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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-05

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Jan 5

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Dec 15Jan 5Jan 19 →

Receipts

250 head

▲ 189 vs last sale 61▲ 250 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 122, Bulls 67)

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 $366.25/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 6 of 17 comparable sales and sits −12.32 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$366.25

31 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$18

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

$0.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.51

vs VA average

−43.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	367.00	1,987	7thin
Medium and Large 1	548	366.04	2,004	24

One grade step is worth $0.96/cwt here — about −$18 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 sale31 hd

366.25

—

VA average3 barns · 251 hd

355.74

+10.51

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−43.85

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

−12.32

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

35 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	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,053	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,171	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	475.02/cwt	474.00–483.00	2,252	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	424.54/cwt	420.00–431.00	2,309	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,184	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,241	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,337	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,456	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	378.03/cwt	369.00–381.75	2,499	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,666	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,712	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,493	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,581	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	414.69/cwt	404.00–429.00	1,800	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,713	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	400.71/cwt	400.00–404.00	1,831	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	389.48/cwt	388.00–391.00	1,842	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,965	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	369.97/cwt	361.00–376.00	2,061	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,112	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	331.96/cwt	330.00–338.00	2,105	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	320.03/cwt	317.00–321.00	2,035	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,135	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	327.88/cwt	320.00–330.75	2,361	31
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,883	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	451	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,079	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,982	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,171	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	389.81/cwt	370.00–399.00	2,089	19
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	316.79/cwt	300.00–334.00	1,958	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,247	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,863	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 Jan 5, 2026

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

Receipts 250Last week 61Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 122, Bulls 67)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	425.00	425.00
14	450–500	461	430.00	430.00
19	500–550	536	370.00–399.00	389.81
10	600–650	642	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	685	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	451	461.00	461.00
7	500–550	536	405.00	405.00
2	600–650	618	300.00–334.00	316.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	415.00	415.00
22	400–450	434	404.00–429.00	414.69
2	450–500	473	388.00–391.00	389.48
19	500–550	545	365.00	365.00
5	550–600	557	361.00–376.00	369.97
16	600–650	634	330.00–338.00	331.96
2	650–700	655	326.00	326.00
31	700–750	720	320.00–330.75	327.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	438	391.00	391.00
6	450–500	457	400.00–404.00	400.71
6	500–550	534	368.00	368.00
1	550–600	585	361.00	361.00
4	600–650	636	317.00–321.00	320.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	483.00	483.00
2	450–500	460	472.00	472.00
2	550–600	563	398.00	398.00
2	600–650	643	382.00	382.00
1	700–750	715	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	474	474.00–483.00	475.02
12	500–550	544	420.00–431.00	424.54
1	550–600	550	397.00	397.00
1	600–650	620	377.00	377.00
17	650–700	661	369.00–381.75	378.03
12	700–750	743	365.00	365.00
1	750–800	760	328.00	328.00

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.