Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 103, Bulls 12)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.08/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −63.01 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$326.08

52 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$6.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.91

vs VA average

−6.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	326.32	1,806	50
Medium and Large 2	540	320.00	1,728	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.32/cwt here — about $78 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 sale52 hd

326.08

—

VA average8 barns · 459 hd

323.17

+2.91

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−6.74

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−63.01

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

23 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	650–700	653	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,744	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,201	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	322.00/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,745	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	346.98/cwt	315.00–355.00	2,196	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,277	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,544	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,819	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,917	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,619	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,178	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	396.44/cwt	358.00–402.00	1,816	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,933	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	376.84/cwt	361.00–380.00	2,118	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	318.70/cwt	314.00–326.00	2,317	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,324	8

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 May 5, 2025

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

Receipts 209Last week 64Year ago 442

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 103, Bulls 12)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	371.00	371.00
3	500–550	523	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	653	302.00	302.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	371.00	371.00
1	600–650	605	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	312.00	312.00
11	450–500	455	335.00	335.00
32	500–550	542	320.00–325.00	322.00
18	550–600	574	334.00	334.00
12	600–650	636	286.00	286.00
8	650–700	653	296.00	296.00
1	700–750	730	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	348.00	348.00
8	400–450	441	350.00	350.00
7	450–500	464	349.00	349.00
2	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	375.00	375.00
5	600–650	633	315.00–355.00	346.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	458	358.00–402.00	396.44
42	550–600	562	361.00–380.00	376.84
15	600–650	633	344.00	344.00
8	650–700	662	200.00	200.00
5	700–750	727	314.00–326.00	318.70

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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