Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 31, Bulls 10)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.57/cwt on 12 head, down $29.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 18 comparable sales and sits −10.52 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$378.57

▼ 29.38 vs prior sale

12 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.88

vs VA average

−38.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	378.57	2,004	12thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale12 hd

378.57

—

VA average8 barns · 416 hd

377.70

+0.88

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−38.54

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−10.52

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

16 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	645	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,270	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,878	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	440.14/cwt	433.00–445.00	2,077	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,991	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	425.74/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,880	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,458	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,368	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	437.72/cwt	429.00–442.00	2,285	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	386.86/cwt	379.00–395.00	2,008	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,833	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,154	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,174	5

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 11, 2026

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

Receipts 66Last week 304Year ago 64

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 31, Bulls 10)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	422.00	422.00
5	450–500	472	433.00–445.00	440.14
2	600–650	645	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	420.00–435.00	425.74
9	400–450	446	411.00	411.00
5	450–500	463	406.00	406.00
8	500–550	519	379.00–395.00	386.86
4	550–600	550	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	483.00	483.00
5	450–500	450	483.00	483.00
3	500–550	522	429.00–442.00	437.72
4	550–600	573	429.00	429.00
2	600–650	640	370.00	370.00
2	650–700	668	349.00	349.00
2	700–750	713	362.00	362.00
2	750–800	755	337.00	337.00

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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