Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 20, Bulls 2)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.56/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 3 of 18 comparable sales and sits −38.53 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$350.56

9 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$6.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.10

vs VA average

+9.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	351.25	1,929	8thin
Medium and Large 2	525	345.00	1,811	1thin

One grade step is worth $6.25/cwt here — about $118 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 sale9 hd

350.56

—

VA average8 barns · 527 hd

327.45

+23.10

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

+9.64

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−38.53

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

13 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	550–600	575	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,797	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,179	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	315.79/cwt	294.00–339.00	1,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,978	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	316.41/cwt	289.00–330.00	1,924	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,811	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,094	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,949	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	348.92/cwt	285.00–362.00	1,968	6

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 9, 2025

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

Receipts 38Last week 119Year ago 86

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 20, Bulls 2)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	286.00	286.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	294.00–339.00	315.79
1	500–550	530	339.00	339.00
7	550–600	552	353.00	353.00
3	600–650	632	313.00	313.00
5	650–700	667	314.00	314.00
1	750–800	770	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	564	285.00–362.00	348.92
3	600–650	608	289.00–330.00	316.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	483	375.00	375.00
2	500–550	538	294.00	294.00

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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