Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 18, Bulls 9)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $397.19/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −63.75 against this barn's trailing median of $460.94.

Average price

$397.19

18 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+13.76

vs VA average

−2.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	397.19	2,077	18thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale18 hd

397.19

—

VA average8 barns · 279 hd

383.43

+13.76

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

−2.70

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.94

−63.75

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

14 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	440	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,031	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,009	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	365.41/cwt	362.00–367.00	1,765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	344.93/cwt	342.00–349.00	2,332	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	400.83/cwt	365.00–415.00	2,052	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,295	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	332.87/cwt	312.00–344.00	1,927	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,187	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,848	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 Aug 18, 2025

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

Receipts 71Last week 173Year ago 94

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 18, Bulls 9)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	381.00	381.00
2	550–600	555	366.00	366.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	362.00–367.00	365.41
2	500–550	505	354.00	354.00
9	550–600	579	312.00–344.00	332.87
1	600–650	620	285.00	285.00
2	650–700	650	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
15	500–550	512	365.00–415.00	400.83
3	550–600	577	379.00	379.00
15	600–650	612	375.00	375.00
7	650–700	676	342.00–349.00	344.93
1	700–750	700	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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