Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 57, Heifers 66, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.50/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −102.59 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$286.50

12 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.29

vs VA average

−28.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	554	286.50	1,587	12thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale12 hd

286.50

—

VA average10 barns · 740 hd

282.21

+4.29

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−28.08

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−102.59

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

25 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	667	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,801	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	319.74/cwt	310.00–323.00	1,452	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,508	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	315.01/cwt	296.00–323.00	1,761	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	241.71/cwt	204.00–320.00	1,308	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	340.00/cwt	277.00–350.00	1,472	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	292.73/cwt	286.00–311.00	1,341	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,092	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	335.49/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,765	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	329.75/cwt	329.75–329.75	2,127	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	848	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,196	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,447	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,914	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,117	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,611	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	262.44/cwt	200.00–269.00	1,745	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,154	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,904	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,675	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	281.52/cwt	278.00–285.00	1,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	290.64/cwt	284.00–295.00	1,340	15

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 153Last week 292Year ago 96

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 57, Heifers 66, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	402	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	454	310.00–323.00	319.74
8	550–600	559	296.00–323.00	315.01
3	650–700	667	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	367.00	367.00
1	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
6	500–550	541	204.00–320.00	241.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	433	277.00–350.00	340.00
9	500–550	526	330.00–340.00	335.49
11	550–600	550	348.00	348.00
2	700–750	735	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	390.00	390.00
17	600–650	645	329.75	329.75
6	750–800	758	276.00	276.00
2	800–850	848	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	290.00	290.00
11	450–500	458	286.00–311.00	292.73
5	600–650	626	267.50	267.50
2	650–700	673	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	278.00–285.00	281.52
1	400–450	445	251.00	251.00
15	450–500	461	284.00–295.00	290.64
10	500–550	546	295.00	295.00
2	550–600	593	244.00	244.00
15	650–700	665	200.00–269.00	262.44

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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