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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 19

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← May 12May 19Jun 2 →

Receipts

55 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 64▲ 19 vs year ago 36 · +52.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 26, Bulls 9)

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 $333.20/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 3 of 17 comparable sales and sits −45.37 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$333.20

5 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$82

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

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.94

vs VA average

−1.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	334.00	1,754	3thin
Medium and Large 1	553	332.00	1,836	2thin

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about −$82 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 sale5 hd

333.20

—

VA average7 barns · 398 hd

330.26

+2.94

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

−1.06

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

−45.37

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

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,807	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,833	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,064	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,150	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	996	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,018	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,596	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,538	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,754	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,836	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,821	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,443	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,824	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,803	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,897	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 May 19, 2025

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

Receipts 55Last week 64Year ago 36

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 26, Bulls 9)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	260.00	260.00
6	450–500	455	338.00	338.00
3	500–550	525	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	261.00	261.00
8	400–450	442	361.00	361.00
2	550–600	553	332.00	332.00
1	600–650	605	301.00	301.00
2	700–750	740	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	453	399.00	399.00
11	500–550	546	378.00	378.00
4	600–650	638	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	469	389.00	389.00
2	500–550	543	332.00	332.00
3	600–650	618	307.00	307.00

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.