on 12 head, down $29.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 17 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.
Average price
$378.57
▼ 29.38 vs prior sale
12 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.88
vs VA average
−38.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529378.572,00412thin
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 sale12 hd
378.57
—
VA average8 barns · 416 hd
377.70
+0.88
National average171 barns · 11,385 hd
417.11
−38.54
This barn, trailing median17 sales
378.57
+0.00
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

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

16 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 1446483.00/cwt483.00–483.002,1545
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450483.00/cwt483.00–483.002,1745
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522437.72/cwt429.00–442.002,2853
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,4584
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3682
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,3312
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,5812
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,5442
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369425.74/cwt420.00–435.001,5715
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1446411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,8339
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,8805
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519386.86/cwt379.00–395.002,0088
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,9914
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,8783
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472440.14/cwt433.00–445.002,0775
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,2702

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.