Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 3, Heifers 35, Bulls 16)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.64/cwt on 14 head, down $16.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −39.45 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$349.64

▼ 16.61 vs prior sale

14 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$29.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.81

vs VA average

−61.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	353.83	1,953	12thin
Medium and Large 2	553	324.50	1,793	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.33/cwt here — about $160 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 sale14 hd

349.64

—

VA average7 barns · 402 hd

354.45

−4.81

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−61.23

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−39.45

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

21 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,405	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,969	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,095	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,193	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,221	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,178	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,314	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,153	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,529	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,851	7

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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 54Last week 250Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 3, Heifers 35, Bulls 16)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	485.00	485.00
1	500–550	500	481.00	481.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	403.00	403.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	394.00	394.00
2	450–500	450	386.00	386.00
1	500–550	530	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	575	314.00	314.00
1	600–650	600	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	775	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	385.00	385.00
7	450–500	464	399.00	399.00
1	500–550	540	330.00	330.00
11	550–600	553	356.00	356.00
4	600–650	639	337.00	337.00
4	850–900	866	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	458.00	458.00
1	500–550	535	391.00	391.00
4	550–600	574	382.00	382.00
2	650–700	665	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	450	484.00	484.00
2	500–550	520	445.00	445.00

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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