Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 118, Bulls 11)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $493.00/cwt on 14 head, up $73.83 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 14 of 14 comparable sales and sits +33.41 against this barn's trailing median of $459.59.

Average price

$493.00

▲ 73.83 vs prior sale

14 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,800

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.41

vs VA average

+5.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	493.00	2,800	14thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale14 hd

493.00

—

VA average8 barns · 243 hd

485.59

+7.41

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+5.98

This barn, trailing median14 sales

459.59

+33.41

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

22 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	500–550	531	503.76/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,675	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	383.61/cwt	375.00–388.00	2,539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	491.19/cwt	475.00–499.00	1,857	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,548	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	1,999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,172	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	441.40/cwt	440.00–446.00	2,803	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	373.26/cwt	348.00–386.00	2,116	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	539.00/cwt	539.00–539.00	2,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,800	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	454.60/cwt	418.00–462.00	2,073	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	498.24/cwt	497.00–502.00	2,277	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,938	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	430.79/cwt	387.00–436.00	2,740	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	473.20/cwt	470.00–474.00	2,229	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	414.36/cwt	402.00–429.00	2,196	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,869	33

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 257Last week 109Year ago 48

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 118, Bulls 11)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	531	500.00–505.00	503.76
4	650–700	676	417.00	417.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	567	348.00–386.00	373.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	475.00–499.00	491.19
1	400–450	445	456.00	456.00
10	450–500	471	470.00–474.00	473.20
17	500–550	530	402.00–429.00	414.36
28	550–600	565	451.00	451.00
36	600–650	636	387.00–436.00	430.79
3	650–700	662	375.00–388.00	383.61
7	700–750	717	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	496.00	496.00
6	450–500	456	418.00–462.00	454.60
2	500–550	543	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	610	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	453	539.00	539.00
14	550–600	568	493.00	493.00
42	600–650	635	440.00–446.00	441.40
33	650–700	652	440.00	440.00
2	700–750	705	404.00	404.00
23	750–800	763	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	457	497.00–502.00	498.24

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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