Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 65, Bulls 27)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.64/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −73.45 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$315.64

22 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$14

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

$20.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.05

vs VA average

−5.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	320.19	1,652	17thin
Medium and Large 2	555	300.15	1,666	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.04/cwt here — about −$14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale22 hd

315.64

—

VA average10 barns · 568 hd

315.68

−0.05

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−5.54

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−73.45

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	500–550	513	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,231	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,160	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,970	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	301.73/cwt	218.00–351.00	1,415	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	333.99/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,264	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,189	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	1,778	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,117	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,977	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	318.79/cwt	317.00–324.00	1,476	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,225	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	303.45/cwt	231.00–322.00	1,408	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,361	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	300.15/cwt	289.00–303.00	1,666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	276.42/cwt	266.00–283.00	1,744	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	360.05/cwt	358.00–373.00	1,876	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	339.14/cwt	251.00–362.00	1,546	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,939	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	320.19/cwt	307.00–340.00	1,652	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,394	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 Apr 14, 2025

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

Receipts 139Last week 299Year ago 91

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 65, Bulls 27)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	273.00	273.00
9	450–500	469	218.00–351.00	301.73
2	500–550	513	342.00	342.00
2	600–650	648	190.00	190.00
3	650–700	650	303.00	303.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	456	251.00–362.00	339.14
2	500–550	535	344.00	344.00
1	600–650	640	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
10	450–500	466	381.50	381.50
22	500–550	521	358.00–373.00	360.05
3	600–650	613	363.00	363.00
4	650–700	678	325.00–337.00	333.99
2	700–750	708	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	407.50	407.50
3	500–550	530	373.00	373.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	357.00	357.00
5	350–400	379	359.00	359.00
10	450–500	464	231.00–322.00	303.45
17	500–550	516	307.00–340.00	320.19
12	600–650	631	266.00–283.00	276.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	364.00	364.00
8	450–500	463	317.00–324.00	318.79
5	550–600	555	289.00–303.00	300.15
2	600–650	600	279.00	279.00

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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