Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 142, Heifers 170, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $403.41/cwt on 59 head, up $13.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 18 comparable sales and sits +14.33 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$403.41

▲ 13.79 vs prior sale

59 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,213

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$3.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.58

vs VA average

−24.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	404.36	2,216	43
Medium and Large 2	550	400.87	2,203	16thin

One grade step is worth $3.49/cwt here — about $13 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

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 sale59 hd

403.41

—

VA average8 barns · 329 hd

396.83

+6.58

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

−24.95

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

+14.33

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

36 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	350–400	390	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	1,778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	429.27/cwt	420.00–439.00	2,267	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	446.56/cwt	444.00–462.00	1,996	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,390	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,558	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	403.14/cwt	400.00–404.00	2,209	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	464.38/cwt	458.00–470.00	2,104	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,439	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	376.73/cwt	370.00–379.00	2,392	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	465.02/cwt	430.00–475.00	1,748	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,268	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	446.81/cwt	391.00–463.00	2,860	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	373.34/cwt	369.00–379.00	2,460	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,762	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	426.18/cwt	411.00–442.00	2,233	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	368.78/cwt	350.00–374.75	2,604	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,412	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	392.67/cwt	365.00–404.00	2,203	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	3,022	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,001	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,969	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,948	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,516	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	462.97/cwt	430.00–477.00	2,505	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	487.49/cwt	487.00–489.00	2,788	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	432.30/cwt	340.00–463.00	2,741	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	501.62/cwt	485.00–530.00	2,333	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	384.03/cwt	379.00–391.00	2,419	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	463.75/cwt	460.00–492.00	2,041	24

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 Apr 6, 2026

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

Receipts 346Last week 242Year ago 299

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 142, Heifers 170, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	456.00	456.00
7	400–450	447	444.00–462.00	446.56
2	500–550	528	420.00–439.00	429.27
7	550–600	561	426.00	426.00
7	600–650	641	399.00	399.00
1	650–700	695	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	475.00	475.00
4	550–600	553	441.00	441.00
1	650–700	650	371.00	371.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	376	430.00–475.00	465.02
15	450–500	453	458.00–470.00	464.38
14	500–550	548	400.00–404.00	403.14
2	550–600	560	385.00	385.00
4	600–650	635	370.00–379.00	376.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	465.00	465.00
24	400–450	440	460.00–492.00	463.75
2	450–500	475	410.00	410.00
15	500–550	524	411.00–442.00	426.18
28	550–600	561	365.00–404.00	392.67
21	600–650	630	379.00–391.00	384.03
7	650–700	659	369.00–379.00	373.34
17	700–750	706	350.00–374.75	368.78
2	800–850	825	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	530.00	530.00
1	500–550	540	497.00	497.00
2	550–600	558	511.00	511.00
9	600–650	640	391.00–463.00	446.81
1	700–750	730	404.00	404.00
1	900–950	930	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	348	575.00	575.00
32	450–500	465	485.00–530.00	501.62
20	500–550	541	430.00–477.00	462.97
21	550–600	572	487.00–489.00	487.49
27	600–650	634	340.00–463.00	432.30
6	650–700	676	447.00	447.00
11	700–750	735	404.00	404.00

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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