Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 36, Bulls 8)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.91/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −80.18 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$308.91

11 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$26.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.03

vs VA average

−20.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	311.30	1,721	10thin
Medium and Large 2	575	285.00	1,639	1thin

One grade step is worth $26.30/cwt here — about $82 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 sale11 hd

308.91

—

VA average8 barns · 544 hd

320.94

−12.03

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−20.43

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−80.18

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	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,707	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,895	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,267	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,008	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,498	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	310.41/cwt	308.00–311.00	1,344	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,042	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,749	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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 64Last week 76Year ago 66

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 36, Bulls 8)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	535	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	565	296.00	296.00
1	650–700	650	279.00	279.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	352.00	352.00
11	450–500	461	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	515	287.00	287.00
9	550–600	557	314.00	314.00
3	600–650	630	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	352.00	352.00
1	350–400	370	200.00	200.00
5	400–450	433	308.00–311.00	310.41
1	550–600	575	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	625	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	448	381.00	381.00
4	550–600	564	336.00	336.00
3	650–700	667	301.00	301.00
2	700–750	748	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	381.00	381.00

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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