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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-14

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Apr 14

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Apr 7Apr 14Apr 21 →

Receipts

139 head

▼ 160 vs last sale 299▲ 48 vs year ago 91 · +52.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 65, Bulls 27)

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 $315.64/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −62.94 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$315.64

22 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$14

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

$20.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.05

vs VA average

−5.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	320.19	1,652	17thin
Medium and Large 2	555	300.15	1,666	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.04/cwt here — about −$14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale22 hd

315.64

—

VA average10 barns · 568 hd

315.68

−0.05

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−5.54

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

−62.94

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

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,724	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	1,778	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	360.05/cwt	358.00–373.00	1,876	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,977	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,225	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	333.99/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,264	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,117	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,189	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,361	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,394	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	318.79/cwt	317.00–324.00	1,476	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	303.45/cwt	231.00–322.00	1,408	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	320.19/cwt	307.00–340.00	1,652	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	300.15/cwt	289.00–303.00	1,666	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,674	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	276.42/cwt	266.00–283.00	1,744	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,160	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	339.14/cwt	251.00–362.00	1,546	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	301.73/cwt	218.00–351.00	1,415	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,754	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,840	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,939	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,231	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,970	3

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 Apr 14, 2025

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

Receipts 139Last week 299Year ago 91

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 65, Bulls 27)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	273.00	273.00
9	450–500	469	218.00–351.00	301.73
2	500–550	513	342.00	342.00
2	600–650	648	190.00	190.00
3	650–700	650	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	456	251.00–362.00	339.14
2	500–550	535	344.00	344.00
1	600–650	640	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
10	450–500	466	381.50	381.50
22	500–550	521	358.00–373.00	360.05
3	600–650	613	363.00	363.00
4	650–700	678	325.00–337.00	333.99
2	700–750	708	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	407.50	407.50
3	500–550	530	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	357.00	357.00
5	350–400	379	359.00	359.00
10	450–500	464	231.00–322.00	303.45
17	500–550	516	307.00–340.00	320.19
12	600–650	631	266.00–283.00	276.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	364.00	364.00
8	450–500	463	317.00–324.00	318.79
5	550–600	555	289.00–303.00	300.15
2	600–650	600	279.00	279.00

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.