Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 36, Bulls 19)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $374.59/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −86.35 against this barn's trailing median of $460.94.

Average price

$374.59

26 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$4.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.44

vs VA average

−3.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	565	379.00	2,141	1thin
Medium and Large 1	566	374.41	2,118	25

One grade step is worth $4.59/cwt here — about $24 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.00, low $397.38, median $460.94 across 13 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 sale26 hd

374.59

—

VA average5 barns · 376 hd

364.15

+10.44

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−3.99

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.94

−86.35

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

24 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	450–500	470	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,038	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,018	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,847	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,612	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,141	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,342	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	396.03/cwt	390.00–409.00	1,826	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,956	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,892	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	399.50/cwt	399.50–399.50	1,738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,299	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,942	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	330.45/cwt	326.00–331.00	1,761	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,626	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,490	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	379.78/cwt	378.00–381.00	2,203	17

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 Jun 2, 2025

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

Receipts 119Last week 55Year ago 228

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 36, Bulls 19)

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	430	369.00	369.00
1	450–500	470	369.00	369.00
4	500–550	544	371.00	371.00
3	600–650	633	322.00	322.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	399.50	399.50
3	550–600	563	336.00	336.00
1	650–700	650	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	470	346.00	346.00
9	500–550	533	326.00–331.00	330.45
2	650–700	655	287.00	287.00
1	700–750	745	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	454	355.00	355.00
4	500–550	544	334.00	334.00
3	550–600	558	331.00	331.00
1	600–650	625	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	377.00	377.00
1	550–600	565	379.00	379.00
2	600–650	628	373.00	373.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	461	390.00–409.00	396.03
8	500–550	535	363.00	363.00
17	550–600	580	378.00–381.00	379.78
5	600–650	613	375.00	375.00
4	650–700	663	295.00	295.00
8	750–800	778	320.00	320.00

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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