Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2024-04-29

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Apr 29
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
66 head
4 vs last sale 62 161 vs year ago 227 · 70.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 31, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.13/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 149.96 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.
Average price
$239.13
9 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,310
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.98
vs VA average
29.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528244.291,2904thin
Medium and Large 2564235.001,3255thin
One grade step is worth $9.29/cwt here — about −$36 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
450409368327median 389.0901/0503/0204/1305/1108/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.58, low $341.44, median $389.09 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
239.13
VA average8 barns · 500 hd
248.11
−8.98
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
−29.25
This barn, trailing median18 sales
389.09
−149.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

18 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450415236.00/cwt236.00–236.009794
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650626249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5594
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550508266.37/cwt264.00–270.001,3535
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500464265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2307
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600553259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4327
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500490273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,3381
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500464250.72/cwt250.00–251.001,16315
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550500288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,4401
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750715245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7521
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750715146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0441
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400380250.00/cwt250.00–250.009502
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650632230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4543
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550528244.29/cwt242.00–245.001,2904
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500467270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2613
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450440265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1661
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600565289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,6331
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650610275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6781
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600564235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3255

How this sale compares

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.