Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 161, Heifers 102, Bulls 60)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $377.26/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −83.68 against this barn's trailing median of $460.94.

Average price

$377.26

74 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$14

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

$5.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.39

vs VA average

−68.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	380.77	2,050	23
Medium and Large 1	549	375.68	2,064	51

One grade step is worth $5.09/cwt here — about −$14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale74 hd

377.26

—

VA average8 barns · 494 hd

379.65

−2.39

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−68.59

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.94

−83.68

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

38 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	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	318.41/cwt	270.00–337.00	2,016	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	389.17/cwt	386.00–390.00	1,790	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,996	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,318	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	334.61/cwt	330.00–358.00	1,780	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,971	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	298.74/cwt	282.00–307.00	1,852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	324.04/cwt	315.00–333.00	1,857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	387.46/cwt	366.00–400.00	2,073	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,590	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,254	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,937	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	324.02/cwt	309.00–339.00	1,461	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	320.79/cwt	315.00–339.00	1,546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	336.02/cwt	328.50–358.00	1,821	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,021	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	903	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,799	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,071	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	327.07/cwt	300.00–336.00	1,858	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,938	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	296.01/cwt	295.00–297.00	2,708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,857	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	305.76/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,932	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	317.25/cwt	313.00–325.00	2,310	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,685	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	363.79/cwt	361.00–373.50	2,023	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	303.21/cwt	299.00–308.00	2,207	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	347.62/cwt	316.00–352.00	2,190	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	378.23/cwt	350.00–379.25	2,073	42

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 Oct 6, 2025

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

Receipts 323Last week 150Year ago 346

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 161, Heifers 102, Bulls 60)

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	433	354.00	354.00
15	450–500	460	386.00–390.00	389.17
1	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
22	550–600	553	361.00	361.00
10	600–650	633	270.00–337.00	318.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	379.00	379.00
2	450–500	485	368.00	368.00
5	550–600	561	331.00	331.00
2	650–700	650	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	374.00	374.00
4	400–450	435	303.00	303.00
4	450–500	482	315.00–339.00	320.79
31	500–550	542	328.50–358.00	336.02
8	550–600	568	300.00–336.00	327.07
16	600–650	632	305.00–307.00	305.76
11	650–700	668	310.00	310.00
4	700–750	728	299.00–308.00	303.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	376.00	376.00
2	400–450	430	276.00	276.00
8	450–500	451	309.00–339.00	324.02
6	500–550	532	330.00–358.00	334.61
2	550–600	573	315.00–333.00	324.04
3	600–650	620	282.00–307.00	298.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	424.00	424.00
4	450–500	453	435.00	435.00
19	500–550	535	366.00–400.00	387.46
4	550–600	555	349.00	349.00
3	600–650	620	326.00	326.00
12	650–700	663	340.00	340.00
9	750–800	755	343.00	343.00
5	900–950	903	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	467	415.00	415.00
42	500–550	548	350.00–379.25	378.23
9	550–600	556	361.00–373.50	363.79
20	600–650	630	316.00–352.00	347.62
11	700–750	728	313.00–325.00	317.25
5	800–850	825	325.50	325.50
2	900–950	915	295.00–297.00	296.01

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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