Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 26, Bulls 17)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $376.50/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −84.44 against this barn's trailing median of $460.94.

Average price

$376.50

4 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,107

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$95

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

$14.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.12

vs VA average

−40.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	380.00	2,082	3thin
Medium and Large 2	595	366.00	2,178	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about −$95 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

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 sale4 hd

376.50

—

VA average9 barns · 473 hd

396.62

−20.12

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−40.59

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.94

−84.44

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

29 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	550–600	580	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,120	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	365.51/cwt	351.00–375.00	1,959	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,973	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	346.47/cwt	343.00–353.00	1,781	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,032	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,082	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,314	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,590	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	350.64/cwt	332.50–357.00	2,497	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,945	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	291.53/cwt	283.00–300.00	2,151	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,946	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 22, 2025

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

Receipts 74Last week 156Year ago 191

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 26, Bulls 17)

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	425	414.00	414.00
5	500–550	536	351.00–375.00	365.51
1	550–600	580	310.00	310.00
4	600–650	620	342.00	342.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	386.00	386.00
2	450–500	453	406.00	406.00
1	500–550	530	372.00	372.00
1	550–600	575	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	370.00	370.00
3	450–500	482	344.00	344.00
1	500–550	515	225.00	225.00
8	550–600	554	351.00	351.00
2	600–650	608	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	675	301.00	301.00
2	700–750	738	283.00–300.00	291.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	460	316.00	316.00
3	500–550	514	343.00–353.00	346.47
1	750–800	780	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	387.00	387.00
1	550–600	595	366.00	366.00
2	650–700	690	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	765	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	445	415.00	415.00
2	450–500	460	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	548	380.00	380.00
2	600–650	635	350.00	350.00
8	700–750	712	332.50–357.00	350.64
4	850–900	884	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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