Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 59, Bulls 32)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.08/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −103.01 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$286.08

13 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$13.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

vs VA average

−35.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	287.09	1,556	12thin
Medium and Large 2	525	274.00	1,439	1thin

One grade step is worth $13.08/cwt here — about $118 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

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

286.08

—

VA average8 barns · 415 hd

286.96

−0.88

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−35.66

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−103.01

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

20 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	500–550	534	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,613	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	274.42/cwt	247.00–287.00	1,710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,800	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	351.75/cwt	349.00–357.00	1,622	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,341	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	289.82/cwt	280.00–298.00	1,562	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	261.54/cwt	246.00–267.00	1,608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,478	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	367.21/cwt	329.00–374.00	1,575	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,424	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	309.54/cwt	304.00–312.00	1,396	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,342	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	234.89/cwt	220.00–260.00	991	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,857	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,732	2

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 101Last week 153Year ago 100

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 59, Bulls 32)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	461	349.00–357.00	351.75
4	500–550	534	302.00	302.00
5	600–650	623	247.00–287.00	274.42
5	700–750	723	249.00	249.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	238.00	238.00
3	450–500	482	368.00	368.00
1	500–550	530	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	383	350.00	350.00
13	450–500	451	304.00–312.00	309.54
11	500–550	539	280.00–298.00	289.82
1	550–600	575	257.00	257.00
4	600–650	615	246.00–267.00	261.54
2	700–750	710	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	356.00	356.00
4	400–450	422	220.00–260.00	234.89
9	450–500	461	309.00	309.00
1	500–550	525	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	429	329.00–374.00	367.21
2	500–550	543	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	349.00	349.00

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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