Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 28, Bulls 8)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.57/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −59.52 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$329.57

7 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.67

vs VA average

−60.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	331.00	1,852	6thin
Medium and Large 2	510	321.00	1,637	1thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $215 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 sale7 hd

329.57

—

VA average8 barns · 332 hd

339.24

−9.67

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−60.34

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−59.52

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

17 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 2	550–600	580	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,991	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,555	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,545	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	2,421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,181	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,899	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,805	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,797	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	2

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 15, 2025

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

Receipts 61Last week 143Year ago 101

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 28, Bulls 8)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	580	303.00	303.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	416.00	416.00
2	500–550	515	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	474	420.00	420.00
13	550–600	555	393.00	393.00
1	600–650	645	311.00	311.00
4	650–700	659	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	710	324.00	324.00
1	750–800	765	316.50	316.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	422	366.00	366.00
12	450–500	452	344.00	344.00
3	500–550	547	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	572	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	339.00	339.00
1	500–550	510	321.00	321.00

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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