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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 10

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Mar 3Mar 10Mar 17 →

Receipts

292 head

▼ 113 vs last sale 405▲ 263 vs year ago 29 · +906.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 156, Bulls 40)

*SEVERAL LOTS ADDED TO INITIAL REPORT*

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 $277.08/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −101.49 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$277.08

30 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$8.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.98

vs VA average

−37.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	278.26	1,531	26
Medium and Large 2	539	269.39	1,452	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.87/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale30 hd

277.08

—

VA average8 barns · 679 hd

284.06

−6.98

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−37.88

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

−101.49

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

26 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,613	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	319.26/cwt	315.00–333.00	1,689	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,733	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	335.64/cwt	335.00–336.00	1,886	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,060	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	275.44/cwt	275.00–283.00	2,047	35
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	255.83/cwt	253.00–256.00	2,131	17
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,202	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,113	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,080	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,294	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,328	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	300.08/cwt	299.00–301.00	1,389	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	269.39/cwt	264.50–271.00	1,452	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	276.60/cwt	271.50–285.50	1,513	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,571	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,512	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	276.77/cwt	276.50–277.00	1,821	50
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	245.61/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,886	36
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	2,024	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,518	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,533	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	315.99/cwt	260.00–323.00	1,719	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,771	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,581	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,851	4

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 292Last week 405Year ago 29

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 156, Bulls 40)

*SEVERAL LOTS ADDED TO INITIAL REPORT*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	453	335.00	335.00
9	500–550	544	260.00–323.00	315.99
4	650–700	654	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	459	334.00	334.00
6	500–550	545	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	648	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	360.00	360.00
8	500–550	529	315.00–333.00	319.26
11	550–600	562	335.00–336.00	335.64
15	650–700	658	313.00	313.00
35	700–750	743	275.00–283.00	275.44
17	800–850	833	253.00–256.00	255.83
5	900–950	912	241.50	241.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	292.00	292.00
3	400–450	437	296.00	296.00
14	450–500	463	299.00–301.00	300.08
18	500–550	547	271.50–285.50	276.60
8	550–600	557	282.00	282.00
2	600–650	630	240.00	240.00
50	650–700	658	276.50–277.00	276.77
36	750–800	768	242.00–246.00	245.61
11	800–850	839	241.25	241.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	305.00	305.00
6	450–500	458	290.00	290.00
4	500–550	539	264.50–271.00	269.39

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.