Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 114, Bulls 52)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.52/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −39.57 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$349.52

51 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$29

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

$4.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.80

vs VA average

−21.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	537	352.66	1,894	13thin
Medium and Large 1	552	348.44	1,923	38

One grade step is worth $4.22/cwt here — about −$29 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 sale51 hd

349.52

—

VA average6 barns · 297 hd

340.72

+8.80

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

−21.99

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−39.57

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	450–500	485	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,980	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,221	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,127	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	417.51/cwt	402.25–473.00	2,246	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	366.12/cwt	361.00–367.00	1,673	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	360.64/cwt	360.00–361.50	2,283	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,187	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	311.94/cwt	311.00–326.00	2,015	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,345	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	439.69/cwt	390.00–450.00	2,005	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,168	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	322.90/cwt	312.00–344.00	2,377	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,023	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,181	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	415.53/cwt	400.00–422.00	2,219	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	339.12/cwt	324.00–344.00	1,841	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	349.54/cwt	349.00–353.50	1,933	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	352.66/cwt	325.00–358.00	1,894	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,100	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	399.50/cwt	399.50–399.50	2,097	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,562	7

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 Sep 1, 2025

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

Receipts 269Last week 71Year ago 327

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 114, Bulls 52)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	446	444.00	444.00
1	450–500	485	439.00	439.00
18	500–550	544	391.00	391.00
1	550–600	575	391.00	391.00
17	600–650	639	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	439.00	439.00
5	500–550	525	399.50	399.50
1	650–700	695	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	456	390.00–450.00	439.69
29	500–550	538	402.25–473.00	417.51
1	550–600	565	387.00	387.00
23	600–650	633	360.00–361.50	360.64
6	700–750	736	312.00–344.00	322.90
1	750–800	750	289.00	289.00
8	900–950	945	328.00	328.00
7	950–1000	972	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	460.00	460.00
10	500–550	534	400.00–422.00	415.53
2	550–600	590	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	457	361.00–367.00	366.12
4	500–550	543	324.00–344.00	339.12
34	550–600	553	349.00–353.50	349.54
21	600–650	646	311.00–326.00	311.94
2	650–700	665	304.00	304.00
3	700–750	732	298.00	298.00
8	750–800	754	311.00	311.00
1	800–850	800	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	388.00	388.00
7	400–450	429	364.00	364.00
3	450–500	477	361.00	361.00
13	500–550	537	325.00–358.00	352.66
3	600–650	635	250.00	250.00

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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