Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2026-06-15

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jun 15
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
63 head
43 vs last sale 106 73 vs year ago 136 · 53.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 27, Bulls 14)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.25/cwt on 4 head, up $17.73 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 18 comparable sales and sits 10.84 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.
Average price
$378.25
17.73 vs prior sale
4 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,086
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.12
vs VA average
33.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520379.001,9711thin
Medium and Large 2562378.002,1243thin
One grade step is worth $1.00/cwt here — about −$154 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 sale4 hd
378.25
VA average8 barns · 361 hd
375.13
+3.12
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−33.25
This barn, trailing median18 sales
389.09
−10.84
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

19 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 1500–550510403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,0552
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650638346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,2073
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,6841
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,9711
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2622
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468402.58/cwt401.00–403.001,8845
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450441438.16/cwt434.00–439.001,9326
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650610351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,1411
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550520395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0542
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450447404.66/cwt375.00–407.001,80913
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650630392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,4702
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800782354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,7685
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,2407
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500470423.00/cwt423.00–423.001,9881
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4141
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,3351
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650635326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,0702
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450443428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,8965
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600562378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,1243

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.