Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 29, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.55/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −70.54 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$318.55

11 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$1.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.25

vs VA average

−56.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	319.00	1,828	6thin
Medium and Large 2	563	318.00	1,790	5thin

One grade step is worth $1.00/cwt here — about $38 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

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 sale11 hd

318.55

—

VA average10 barns · 723 hd

328.79

−10.25

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−56.34

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−70.54

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

20 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	400–450	418	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,413	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	291.52/cwt	261.00–331.00	1,533	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,519	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,828	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,790	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,125	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,309	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,629	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,274	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,350	8

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 70Last week 78Year ago 48

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 29, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	359	423.00	423.00
3	400–450	418	338.00	338.00
7	500–550	526	261.00–331.00	291.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	319.00	319.00
4	500–550	533	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	428	318.00	318.00
6	550–600	573	319.00	319.00
1	650–700	675	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	780	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	351.00	351.00
7	400–450	441	289.00	289.00
5	550–600	563	318.00	318.00
1	600–650	620	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	358.00	358.00
1	500–550	515	369.00	369.00
2	600–650	640	332.00	332.00
1	700–750	705	332.00	332.00
8	950–1000	959	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	330.00	330.00

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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