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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Aug 4

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Jul 14Aug 4Aug 18 →

Receipts

173 head

▲ 68 vs last sale 105▼ 96 vs year ago 269 · −35.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 85, Heifers 73, Bulls 15)

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 $365.54/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −91.08 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.

Average price

$365.54

21 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$8.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.09

vs VA average

−24.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	373.00	2,089	3thin
Medium and Large 1	549	364.30	1,999	18thin

One grade step is worth $8.70/cwt here — about $90 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale21 hd

365.54

—

VA average8 barns · 305 hd

371.64

−6.09

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−24.48

This barn, trailing median14 sales

456.62

−91.08

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

32 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,803	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	386.32/cwt	376.00–389.00	1,854	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	343.89/cwt	303.00–354.00	1,840	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	372.15/cwt	371.00–376.00	2,062	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,089	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	316.74/cwt	314.00–325.00	1,970	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,268	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	348.85/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,302	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	299.13/cwt	255.00–314.00	2,181	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	309.40/cwt	303.00–311.00	2,333	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	805	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,174	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	848	308.51/cwt	286.00–311.00	2,616	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	297.99/cwt	294.00–300.00	2,733	6
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,100	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,662	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,355	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,449	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	335.33/cwt	333.00–336.00	1,526	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,560	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	330.99/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,705	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,825	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,801	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	326.26/cwt	324.00–327.00	1,873	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	312.75/cwt	312.75–312.75	1,983	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	310.08/cwt	307.00–314.00	1,969	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	290.57/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,947	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,181	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,195	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,633	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	375.24/cwt	350.00–379.00	1,756	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,650	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,885	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,870	2

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 Aug 4, 2025

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

Receipts 173Last week 105Year ago 269

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 85, Heifers 73, Bulls 15)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	367.00	367.00
8	450–500	468	350.00–379.00	375.24
2	550–600	560	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	351.00	351.00
3	500–550	540	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	430	337.00	337.00
6	450–500	463	337.00	337.00
2	500–550	515	330.00–332.00	330.99
11	550–600	554	325.00	325.00
17	600–650	635	307.00–314.00	310.08
3	700–750	732	298.00	298.00
1	750–800	770	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	455	333.00–336.00	335.33
2	500–550	548	333.00	333.00
8	550–600	574	324.00–327.00	326.26
7	600–650	634	312.75	312.75
2	650–700	670	281.00–300.00	290.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	386.00	386.00
5	500–550	535	303.00–354.00	343.89
13	550–600	554	371.00–376.00	372.15
19	600–650	648	350.00	350.00
6	650–700	660	343.00–350.00	348.85
4	700–750	729	255.00–314.00	299.13
5	750–800	754	303.00–311.00	309.40
10	800–850	848	286.00–311.00	308.51
6	900–950	917	294.00–300.00	297.99
1	1100–1150	1,100	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	480	376.00–389.00	386.32
3	550–600	560	373.00	373.00
4	600–650	622	314.00–325.00	316.74
1	800–850	805	270.00	270.00

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.