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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 3

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Feb 24Mar 3Mar 10 →

Receipts

405 head

▲ 357 vs last sale 48▼ 5 vs year ago 410 · −1.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 227, Heifers 117, Bulls 61)

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 $320.85/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −135.77 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.

Average price

$320.85

65 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,737

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$84

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

$0.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.37

vs VA average

−28.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	517	321.00	1,660	5thin
Medium and Large 1	543	320.84	1,743	60

One grade step is worth $0.16/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale65 hd

320.85

—

VA average7 barns · 393 hd

312.48

+8.37

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−28.43

This barn, trailing median14 sales

456.62

−135.77

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

36 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,516	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,472	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	325.86/cwt	313.00–340.00	1,369	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	337.12/cwt	328.00–339.00	1,544	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	336.47/cwt	336.00–338.00	1,548	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,660	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	325.95/cwt	305.00–328.00	1,731	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	313.17/cwt	304.00–324.00	1,760	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	314.71/cwt	309.00–315.00	1,986	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	309.70/cwt	293.00–313.00	2,019	41
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	266.96/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,957	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,077	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,050	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,092	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,211	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,229	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	274.29/cwt	257.00–286.00	1,295	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,389	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,433	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	265.27/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,478	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,542	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	231.06/cwt	211.00–236.00	1,460	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,547	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,559	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,397	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,555	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,507	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,208	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,380	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	308.93/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,393	25
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	259.03/cwt	219.00–301.00	1,368	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	294.41/cwt	219.00–305.00	1,569	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	301.62/cwt	301.00–303.00	1,704	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,683	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,751	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,026	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 Mar 3, 2025

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

Receipts 405Last week 48Year ago 410

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 227, Heifers 117, Bulls 61)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	451	285.00–310.00	308.93
2	500–550	528	219.00–301.00	259.03
10	550–600	565	301.00–303.00	301.62
5	650–700	671	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	318.00	318.00
8	500–550	533	219.00–305.00	294.41
4	600–650	640	263.00	263.00
1	650–700	675	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	377	402.00	402.00
2	400–450	410	359.00	359.00
23	450–500	460	336.00–338.00	336.47
36	500–550	531	305.00–328.00	325.95
24	550–600	562	304.00–324.00	313.17
21	600–650	631	309.00–315.00	314.71
41	650–700	652	293.00–313.00	309.70
20	700–750	733	262.00–272.00	266.96
18	750–800	754	275.50	275.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	313.00–340.00	325.86
12	450–500	458	328.00–339.00	337.12
5	500–550	517	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	367	286.00	286.00
13	400–450	443	277.50	277.50
9	450–500	472	257.00–286.00	274.29
1	500–550	545	263.00	263.00
14	550–600	557	260.00–274.00	265.27
7	600–650	632	211.00–236.00	231.06
6	650–700	664	233.00	233.00
11	700–750	730	213.00	213.00
3	750–800	777	194.00	194.00
1	800–850	805	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	378	289.00	289.00
15	400–450	441	274.50	274.50
7	500–550	526	264.00	264.00
6	550–600	567	272.00	272.00
1	650–700	690	226.00	226.00
1	700–750	720	194.00	194.00

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.