Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 51, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $372.63/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −86.97 against this barn's trailing median of $459.59.

Average price

$372.63

25 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$11.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.22

vs VA average

−56.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	373.55	2,081	23
Medium and Large 2	515	362.00	1,864	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.55/cwt here — about $217 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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.00, low $393.00, median $459.59 across 14 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 sale25 hd

372.63

—

VA average3 barns · 109 hd

362.41

+10.22

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−56.52

This barn, trailing median14 sales

459.59

−86.97

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

27 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	653	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,126	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,904	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	327.13/cwt	325.00–338.00	1,995	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,757	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,775	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,864	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	305.67/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,486	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	1,402	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	374.49/cwt	371.00–376.50	2,116	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	371.41/cwt	359.00–373.50	2,002	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	279.49/cwt	211.00–297.00	1,193	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	327.98/cwt	314.00–335.00	1,243	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	340.13/cwt	340.00–341.00	2,231	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	335.31/cwt	333.00–335.50	2,146	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	1,669	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,976	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	2,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,794	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,957	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 Dec 1, 2025

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

Receipts 143Last week 262Year ago 171

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 51, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	460	382.00	382.00
6	550–600	552	345.00	345.00
6	600–650	610	325.00–338.00	327.13
4	650–700	653	325.50	325.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	486	300.00–330.00	305.67
1	600–650	600	319.00	319.00
1	650–700	650	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	338.00	338.00
1	400–450	420	301.00	301.00
9	450–500	462	303.50	303.50
10	550–600	550	303.50	303.50
4	650–700	656	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	379	314.00–335.00	327.98
5	400–450	427	211.00–297.00	279.49
2	550–600	555	252.00	252.00
1	600–650	630	254.00	254.00
5	650–700	655	271.00	271.00
7	700–750	740	267.00	267.00
1	850–900	870	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	453	396.00	396.00
7	500–550	539	359.00–373.50	371.41
16	550–600	565	371.00–376.50	374.49
13	600–650	640	333.00–335.50	335.31
8	650–700	656	340.00–341.00	340.13
3	700–750	743	301.50	301.50
1	750–800	780	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	362.00	362.00

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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