Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 19, Bulls 3)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $305.59/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −155.35 against this barn's trailing median of $460.94.

Average price

$305.59

11 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$1.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.39

vs VA average

−42.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	306.08	1,694	6thin
Medium and Large 1	557	305.00	1,699	5thin

One grade step is worth $1.08/cwt here — about −$5 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

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 sale11 hd

305.59

—

VA average7 barns · 246 hd

318.98

−13.39

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−42.65

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.94

−155.35

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

16 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	450–500	450	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,514	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,521	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,908	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,703	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	321.38/cwt	310.00–330.50	1,485	6

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 48Last week 88Year ago 47

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 19, Bulls 3)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	304.00	304.00
1	550–600	580	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	276.00	276.00
8	500–550	540	275.00	275.00
3	600–650	648	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	274.00	274.00
3	550–600	553	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	326.00	326.00
5	550–600	557	305.00	305.00
2	600–650	635	264.00	264.00
2	750–800	785	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	462	310.00–330.50	321.38
5	500–550	545	312.50	312.50
1	550–600	595	274.00	274.00
2	650–700	673	266.00	266.00

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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