Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 28, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $366.95/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −52.45 against this barn's trailing median of $419.40.

Average price

$366.95

17 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$1.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.87

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	367.01	2,052	16thin
Medium and Large 2	535	366.00	1,958	1thin

One grade step is worth $1.01/cwt here — about $93 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

9 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $442.20, low $378.93, median $419.40 across 9 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

366.95

—

VA average8 barns · 260 hd

353.08

+13.87

This barn, trailing median9 sales

419.40

−52.45

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

22 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	600	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,030	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,784	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	367.01/cwt	364.00–370.00	2,052	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,456	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,017	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	380.66/cwt	359.00–386.00	2,116	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,257	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,157	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,471	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	332.99/cwt	332.99–332.99	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,806	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,362	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,958	1

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 20, 2025

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

Receipts 78Last week 82Year ago 104

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 28, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	400.00	400.00
16	550–600	559	364.00–370.00	367.01
1	600–650	600	285.00	285.00
3	650–700	659	308.00	308.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	348.00	348.00
1	500–550	535	366.00	366.00
3	650–700	655	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	332.99	332.99
2	400–450	440	331.00	331.00
4	450–500	459	338.00	338.00
10	550–600	559	323.00	323.00
1	600–650	640	293.00	293.00
1	750–800	765	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	351.00	351.00
4	400–450	430	342.00	342.00
2	600–650	640	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	430.00	430.00
1	500–550	515	401.00	401.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	420.00	420.00
5	550–600	556	359.00–386.00	380.66
9	600–650	643	351.00	351.00
1	700–750	720	328.00	328.00

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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