Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 134, Bulls 29)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $433.55/cwt on 65 head, down $21.45 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −26.04 against this barn's trailing median of $459.59.

Average price

$433.55

▼ 21.45 vs prior sale

65 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$43.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.22

vs VA average

−54.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	435.54	2,413	62
Medium and Large 2	547	392.45	2,145	3thin

One grade step is worth $43.09/cwt here — about $268 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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.00, low $393.00, median $459.59 across 14 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 sale65 hd

433.55

—

VA average8 barns · 545 hd

457.77

−24.22

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−54.00

This barn, trailing median14 sales

459.59

−26.04

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

28 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,205	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	479.86/cwt	441.00–489.00	2,212	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	429.16/cwt	420.00–431.00	1,901	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	443.95/cwt	411.00–451.00	2,380	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	363.39/cwt	360.00–391.00	2,642	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,337	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	427.80/cwt	424.00–437.00	1,972	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	398.26/cwt	371.00–441.00	2,529	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,261	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	348.38/cwt	346.00–349.00	2,170	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	465.55/cwt	456.00–470.00	1,764	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,310	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	407.44/cwt	400.00–421.00	2,245	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	430.92/cwt	390.00–450.00	2,430	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	413.31/cwt	401.00–421.00	2,236	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	342.29/cwt	335.00–346.00	2,249	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	385.68/cwt	352.00–420.00	2,063	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	449.01/cwt	448.00–450.00	1,630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,243	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	364.13/cwt	350.00–369.00	2,276	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,994	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,212	9

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 May 4, 2026

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

Receipts 304Last week 79Year ago 209

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 134, Bulls 29)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	449	491.00	491.00
38	450–500	461	441.00–489.00	479.86
22	500–550	536	411.00–451.00	443.95
40	550–600	564	390.00–450.00	430.92
20	600–650	635	371.00–441.00	398.26
3	650–700	675	335.00	335.00
9	700–750	727	360.00–391.00	363.39
1	800–850	810	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	535	352.00–420.00	385.68
1	550–600	570	406.00	406.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	379	456.00–470.00	465.55
6	400–450	443	420.00–431.00	429.16
23	450–500	461	424.00–437.00	427.80
21	500–550	541	401.00–421.00	413.31
40	550–600	551	400.00–421.00	407.44
10	600–650	623	346.00–349.00	348.38
12	650–700	657	335.00–346.00	342.29
3	700–750	733	306.00	306.00
4	800–850	820	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	448.00–450.00	449.01
1	450–500	485	399.00	399.00
1	500–550	535	316.00	316.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	446.00	446.00
9	450–500	458	483.00	483.00
3	500–550	538	425.00	425.00
7	550–600	554	417.00	417.00
5	600–650	625	350.00–369.00	364.13

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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