Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 2, Heifers 21, Bulls 29)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $357.92/cwt on 8 head, up $9.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −61.48 against this barn's trailing median of $419.40.

Average price

$357.92

▲ 9.14 vs prior sale

8 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,001

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.25

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	357.92	2,001	8thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $442.20, low $348.78, median $419.40 across 9 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 sale8 hd

357.92

—

VA average8 barns · 232 hd

356.67

+1.25

This barn, trailing median9 sales

419.40

−61.48

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

14 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	450–500	455	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,076	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	290.07/cwt	278.00–315.00	1,836	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	389.94/cwt	350.00–406.00	1,688	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	357.92/cwt	333.00–373.00	2,001	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	321.13/cwt	285.00–327.00	1,426	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,959	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,180	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,090	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,943	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 28, 2026

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

Receipts 52Last week 308Year ago 150

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 2, Heifers 21, Bulls 29)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	433	350.00–406.00	389.94
2	450–500	455	389.00	389.00
8	550–600	559	333.00–373.00	357.92
6	600–650	633	278.00–315.00	290.07
5	650–700	655	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	346.00	346.00
7	400–450	444	285.00–327.00	321.13
2	450–500	488	285.00	285.00
3	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
2	550–600	558	324.00	324.00
3	650–700	652	298.00	298.00
1	700–750	715	274.00	274.00
2	750–800	760	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	380.50	380.50

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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