Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 51, Bulls 20)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $275.35/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −113.74 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$275.35

13 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,488

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$14.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.09

vs VA average

−21.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	277.50	1,512	11thin
Medium and Large 2	515	263.50	1,357	2thin

One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $155 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

18 sales

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 sale13 hd

275.35

—

VA average8 barns · 427 hd

263.25

+12.09

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−21.65

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−113.74

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,317	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,615	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,301	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,623	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,512	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,403	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,626	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,753	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,413	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,706	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	263.50/cwt	251.00–276.00	1,357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	181.32/cwt	141.00–221.00	1,124	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,054	5

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 88Last week 358Year ago 55

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 51, Bulls 20)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	312.00	312.00
2	500–550	515	284.00	284.00
6	550–600	553	292.00	292.00
3	600–650	642	266.00	266.00
1	650–700	655	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	453	312.00	312.00
2	500–550	533	288.50	288.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	276.00	276.00
8	450–500	454	286.50	286.50
11	500–550	545	277.50	277.50
3	600–650	642	247.00	247.00
8	650–700	682	238.00	238.00
12	700–750	702	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	251.00–276.00	263.50
2	600–650	620	141.00–221.00	181.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	311.00	311.00
6	550–600	553	294.00	294.00
6	600–650	635	276.00	276.00

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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