Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 34, Bulls 35)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $373.50/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −45.90 against this barn's trailing median of $419.40.

Average price

$373.50

11 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$23.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.42

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	380.00	2,113	8thin
Medium and Large 2	564	356.18	2,009	3thin

One grade step is worth $23.82/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $442.20, low $378.93, median $419.40 across 9 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 sale11 hd

373.50

—

VA average8 barns · 339 hd

390.92

−17.42

This barn, trailing median9 sales

419.40

−45.90

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

21 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	650–700	660	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,167	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	432.89/cwt	430.00–434.00	2,004	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,113	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	341.16/cwt	330.00–346.00	2,173	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,185	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,360	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	445.54/cwt	432.00–450.00	1,978	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,041	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,211	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,844	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	308.61/cwt	276.00–319.00	2,268	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,708	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	352.03/cwt	347.00–357.00	1,954	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	356.18/cwt	341.00–364.00	2,009	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,528	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 Sep 8, 2025

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

Receipts 89Last week 269Year ago 55

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 34, Bulls 35)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	463	430.00–434.00	432.89
8	550–600	556	380.00	380.00
10	600–650	637	330.00–346.00	341.16
1	650–700	660	290.00	290.00
5	700–750	706	307.00	307.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	420.00	420.00
3	550–600	564	341.00–364.00	356.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	401.00	401.00
9	450–500	453	377.00	377.00
10	550–600	555	347.00–357.00	352.03
3	650–700	658	336.00	336.00
4	700–750	735	276.00–319.00	308.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	310.00	310.00
4	500–550	515	358.00	358.00
1	600–650	610	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	444	432.00–450.00	445.54
1	500–550	540	378.00	378.00
8	550–600	556	393.00	393.00
3	650–700	652	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	487	419.00	419.00
1	600–650	605	256.00	256.00

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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