Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 156, Bulls 40)

*SEVERAL LOTS ADDED TO INITIAL REPORT*

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $277.08/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −112.01 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$277.08

30 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$8.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.98

vs VA average

−37.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	278.26	1,531	26
Medium and Large 2	539	269.39	1,452	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.87/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale30 hd

277.08

—

VA average8 barns · 679 hd

284.06

−6.98

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−37.88

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−112.01

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

26 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	654	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,851	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	315.99/cwt	260.00–323.00	1,719	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,518	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,533	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,771	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	335.64/cwt	335.00–336.00	1,886	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	275.44/cwt	275.00–283.00	2,047	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	300.08/cwt	299.00–301.00	1,389	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,060	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	255.83/cwt	253.00–256.00	2,131	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	319.26/cwt	315.00–333.00	1,689	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	276.60/cwt	271.50–285.50	1,513	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,202	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	245.61/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,886	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,571	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	2,024	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	276.77/cwt	276.50–277.00	1,821	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	269.39/cwt	264.50–271.00	1,452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,328	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,080	3

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 Mar 10, 2025

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

Receipts 292Last week 405Year ago 29

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 156, Bulls 40)

*SEVERAL LOTS ADDED TO INITIAL REPORT*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	453	335.00	335.00
9	500–550	544	260.00–323.00	315.99
4	650–700	654	283.00	283.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	459	334.00	334.00
6	500–550	545	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	648	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	360.00	360.00
8	500–550	529	315.00–333.00	319.26
11	550–600	562	335.00–336.00	335.64
15	650–700	658	313.00	313.00
35	700–750	743	275.00–283.00	275.44
17	800–850	833	253.00–256.00	255.83
5	900–950	912	241.50	241.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	292.00	292.00
3	400–450	437	296.00	296.00
14	450–500	463	299.00–301.00	300.08
18	500–550	547	271.50–285.50	276.60
8	550–600	557	282.00	282.00
2	600–650	630	240.00	240.00
50	650–700	658	276.50–277.00	276.77
36	750–800	768	242.00–246.00	245.61
11	800–850	839	241.25	241.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	305.00	305.00
6	450–500	458	290.00	290.00
4	500–550	539	264.50–271.00	269.39

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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