Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 31, Bulls 17)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.20/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −67.89 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$321.20

5 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$14.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.94

vs VA average

−18.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	324.00	1,814	4thin
Medium and Large 2	545	310.00	1,690	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $125 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 sale5 hd

321.20

—

VA average9 barns · 539 hd

327.14

−5.94

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

−18.68

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−67.89

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

21 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,475	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,177	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	401.50/cwt	400.00–403.00	1,706	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,169	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,729	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,949	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	382.14/cwt	371.00–386.00	2,190	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,676	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,879	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,846	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,511	1

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 12, 2025

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

Receipts 64Last week 209Year ago 60

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 31, Bulls 17)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	366	403.00	403.00
5	400–450	447	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	490	331.00	331.00
2	500–550	540	324.00	324.00
2	550–600	580	324.00	324.00
3	600–650	638	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	718	278.00	278.00
2	950–1000	953	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	403.00	403.00
4	450–500	466	371.00	371.00
1	500–550	545	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	400.00–403.00	401.50
8	500–550	549	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	570	382.00	382.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	435.00	435.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	426	413.00	413.00
1	450–500	490	391.00	391.00
4	550–600	573	371.00–386.00	382.14
1	600–650	635	348.00	348.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	403.00	403.00
3	600–650	618	367.00	367.00

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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