Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 122, Bulls 67)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $366.25/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 4 of 18 comparable sales and sits −22.84 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$366.25

31 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$18

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

$0.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.51

vs VA average

−43.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	367.00	1,987	7thin
Medium and Large 1	548	366.04	2,004	24

One grade step is worth $0.96/cwt here — about −$18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale31 hd

366.25

—

VA average3 barns · 251 hd

355.74

+10.51

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−43.85

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−22.84

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

35 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	685	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,883	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,247	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,982	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	389.81/cwt	370.00–399.00	2,089	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	414.69/cwt	404.00–429.00	1,800	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,171	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	320.03/cwt	317.00–321.00	2,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,079	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,171	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,965	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,241	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,337	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	316.79/cwt	300.00–334.00	1,958	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	400.71/cwt	400.00–404.00	1,831	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	327.88/cwt	320.00–330.75	2,361	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	389.48/cwt	388.00–391.00	1,842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	369.97/cwt	361.00–376.00	2,061	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	331.96/cwt	330.00–338.00	2,105	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	475.02/cwt	474.00–483.00	2,252	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,135	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	424.54/cwt	420.00–431.00	2,309	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,712	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	378.03/cwt	369.00–381.75	2,499	17

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 Jan 5, 2026

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

Receipts 250Last week 61Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 122, Bulls 67)

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	443	425.00	425.00
14	450–500	461	430.00	430.00
19	500–550	536	370.00–399.00	389.81
10	600–650	642	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	685	272.00	272.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	451	461.00	461.00
7	500–550	536	405.00	405.00
2	600–650	618	300.00–334.00	316.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	415.00	415.00
22	400–450	434	404.00–429.00	414.69
2	450–500	473	388.00–391.00	389.48
19	500–550	545	365.00	365.00
5	550–600	557	361.00–376.00	369.97
16	600–650	634	330.00–338.00	331.96
2	650–700	655	326.00	326.00
31	700–750	720	320.00–330.75	327.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	438	391.00	391.00
6	450–500	457	400.00–404.00	400.71
6	500–550	534	368.00	368.00
1	550–600	585	361.00	361.00
4	600–650	636	317.00–321.00	320.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	483.00	483.00
2	450–500	460	472.00	472.00
2	550–600	563	398.00	398.00
2	600–650	643	382.00	382.00
1	700–750	715	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	474	474.00–483.00	475.02
12	500–550	544	420.00–431.00	424.54
1	550–600	550	397.00	397.00
1	600–650	620	377.00	377.00
17	650–700	661	369.00–381.75	378.03
12	700–750	743	365.00	365.00
1	750–800	760	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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