Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 138, Heifers 110, Bulls 51)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $339.52/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −121.42 against this barn's trailing median of $460.94.

Average price

$339.52

23 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,877

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

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

$6.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.44

vs VA average

−14.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	340.91	1,864	18thin
Medium and Large 2	574	334.53	1,920	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.38/cwt here — about −$56 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale23 hd

339.52

—

VA average9 barns · 541 hd

351.96

−12.44

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−14.78

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.94

−121.42

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

31 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	400–450	410	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,972	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	308.86/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,723	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,528	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,942	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,718	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	334.53/cwt	325.00–357.00	1,920	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,330	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	277.47/cwt	252.00–280.50	2,128	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,121	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	331.33/cwt	299.00–370.00	2,064	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	354.90/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,625	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	263.33/cwt	262.00–264.00	2,275	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	273.83/cwt	263.00–283.00	1,717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,665	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	301.80/cwt	297.00–311.50	1,642	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	379.55/cwt	369.00–390.00	2,122	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,499	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	290.26/cwt	265.00–341.00	1,936	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,266	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,754	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	333.98/cwt	318.00–341.00	1,266	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	278.46/cwt	268.00–283.00	1,779	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	314.94/cwt	289.00–318.00	1,704	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	337.49/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,542	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,585	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,579	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	266.40/cwt	264.00–267.00	1,894	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	350.84/cwt	320.00–353.00	1,607	16

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 Apr 7, 2025

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

Receipts 299Last week 159Year ago 90

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 138, Heifers 110, Bulls 51)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	332.00	332.00
13	450–500	456	335.00	335.00
9	550–600	558	285.00–312.00	308.86
6	600–650	636	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	449	353.00	353.00
10	500–550	537	320.00	320.00
3	600–650	643	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	458	340.00–365.00	354.90
5	550–600	574	325.00–357.00	334.53
3	600–650	633	335.00	335.00
3	650–700	662	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	441	340.00	340.00
8	450–500	471	372.50	372.50
10	500–550	537	310.00	310.00
8	550–600	559	369.00–390.00	379.55
43	600–650	623	299.00–370.00	331.33
3	650–700	667	265.00–341.00	290.26
31	750–800	767	252.00–280.50	277.47
3	850–900	864	262.00–264.00	263.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	379	318.00–341.00	333.98
10	400–450	441	358.00	358.00
16	450–500	458	320.00–353.00	350.84
12	500–550	544	297.00–311.50	301.80
3	600–650	627	263.00–283.00	273.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	335.00	335.00
16	450–500	457	330.00–345.00	337.49
19	500–550	541	289.00–318.00	314.94
1	550–600	570	294.00	294.00
10	600–650	639	268.00–283.00	278.46
5	700–750	711	264.00–267.00	266.40
2	800–850	835	238.00	238.00

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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