Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 56, Bulls 24)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.88/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −70.21 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$318.88

16 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$6.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.58

vs VA average

−19.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	321.20	1,792	10thin
Medium and Large 2	565	315.00	1,780	6thin

One grade step is worth $6.20/cwt here — about $13 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

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 sale16 hd

318.88

—

VA average9 barns · 320 hd

325.46

−6.58

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

−19.87

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−70.21

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

22 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	473	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,689	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,931	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,007	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,160	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	314.25/cwt	299.00–321.75	1,942	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,141	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,343	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,828	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	2,120	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	341.17/cwt	325.00–343.00	1,511	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	321.20/cwt	320.00–324.00	1,792	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,512	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,279	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 14, 2025

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

Receipts 105Last week 112Year ago 55

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 56, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	357.00	357.00
6	550–600	558	346.00	346.00
6	650–700	678	296.00	296.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	359.00	359.00
1	500–550	525	288.00	288.00
2	550–600	558	300.00	300.00
4	650–700	654	279.50	279.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	443	325.00–343.00	341.17
10	550–600	558	320.00–324.00	321.20
19	600–650	618	299.00–321.75	314.25
4	700–750	720	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	328.00	328.00
5	400–450	446	339.00	339.00
6	550–600	565	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	665	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	378.00	378.00
12	550–600	563	376.50	376.50
6	700–750	710	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	770	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	396.00	396.00
1	600–650	620	346.00	346.00
1	700–750	735	325.00	325.00

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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