Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 139, Heifers 134, Bulls 85)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.57/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −150.37 against this barn's trailing median of $460.94.

Average price

$310.57

53 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$3.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.83

vs VA average

−31.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	554	313.99	1,740	7thin
Medium and Large 1	561	310.05	1,739	46

One grade step is worth $3.94/cwt here — about $0 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.00, low $397.38, median $460.94 across 13 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 sale53 hd

310.57

—

VA average7 barns · 477 hd

309.75

+0.83

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−31.81

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.94

−150.37

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

37 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,373	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	212.61/cwt	181.00–219.00	1,654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,749	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	322.49/cwt	321.00–323.00	1,535	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,687	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,700	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	338.63/cwt	323.00–346.00	1,578	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,545	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,449	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	292.26/cwt	286.00–293.00	1,809	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	849	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,165	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	263.99/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,938	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	287.36/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,351	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,104	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	310.05/cwt	271.00–324.50	1,739	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	313.99/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,740	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,212	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,642	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,987	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	288.02/cwt	273.00–290.00	1,334	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	279.50/cwt	277.50–281.00	1,509	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	288.57/cwt	264.00–300.00	1,085	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,635	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,292	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,473	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,655	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,683	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	279.16/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,513	16

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Mon Feb 3, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 358Last week 101Year ago 405

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 139, Heifers 134, Bulls 85)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	352.00	352.00
12	450–500	476	321.00–323.00	322.49
17	550–600	563	302.00	302.00
11	600–650	635	275.50	275.50
12	650–700	654	258.00	258.00
6	750–800	778	181.00–219.00	212.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	456	323.00	323.00
6	550–600	561	295.00	295.00
8	600–650	629	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	344.00	344.00
18	450–500	466	323.00–346.00	338.63
46	550–600	561	271.00–324.50	310.05
19	600–650	619	286.00–293.00	292.26
1	650–700	690	288.00	288.00
10	700–750	734	263.00–268.00	263.99
1	750–800	790	246.00	246.00
10	800–850	849	255.00	255.00
5	850–900	850	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	435	333.00	333.00
1	450–500	450	325.00	325.00
7	550–600	554	308.00–315.00	313.99
4	600–650	625	293.00	293.00
3	650–700	662	256.50	256.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	376	264.00–300.00	288.57
12	400–450	439	276.00	276.00
8	450–500	470	270.00–290.00	287.36
30	500–550	540	277.50–281.00	279.50
21	600–650	640	256.50	256.50
1	650–700	670	254.00	254.00
7	700–750	730	248.00	248.00
2	750–800	768	242.00	242.00
1	800–850	800	197.00	197.00
1	850–900	850	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	463	273.00–290.00	288.02
16	500–550	542	275.00–281.00	279.16
1	550–600	560	276.00	276.00
8	650–700	654	250.00	250.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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