Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2026-09-28

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Sep 28
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
52 head
▼ 256 vs last sale 308▼ 98 vs year ago 150 · −65.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 2, Heifers 21, Bulls 29)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $357.92/cwt on 8 head, up $9.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −58.22 against this barn's trailing median of $416.14.
Average price
$357.92
▲ 9.14 vs prior sale
8 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,001
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.25
vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559357.922,0018thin
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 sale8 hd
357.92
—
VA average8 barns · 232 hd
356.67
+1.25
This barn, trailing median11 sales
416.14
−58.22
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

11 sales
456416375335median 416.1403/0203/3005/0409/0710/19
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $442.20, low $348.78, median $416.14 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

14 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573380.50/cwt380.50–380.502,1802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,3491
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1444321.13/cwt285.00–327.001,4267
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3912
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6903
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,8082
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,9433
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,9591
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0902
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433389.94/cwt350.00–406.001,6888
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,7702
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559357.92/cwt333.00–373.002,0018
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633290.07/cwt278.00–315.001,8366
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0765

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.