Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 121, Heifers 101, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $490.96/cwt on 34 head, up $30.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 14 comparable sales and sits +31.37 against this barn's trailing median of $459.59.

Average price

$490.96

▲ 30.02 vs prior sale

34 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$488

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

$41.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.38

vs VA average

+12.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	492.17	2,810	33
Medium and Large 2	515	451.00	2,323	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.17/cwt here — about $488 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

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 sale34 hd

490.96

—

VA average9 barns · 408 hd

461.58

+29.38

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+12.87

This barn, trailing median14 sales

459.59

+31.37

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

26 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	750–800	787	356.17/cwt	331.00–359.00	2,803	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	442.26/cwt	415.00–455.00	2,034	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,210	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	361.13/cwt	353.00–363.00	2,333	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	319.34/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,389	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	492.17/cwt	444.00–501.00	2,810	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	475.69/cwt	430.00–483.00	2,093	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,938	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,509	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,084	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,163	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	438.89/cwt	400.00–452.00	1,979	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	576.00/cwt	576.00–576.00	2,148	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,452	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,237	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	454.02/cwt	430.00–461.00	1,680	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	394.55/cwt	347.00–410.00	2,257	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,037	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	592.63/cwt	588.00–598.00	1,612	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	2

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 248Last week 158Year ago 101

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 121, Heifers 101, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	373	576.00	576.00
7	400–450	440	430.00–483.00	475.69
20	450–500	477	526.00	526.00
33	550–600	571	444.00–501.00	492.17
3	600–650	637	385.00	385.00
20	650–700	664	442.50	442.50
7	700–750	719	385.00	385.00
19	750–800	787	331.00–359.00	356.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	515.00	515.00
1	500–550	515	451.00	451.00
1	700–750	725	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	370	430.00–461.00	454.02
25	450–500	460	415.00–455.00	442.26
28	550–600	572	347.00–410.00	394.55
16	600–650	646	353.00–363.00	361.13
15	700–750	748	310.00–320.00	319.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	451	400.00–452.00	438.89
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	620	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	710	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	450.00	450.00
4	550–600	554	399.00	399.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	272	588.00–598.00	592.63
4	450–500	461	450.00	450.00
4	500–550	529	385.00	385.00
2	600–650	635	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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