Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 49, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $397.48/cwt on 16 head, up $47.83 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 15 of 18 comparable sales and sits +8.39 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$397.48

▲ 47.83 vs prior sale

16 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,201

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$0.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.68

vs VA average

−31.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	561	398.00	2,233	4thin
Medium and Large 1	551	397.30	2,190	12thin

One grade step is worth $0.70/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale16 hd

397.48

—

VA average7 barns · 305 hd

389.80

+7.68

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−31.69

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

+8.39

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	2,142	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,202	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,600	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,416	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,280	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	386.47/cwt	380.00–393.00	1,983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	399.47/cwt	360.00–404.00	2,233	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	394	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	1,942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,233	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,217	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	438.32/cwt	404.00–444.00	2,029	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	395.79/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,723	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,671	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,271	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,010	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,573	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,315	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,455	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,532	4

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 Feb 16, 2026

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

Receipts 109Last week 54Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 49, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	529.00	529.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	456	500.00	500.00
8	500–550	549	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	595	370.00	370.00
7	650–700	665	391.00	391.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	463	404.00–444.00	438.32
2	500–550	513	380.00–393.00	386.47
10	550–600	559	360.00–404.00	399.47
4	650–700	664	365.00	365.00
8	700–750	748	344.00	344.00
2	750–800	775	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	394	493.00	493.00
3	450–500	462	435.00	435.00
4	550–600	561	398.00	398.00
5	600–650	636	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	559	453.00	453.00
6	650–700	688	395.00–400.00	395.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	499.00	499.00
5	500–550	542	453.00	453.00
11	600–650	636	420.00	420.00
3	750–800	777	350.00	350.00

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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