Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 30, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.42/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −91.52 against this barn's trailing median of $460.94.

Average price

$369.42

15 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$20.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.40

vs VA average

−9.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	381.50	2,095	6thin
Medium and Large 2	530	361.36	1,915	9thin

One grade step is worth $20.14/cwt here — about $180 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 sale15 hd

369.42

—

VA average3 barns · 91 hd

368.02

+1.40

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−9.71

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.94

−91.52

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

29 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	600–650	648	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,905	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,693	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	355.56/cwt	333.50–367.00	1,860	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	337.35/cwt	334.00–343.00	2,115	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,683	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	361.36/cwt	347.00–375.00	1,915	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	326.98/cwt	325.00–331.00	1,700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	332.64/cwt	305.00–360.00	1,607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	330.03/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,901	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	315.30/cwt	243.00–338.00	1,980	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	331.54/cwt	331.00–335.00	1,472	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	383.00/cwt	363.00–388.00	2,107	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	332.94/cwt	329.00–334.00	1,229	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,246	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	312.19/cwt	311.00–314.00	1,970	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,379	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,596	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	321.68/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,038	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 Jul 7, 2025

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

Receipts 112Last week 14Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 30, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	469	361.00	361.00
14	500–550	523	333.50–367.00	355.56
4	600–650	648	294.00	294.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	305.00–360.00	332.64
1	500–550	540	328.00	328.00
1	550–600	590	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	329.00–334.00	332.94
7	400–450	444	331.00–335.00	331.54
3	550–600	562	315.00–325.00	321.68
5	600–650	631	311.00–314.00	312.19
2	750–800	755	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	325.00–335.00	330.03
2	450–500	478	331.00	331.00
3	500–550	520	325.00–331.00	326.98
1	700–750	715	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	367.00	367.00
1	450–500	465	379.00	379.00
1	500–550	545	374.00	374.00
5	550–600	550	363.00–388.00	383.00
3	600–650	627	334.00–343.00	337.35
5	650–700	651	345.00	345.00
6	700–750	741	321.00	321.00
3	750–800	763	312.00	312.00
4	800–850	840	309.00	309.00
4	1000–1050	1,040	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	444	379.00	379.00
2	450–500	480	396.00	396.00
9	500–550	530	347.00–375.00	361.36
4	600–650	628	243.00–338.00	315.30

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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