Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 92, Bulls 59)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $379.10/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −81.84 against this barn's trailing median of $460.94.

Average price

$379.10

26 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,073

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$15.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.25

vs VA average

−40.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	565	391.00	2,209	6thin
Medium and Large 1	541	375.53	2,032	20

One grade step is worth $15.47/cwt here — about $177 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

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 sale26 hd

379.10

—

VA average7 barns · 308 hd

368.85

+10.25

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−40.00

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.94

−81.84

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

31 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	650–700	659	315.68/cwt	314.00–316.00	2,080	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	1,707	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	348.84/cwt	346.00–349.00	1,943	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	298.86/cwt	250.00–330.00	1,653	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,890	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	375.54/cwt	375.00–377.00	2,020	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,306	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	288.42/cwt	250.00–301.00	1,901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	383.08/cwt	377.00–385.00	1,854	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,209	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,858	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,483	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	375.47/cwt	361.00–391.00	2,140	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,276	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,045	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,082	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	322.22/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,801	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	308.29/cwt	296.00–315.00	2,278	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	334.02/cwt	328.00–335.00	1,466	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	363.11/cwt	354.00–366.00	2,324	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,943	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	346.31/cwt	341.00–347.00	2,261	18

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 Nov 3, 2025

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

Receipts 262Last week 70Year ago 208

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 92, Bulls 59)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	462	369.50	369.50
19	550–600	557	346.00–349.00	348.84
13	650–700	659	314.00–316.00	315.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	324.00	324.00
1	450–500	485	230.00	230.00
4	500–550	545	341.00	341.00
3	600–650	637	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	350.00	350.00
7	400–450	439	328.00–335.00	334.02
2	450–500	478	337.00	337.00
3	500–550	530	315.00	315.00
31	550–600	553	250.00–330.00	298.86
10	600–650	635	306.00	306.00
1	650–700	650	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	315.00	315.00
13	400–450	444	334.00	334.00
2	450–500	470	334.00	334.00
11	550–600	559	315.00–325.00	322.22
4	650–700	659	250.00–301.00	288.42
3	700–750	733	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	385.00	385.00
18	500–550	538	375.00–377.00	375.54
2	550–600	570	361.00–391.00	375.47
25	600–650	640	354.00–366.00	363.11
18	650–700	653	341.00–347.00	346.31
12	700–750	739	296.00–315.00	308.29
11	900–950	945	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	484	377.00–385.00	383.08
6	550–600	565	391.00	391.00
7	600–650	643	354.00	354.00
3	700–750	732	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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