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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-26

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Oct 26

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Oct 19Oct 26latest

Receipts

89 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 119▲ 19 vs year ago 70 · +27.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 51, Bulls 23)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.14/cwt on 14 head, up $10.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 17 comparable sales and sits −41.43 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$337.14

▲ 10.67 vs prior sale

14 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,817

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$39

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

$4.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.46

vs VA average

−38.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	526	340.00	1,788	4thin
Medium and Large 1	544	336.00	1,828	10thin

One grade step is worth $4.00/cwt here — about −$39 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

337.14

—

VA average10 barns · 626 hd

340.60

−3.46

National average168 barns · 18,275 hd

375.43

−38.29

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

−41.43

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

17 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.95, low $326.47, median $378.57 across 17 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

22 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,722	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,894	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	503	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,886	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,045	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,098	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,134	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,303	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,386	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,583	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,569	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,788	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,828	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	303.05/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,864	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	303.45/cwt	292.50–308.50	2,200	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,318	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,798	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,831	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,036	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	360.50/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,066	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,032	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,142	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 Oct 26, 2026

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

Receipts 89Last week 119Year ago 70

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 51, Bulls 23)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	426.00	426.00
4	500–550	543	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	573	360.00–361.00	360.50
6	600–650	643	316.00	316.00
3	650–700	657	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	387.00	387.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	419.00	419.00
4	500–550	534	383.00	383.00
1	550–600	570	368.00	368.00
4	600–650	639	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	420.00	420.00
2	500–550	503	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	362.00	362.00
8	450–500	451	351.00	351.00
10	500–550	544	336.00	336.00
2	600–650	615	301.00–305.00	303.05
16	700–750	725	292.50–308.50	303.45
2	850–900	865	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	354.00	354.00
4	450–500	456	344.00	344.00
4	500–550	526	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	670	270.00	270.00

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.