Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 46, Bulls 8)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $291.92/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −97.17 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$291.92

16 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$7.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.57

vs VA average

−38.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	293.89	1,606	12thin
Medium and Large 2	555	286.00	1,587	4thin

One grade step is worth $7.89/cwt here — about $19 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 sale16 hd

291.92

—

VA average8 barns · 338 hd

308.49

−16.57

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−38.03

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−97.17

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

18 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	500	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,970	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,580	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	278.56/cwt	249.00–294.00	1,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	302.25/cwt	260.00–325.00	1,412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,587	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	367.59/cwt	361.00–369.00	1,717	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,618	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,007	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	261.18/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,763	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,806	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,505	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	351.57/cwt	351.00–352.00	1,452	9

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 76Last week 139Year ago 62

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 46, Bulls 8)

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	402	393.00	393.00
1	500–550	500	351.00	351.00
2	550–600	588	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	380.00	380.00
9	400–450	413	351.00–352.00	351.57
7	450–500	456	330.00	330.00
9	500–550	541	299.00	299.00
3	550–600	563	249.00–294.00	278.56
4	650–700	675	255.00–267.00	261.18
4	700–750	700	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	265.00	265.00
3	450–500	467	260.00–325.00	302.25
4	550–600	555	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	467	361.00–369.00	367.59
7	500–550	543	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	648	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	353.00	353.00

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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