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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-05

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Oct 5

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Sep 28Oct 5Oct 19 →

Receipts

279 head

▲ 227 vs last sale 52▼ 44 vs year ago 323 · −13.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 114, Bulls 50)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $391.18/cwt on 42 head, up $8.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −65.44 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.

Average price

$391.18

▲ 8.58 vs prior sale

42 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.96

vs VA average

−39.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	391.18	2,145	42

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale42 hd

391.18

—

VA average9 barns · 493 hd

390.23

+0.96

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

−39.18

This barn, trailing median14 sales

456.62

−65.44

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.96, low $382.60, median $456.62 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

25 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	412.46/cwt	360.00–425.00	1,774	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,821	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	364.19/cwt	350.00–399.00	1,927	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	394.83/cwt	361.00–399.00	2,176	37
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	339.06/cwt	333.00–340.00	2,133	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,258	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,932	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	272.04/cwt	271.00–273.00	1,986	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,164	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,455	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	362.43/cwt	353.00–375.00	1,526	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,442	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	376.77/cwt	375.00–379.00	1,748	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	326.71/cwt	326.00–332.00	1,764	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,917	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	293.23/cwt	292.00–299.00	1,859	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,972	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,076	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,152	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,632	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,868	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,908	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,037	17
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	323.99/cwt	290.00–330.00	2,135	20

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 Oct 5, 2026

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

Receipts 279Last week 52Year ago 323

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 114, Bulls 50)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	360.00–425.00	412.46
19	450–500	453	402.00	402.00
5	500–550	529	350.00–399.00	364.19
37	550–600	551	361.00–399.00	394.83
20	600–650	629	333.00–340.00	339.06
4	650–700	668	338.00	338.00
17	700–750	730	271.00–273.00	272.04
5	850–900	862	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	700	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	391.00	391.00
12	400–450	421	353.00–375.00	362.43
16	450–500	464	375.00–379.00	376.77
37	500–550	540	326.00–332.00	326.71
19	550–600	588	326.00	326.00
16	600–650	634	292.00–299.00	293.23
4	650–700	664	297.00	297.00
4	700–750	744	279.00	279.00
1	800–850	800	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	370.00	370.00
6	500–550	542	352.00	352.00
17	550–600	552	369.00	369.00
20	650–700	659	290.00–330.00	323.99

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.