Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 58, Bulls 53)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.45/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −50.63 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$338.45

11 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,877

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$31

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

$4.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.27

vs VA average

−21.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	339.22	1,871	9thin
Medium and Large 2	568	335.00	1,903	2thin

One grade step is worth $4.22/cwt here — about −$31 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale11 hd

338.45

—

VA average8 barns · 600 hd

345.73

−7.27

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−21.21

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−50.63

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

31 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	663	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,890	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,141	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	444.50/cwt	444.50–444.50	2,022	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	360.06/cwt	345.00–363.00	1,944	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	336.95/cwt	331.00–338.50	2,564	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,321	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,618	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,203	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,259	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,103	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,920	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,080	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,235	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,092	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,963	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,001	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	424.21/cwt	412.00–429.00	1,892	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,291	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,013	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,204	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	873	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,602	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 15, 2025

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

Receipts 156Last week 89Year ago 91

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 58, Bulls 53)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	455	444.50	444.50
18	500–550	540	345.00–363.00	360.06
8	600–650	645	332.00	332.00
3	650–700	663	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	446	412.00–429.00	424.21
2	550–600	573	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	385.00	385.00
6	550–600	586	376.00	376.00
7	600–650	636	365.00	365.00
2	700–750	728	307.00	307.00
10	750–800	761	331.00–338.50	336.95
2	900–950	900	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	528	379.00	379.00
5	550–600	581	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	631	319.00	319.00
2	650–700	655	347.00	347.00
2	700–750	718	307.00	307.00
2	850–900	873	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	342.00	342.00
1	400–450	430	360.00	360.00
10	450–500	476	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	525	285.00	285.00
8	550–600	555	346.00	346.00
11	600–650	628	312.50	312.50
7	750–800	771	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	347.00	347.00
2	450–500	453	285.00	285.00
2	550–600	568	335.00	335.00
10	600–650	647	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	663	296.00	296.00
2	700–750	710	293.00	293.00

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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