Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 26, Bulls 9)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.20/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −55.89 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$333.20

5 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$82

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

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.94

vs VA average

−1.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	334.00	1,754	3thin
Medium and Large 1	553	332.00	1,836	2thin

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about −$82 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

333.20

—

VA average7 barns · 398 hd

330.26

+2.94

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

−1.06

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−55.89

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

16 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 2	450–500	455	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	996	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,150	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,064	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,596	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,443	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,018	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,821	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,824	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,897	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,803	2

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 55Last week 64Year ago 36

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 26, Bulls 9)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	260.00	260.00
6	450–500	455	338.00	338.00
3	500–550	525	334.00	334.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	261.00	261.00
8	400–450	442	361.00	361.00
2	550–600	553	332.00	332.00
1	600–650	605	301.00	301.00
2	700–750	740	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	453	399.00	399.00
11	500–550	546	378.00	378.00
4	600–650	638	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	469	389.00	389.00
2	500–550	543	332.00	332.00
3	600–650	618	307.00	307.00

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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