Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 110, Bulls 44)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $389.62/cwt on 26 head, down $1.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 18 comparable sales and sits +0.53 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$389.62

▼ 1.67 vs prior sale

26 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$33.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.11

vs VA average

−33.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	410.44	2,212	10thin
Medium and Large 1	547	376.61	2,060	16thin

One grade step is worth $33.83/cwt here — about $152 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 sale26 hd

389.62

—

VA average7 barns · 398 hd

385.51

+4.11

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−33.57

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

+0.53

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

29 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	638	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,252	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,375	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	444.50/cwt	415.00–452.00	1,818	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,148	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	419.86/cwt	418.00–420.00	2,284	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	573.24/cwt	485.00–596.00	2,356	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,182	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,569	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	1,761	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	528.65/cwt	441.00–559.00	2,469	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	470.31/cwt	406.00–489.00	2,535	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	410.44/cwt	360.00–416.00	2,212	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,631	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	369.15/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,993	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	427.45/cwt	400.00–437.00	1,983	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	444.25/cwt	444.25–444.25	2,035	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	353.45/cwt	288.00–379.00	2,177	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,360	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	483.71/cwt	471.00–488.00	2,133	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	430.04/cwt	415.00–437.00	1,836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,266	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	465.46/cwt	454.00–470.00	1,750	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 Mar 30, 2026

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

Receipts 242Last week 248Year ago 159

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 110, Bulls 44)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	415.00–452.00	444.50
12	450–500	460	467.00	467.00
13	500–550	544	418.00–420.00	419.86
4	550–600	555	428.00	428.00
2	600–650	638	353.00	353.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	441	471.00–488.00	483.71
1	450–500	485	432.00	432.00
1	500–550	535	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	643	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	411	485.00–596.00	573.24
41	450–500	467	441.00–559.00	528.65
10	500–550	539	406.00–489.00	470.31
10	550–600	556	462.00	462.00
5	600–650	631	417.00	417.00
1	700–750	730	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	497.00	497.00
2	500–550	530	490.00	490.00
1	600–650	620	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	476.00	476.00
10	450–500	458	444.25	444.25
10	500–550	539	360.00–416.00	410.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	376	454.00–470.00	465.46
3	400–450	427	415.00–437.00	430.04
25	450–500	464	400.00–437.00	427.45
12	500–550	540	350.00–395.00	369.15
4	550–600	568	399.00	399.00
29	600–650	616	288.00–379.00	353.45
1	650–700	655	301.00	301.00
3	700–750	720	275.00	275.00

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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