Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 46, Bulls 35)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $396.92/cwt on 13 head, down $6.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 18 comparable sales and sits +7.83 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$396.92

▼ 6.49 vs prior sale

13 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,154

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.17

vs VA average

−30.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	405.00	2,179	10thin
Medium and Large 2	558	370.00	2,065	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $114 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 sale13 hd

396.92

—

VA average10 barns · 737 hd

405.10

−8.17

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

−30.47

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

+7.83

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

24 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 2	500–550	544	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,421	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,456	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,022	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,321	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	465.94/cwt	462.00–467.00	2,008	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,622	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,606	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,239	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	490.91/cwt	400.00–495.00	2,258	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,065	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,123	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,111	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,163	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	297.74/cwt	220.00–337.00	2,114	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,179	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,056	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,167	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 Apr 13, 2026

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

Receipts 124Last week 346Year ago 139

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 46, Bulls 35)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	446	485.00	485.00
6	500–550	544	445.00	445.00
4	650–700	681	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	431	462.00–467.00	465.94
3	450–500	477	424.00	424.00
4	500–550	530	438.00	438.00
2	600–650	638	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	460	400.00–495.00	490.91
10	500–550	544	479.00	479.00
1	550–600	555	454.00	454.00
3	600–650	642	423.00	423.00
1	650–700	655	426.00	426.00
1	700–750	705	407.00	407.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	415.00	415.00
2	500–550	528	424.00	424.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	444.00	444.00
7	400–450	446	476.00	476.00
3	550–600	558	370.00	370.00
2	650–700	675	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	444.00	444.00
16	400–450	443	464.00	464.00
10	500–550	538	405.00	405.00
3	650–700	668	316.00	316.00
3	700–750	710	220.00–337.00	297.74

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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