Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 85, Heifers 73, Bulls 15)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.54/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −94.05 against this barn's trailing median of $459.59.

Average price

$365.54

21 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$8.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.09

vs VA average

−24.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	373.00	2,089	3thin
Medium and Large 1	549	364.30	1,999	18thin

One grade step is worth $8.70/cwt here — about $90 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.00, low $393.00, median $459.59 across 14 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 sale21 hd

365.54

—

VA average8 barns · 305 hd

371.64

−6.09

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−24.48

This barn, trailing median14 sales

459.59

−94.05

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

32 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	400–450	445	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,870	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	375.24/cwt	350.00–379.00	1,756	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,195	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	308.51/cwt	286.00–311.00	2,616	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	299.13/cwt	255.00–314.00	2,181	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,801	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	330.99/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	310.08/cwt	307.00–314.00	1,969	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	372.15/cwt	371.00–376.00	2,062	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,268	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	309.40/cwt	303.00–311.00	2,333	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,355	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,560	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	297.99/cwt	294.00–300.00	2,733	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,174	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,089	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	386.32/cwt	376.00–389.00	1,854	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	348.85/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,302	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	343.89/cwt	303.00–354.00	1,840	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	335.33/cwt	333.00–336.00	1,526	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	290.57/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,947	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	316.74/cwt	314.00–325.00	1,970	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	326.26/cwt	324.00–327.00	1,873	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,181	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	312.75/cwt	312.75–312.75	1,983	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,825	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 Aug 4, 2025

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

Receipts 173Last week 105Year ago 269

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 85, Heifers 73, Bulls 15)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	367.00	367.00
8	450–500	468	350.00–379.00	375.24
2	550–600	560	334.00	334.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	351.00	351.00
3	500–550	540	349.00	349.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	430	337.00	337.00
6	450–500	463	337.00	337.00
2	500–550	515	330.00–332.00	330.99
11	550–600	554	325.00	325.00
17	600–650	635	307.00–314.00	310.08
3	700–750	732	298.00	298.00
1	750–800	770	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	455	333.00–336.00	335.33
2	500–550	548	333.00	333.00
8	550–600	574	324.00–327.00	326.26
7	600–650	634	312.75	312.75
2	650–700	670	281.00–300.00	290.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	386.00	386.00
5	500–550	535	303.00–354.00	343.89
13	550–600	554	371.00–376.00	372.15
19	600–650	648	350.00	350.00
6	650–700	660	343.00–350.00	348.85
4	700–750	729	255.00–314.00	299.13
5	750–800	754	303.00–311.00	309.40
10	800–850	848	286.00–311.00	308.51
6	900–950	917	294.00–300.00	297.99
1	1100–1150	1,100	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	480	376.00–389.00	386.32
3	550–600	560	373.00	373.00
4	600–650	622	314.00–325.00	316.74
1	800–850	805	270.00	270.00

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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