Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 66, Bulls 71)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $416.14/cwt on 14 head, down $7.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −3.26 against this barn's trailing median of $419.40.

Average price

$416.14

▼ 7.19 vs prior sale

14 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,217

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

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

$25.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.95

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	425.11	2,223	9thin
Medium and Large 2	550	400.00	2,200	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.11/cwt here — about $23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $442.20, low $378.93, median $419.40 across 9 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

416.14

—

VA average8 barns · 241 hd

400.19

+15.95

This barn, trailing median9 sales

419.40

−3.26

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

27 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	600–650	640	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,090	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	425.11/cwt	425.00–426.00	2,223	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	484.14/cwt	465.00–491.00	2,285	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	351.01/cwt	298.00–400.00	1,334	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,228	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,480	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,029	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	378.15/cwt	341.00–397.00	1,743	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,182	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,832	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	306.53/cwt	254.00–360.00	1,717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,342	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	408.48/cwt	385.00–414.00	1,564	5

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 Mar 9, 2026

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

Receipts 158Last week 410Year ago 292

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 66, Bulls 71)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	402	520.00	520.00
37	450–500	472	465.00–491.00	484.14
9	500–550	523	425.00–426.00	425.11
1	600–650	640	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	449.00	449.00
6	450–500	458	400.00	400.00
5	550–600	550	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	633	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	429.00	429.00
2	350–400	380	298.00–400.00	351.01
17	450–500	461	341.00–397.00	378.15
12	500–550	544	373.00	373.00
2	550–600	560	254.00–360.00	306.53
5	600–650	640	341.00	341.00
4	650–700	669	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	385.00–414.00	408.48
10	400–450	448	409.00	409.00
2	500–550	523	187.00	187.00
1	650–700	685	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	470.00	470.00
3	550–600	562	465.00	465.00
3	600–650	637	409.00	409.00
1	700–750	710	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	442	504.00	504.00
1	450–500	485	490.00	490.00
2	550–600	573	451.00	451.00
1	700–750	720	347.00	347.00

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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