Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 60, Bulls 27)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $374.30/cwt on 23 head, down $22.62 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 18 comparable sales and sits −14.78 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$374.30

▼ 22.62 vs prior sale

23 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$47.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.56

vs VA average

−47.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	549	386.76	2,122	17thin
Medium and Large 1	558	339.00	1,892	6thin

One grade step is worth $47.76/cwt here — about $231 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 sale23 hd

374.30

—

VA average10 barns · 520 hd

377.87

−3.56

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−47.87

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−14.78

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	610	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,242	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	458.12/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,020	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	307.35/cwt	302.00–313.00	2,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	339.00/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,892	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	313.57/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,069	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	445.24/cwt	423.00–460.00	1,977	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,261	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,255	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,137	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	464.77/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,045	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,187	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,265	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	468.52/cwt	464.00–470.00	2,169	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	483.04/cwt	473.00–484.50	2,575	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,491	8

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 20, 2026

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

Receipts 127Last week 124Year ago 76

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 60, Bulls 27)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	460.00–480.00	464.77
9	450–500	452	501.00	501.00
5	500–550	527	415.00	415.00
2	600–650	610	387.00	387.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	463	464.00–470.00	468.52
1	500–550	515	450.00	450.00
2	600–650	605	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	452.00	452.00
1	350–400	365	441.00	441.00
5	400–450	441	450.00–460.00	458.12
1	450–500	480	376.00	376.00
16	500–550	548	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	560	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	628	310.00–317.00	313.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	445.00	445.00
5	400–450	444	423.00–460.00	445.24
11	450–500	465	445.00	445.00
6	550–600	558	300.00–350.00	339.00
3	600–650	648	346.00	346.00
4	650–700	671	337.00	337.00
2	700–750	725	302.00–313.00	307.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	505.00	505.00
1	450–500	475	485.00	485.00
8	500–550	533	473.00–484.50	483.04
1	600–650	620	421.00	421.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	440	512.50	512.50
8	500–550	538	463.00	463.00
2	650–700	658	410.00	410.00
1	700–750	725	386.00	386.00

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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