Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 45, Bulls 29)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $388.55/cwt on 15 head, down $2.21 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 18 comparable sales and sits −0.53 against this barn's trailing median of $389.09.

Average price

$388.55

▼ 2.21 vs prior sale

15 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,117

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+29.93

vs VA average

+12.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	388.55	2,117	15thin

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 sale15 hd

388.55

—

VA average9 barns · 455 hd

358.62

+29.93

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

+12.74

This barn, trailing median18 sales

389.09

−0.53

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

21 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,081	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	409.46/cwt	406.00–415.00	1,961	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	372.77/cwt	364.00–382.00	2,345	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,129	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,734	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,166	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	411.23/cwt	410.00–413.00	2,377	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	396.04/cwt	386.00–402.00	2,071	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	470.22/cwt	469.00–471.00	2,003	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	348.89/cwt	289.00–409.00	1,846	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	389.04/cwt	388.50–394.00	2,089	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,303	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,799	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,279	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,625	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 Jul 20, 2026

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

Receipts 112Last week 49Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 45, Bulls 29)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	370.00	370.00
4	400–450	423	410.00	410.00
16	450–500	479	406.00–415.00	409.46
8	500–550	523	386.00–402.00	396.04
7	550–600	570	380.00	380.00
6	600–650	628	339.00	339.00
2	700–750	715	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	426	469.00–471.00	470.22
1	450–500	455	375.00	375.00
4	500–550	529	289.00–409.00	348.89
14	550–600	578	410.00–413.00	411.23
6	600–650	629	364.00–382.00	372.77
3	700–750	732	334.00	334.00
1	750–800	755	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	371.00	371.00
4	450–500	459	392.00	392.00
10	500–550	537	388.50–394.00	389.04
2	550–600	570	375.00	375.00
7	600–650	647	356.00	356.00
2	650–700	653	349.00	349.00

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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