Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 35, Bulls 20)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $371.00/cwt on 10 head, down $3.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 18 comparable sales and sits −18.09 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$371.00

▼ 3.30 vs prior sale

10 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,030

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.23

vs VA average

−53.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	380.00	2,086	7thin
Medium and Large 2	543	350.00	1,901	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $186 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 sale10 hd

371.00

—

VA average7 barns · 519 hd

392.23

−21.23

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−53.07

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−18.09

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

19 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	400–450	435	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	1,997	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,084	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	375.69/cwt	368.00–400.00	2,344	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,376	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,074	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,391	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,428	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,767	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,289	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,142	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,086	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,418	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,454	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,984	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,153	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,103	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,837	1

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 27, 2026

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

Receipts 79Last week 124Year ago 64

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 35, Bulls 20)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	459.00	459.00
3	450–500	495	421.00	421.00
5	550–600	559	425.00	425.00
4	600–650	624	368.00–400.00	375.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	463.00	463.00
5	600–650	621	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	469	488.00	488.00
6	500–550	528	458.00	458.00
4	600–650	621	391.00	391.00
1	700–750	735	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	543	452.00	452.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	465.00	465.00
11	450–500	460	468.00	468.00
7	500–550	549	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	640	310.00	310.00
4	750–800	765	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	465.00	465.00
4	400–450	440	478.00	478.00
3	500–550	543	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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