Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 63, Bulls 23)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $377.79/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −81.81 against this barn's trailing median of $459.59.

Average price

$377.79

33 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,090

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$35.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.60

vs VA average

−44.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	383.14	2,120	28
Medium and Large 2	553	347.80	1,924	5thin

One grade step is worth $35.34/cwt here — about $196 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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.00, low $393.00, median $459.59 across 14 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 sale33 hd

377.79

—

VA average8 barns · 337 hd

382.39

−4.60

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−44.86

This barn, trailing median14 sales

459.59

−81.81

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

26 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	572	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,071	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	385.38/cwt	330.00–400.00	1,807	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,207	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,440	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,997	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,906	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,241	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,907	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,012	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	343.80/cwt	315.00–358.00	1,960	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	272.66/cwt	272.00–273.00	1,731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,127	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,769	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,550	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	391.57/cwt	321.00–417.00	1,829	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	352.48/cwt	324.00–355.00	1,614	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	316.99/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,648	3

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 150Last week 74Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 63, Bulls 23)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	469	330.00–400.00	385.38
3	550–600	572	362.00	362.00
8	650–700	651	339.00	339.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	570	315.00–358.00	343.80
3	600–650	635	272.00–273.00	272.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	381.00	381.00
13	450–500	458	324.00–355.00	352.48
14	500–550	546	349.00	349.00
7	550–600	569	351.00	351.00
3	650–700	675	298.00	298.00
1	700–750	710	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	456	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	520	300.00–325.00	316.99
2	550–600	560	324.00	324.00
3	650–700	660	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	415.00	415.00
10	450–500	454	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	535	360.00	360.00
27	550–600	554	384.00	384.00
14	600–650	642	349.00	349.00
1	750–800	765	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	467	321.00–417.00	391.57
2	500–550	525	379.00	379.00
3	550–600	572	327.00	327.00
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00

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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