Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 153, Bulls 58)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.53/cwt on 73 head, down $50.35 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −63.09 against this barn's trailing median of $389.62.

Average price

$326.53

▼ 50.35 vs prior sale

73 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

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

$4.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.29

vs VA average

−11.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	329.49	1,773	21
Medium and Large 1	552	325.34	1,797	52

One grade step is worth $4.15/cwt here — about −$24 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $435.58, low $326.53, median $389.62 across 17 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 sale73 hd

326.53

—

VA average7 barns · 242 hd

324.24

+2.29

National average138 barns · 5,113 hd

337.79

−11.26

This barn, trailing median17 sales

389.62

−63.09

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

31 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	550–600	595	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,740	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	1,885	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	322.58/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,368	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	303.96/cwt	277.00–320.00	1,939	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,069	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	382.25/cwt	379.00–387.00	2,125	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	325.58/cwt	318.00–342.00	1,800	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	329.49/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,773	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	354.65/cwt	348.00–356.00	1,670	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	386.74/cwt	386.00–387.00	2,085	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	397.16/cwt	375.00–399.00	1,831	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	340.68/cwt	300.00–346.00	2,174	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,715	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	303.02/cwt	216.00–346.00	1,985	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,902	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	313.83/cwt	283.00–320.00	1,961	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	346.59/cwt	346.00–348.00	1,580	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	351.00/cwt	346.00–352.00	1,344	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,887	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,958	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,764	3

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 Sep 7, 2026

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

Receipts 308Last week 143Year ago 89

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 153, Bulls 58)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	458	380.00	380.00
17	500–550	544	346.50	346.50
1	550–600	595	308.00	308.00
3	600–650	640	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	449	382.00	382.00
1	450–500	465	375.00	375.00
11	500–550	530	356.00	356.00
6	650–700	658	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	461	375.00–399.00	397.16
3	500–550	542	370.00	370.00
22	550–600	556	379.00–387.00	382.25
25	600–650	638	300.00–346.00	340.68
8	700–750	734	315.00–325.00	322.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	425.00	425.00
8	450–500	465	421.00	421.00
11	500–550	539	386.00–387.00	386.74
3	650–700	655	216.00–346.00	303.02
1	750–800	755	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	357.00	357.00
18	450–500	471	348.00–356.00	354.65
1	500–550	520	313.00	313.00
51	550–600	553	318.00–342.00	325.58
21	600–650	638	277.00–320.00	303.96
6	700–750	735	281.50	281.50
2	750–800	790	281.00	281.00
1	850–900	860	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	346.00–352.00	351.00
17	450–500	456	346.00–348.00	346.59
21	500–550	538	320.00–342.00	329.49
6	600–650	625	283.00–320.00	313.83
1	700–750	710	281.00	281.00

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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