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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Feb 24

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Feb 10Feb 24Mar 3 →

Receipts

48 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 88▲ 1 vs year ago 47 · +2.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 19, Bulls 3)

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 $305.59/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −151.03 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.

Average price

$305.59

11 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$1.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.39

vs VA average

−42.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	306.08	1,694	6thin
Medium and Large 1	557	305.00	1,699	5thin

One grade step is worth $1.08/cwt here — about −$5 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale11 hd

305.59

—

VA average7 barns · 246 hd

318.98

−13.39

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−42.65

This barn, trailing median14 sales

456.62

−151.03

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

16 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	321.38/cwt	310.00–330.50	1,485	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,526	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,703	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,699	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,630	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,676	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,790	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,908	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,260	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,292	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,521	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,601	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,368	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,477	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,514	1

This sale against other markets

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 Feb 24, 2025

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

Receipts 48Last week 88Year ago 47

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 19, Bulls 3)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	304.00	304.00
1	550–600	580	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	276.00	276.00
8	500–550	540	275.00	275.00
3	600–650	648	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	274.00	274.00
3	550–600	553	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	326.00	326.00
5	550–600	557	305.00	305.00
2	600–650	635	264.00	264.00
2	750–800	785	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	462	310.00–330.50	321.38
5	500–550	545	312.50	312.50
1	550–600	595	274.00	274.00
2	650–700	673	266.00	266.00

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.