Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 44, Bulls 25)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.93/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −68.16 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$320.93

17 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$24.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.17

vs VA average

−76.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	328.09	1,806	12thin
Medium and Large 2	537	303.76	1,631	5thin

One grade step is worth $24.32/cwt here — about $175 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

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 sale17 hd

320.93

—

VA average10 barns · 520 hd

326.10

−5.17

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−76.93

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−68.16

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

23 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	600–650	622	323.11/cwt	317.00–326.00	2,010	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,062	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	392.44/cwt	350.00–399.00	1,844	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,213	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	303.76/cwt	301.00–315.00	1,631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,388	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	368.62/cwt	368.00–370.00	1,401	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,976	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	329.82/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,804	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	316.61/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,976	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,073	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,050	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,230	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,568	4

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 13, 2025

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

Receipts 82Last week 323Year ago 102

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 44, Bulls 25)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	470	350.00–399.00	392.44
5	500–550	547	377.00	377.00
3	600–650	622	317.00–326.00	323.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
5	550–600	552	358.00	358.00
1	650–700	655	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	368.00–370.00	368.62
1	400–450	435	308.00	308.00
4	450–500	478	328.00	328.00
11	500–550	547	329.00–330.00	329.82
1	550–600	590	309.00	309.00
6	650–700	658	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	700	298.00	298.00
4	750–800	771	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	351.00	351.00
4	400–450	431	322.00	322.00
5	500–550	537	301.00–315.00	303.76
3	600–650	624	310.00–320.00	316.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	401.00	401.00
4	500–550	541	379.00	379.00
6	600–650	637	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	775	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	315.00	315.00

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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