Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 94, Bulls 32)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $305.77/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −83.32 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$305.77

37 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$18.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.68

vs VA average

−15.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	306.78	1,656	35
Medium and Large 2	510	288.00	1,469	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.78/cwt here — about $187 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 sale37 hd

305.77

—

VA average7 barns · 487 hd

302.08

+3.68

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−15.61

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−83.32

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

29 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	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,854	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	392.59/cwt	342.00–398.00	1,849	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,054	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	333.17/cwt	329.00–336.00	2,122	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,469	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	1,521	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,951	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,030	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,244	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	281.45/cwt	228.00–295.00	1,804	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,418	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	354.99/cwt	345.00–358.00	1,629	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	322.06/cwt	321.50–322.25	1,713	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,162	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	314.52/cwt	308.00–319.00	1,280	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	255.23/cwt	212.00–282.00	1,445	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	261.85/cwt	228.00–273.00	1,731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,913	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 Mar 31, 2025

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

Receipts 159Last week 101Year ago 368

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 94, Bulls 32)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	471	342.00–398.00	392.59
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	575	318.00	318.00
6	600–650	635	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	349.00	349.00
2	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	620	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	350.50	350.50
1	450–500	490	365.00	365.00
9	500–550	542	360.00	360.00
3	550–600	590	344.00	344.00
5	600–650	637	329.00–336.00	333.17
3	750–800	755	272.00	272.00
3	850–900	850	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	540	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	277.00	277.00
6	400–450	443	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	510	288.00	288.00
1	600–650	600	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	322.00	322.00
5	400–450	407	308.00–319.00	314.52
18	450–500	459	345.00–358.00	354.99
27	500–550	532	321.50–322.25	322.06
8	550–600	566	212.00–282.00	255.23
10	600–650	641	228.00–295.00	281.45
4	650–700	661	228.00–273.00	261.85
6	750–800	753	254.00	254.00
2	800–850	808	242.00	242.00

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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