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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-02

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 2

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Feb 23Mar 2Mar 9 →

Receipts

410 head

▲ 153 vs last sale 257▲ 5 vs year ago 405 · +1.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 169, Heifers 175, Bulls 66)

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 $393.27/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 15 of 17 comparable sales and sits +14.70 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$393.27

46 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$27

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

$1.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.60

vs VA average

−27.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	393.90	2,121	31
Medium and Large 2	548	391.99	2,148	15thin

One grade step is worth $1.91/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale46 hd

393.27

—

VA average6 barns · 558 hd

391.67

+1.60

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

−27.69

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

+14.70

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,884	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	451	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,210	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	464.46/cwt	454.00–477.00	2,225	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	436.00/cwt	395.00–471.00	2,293	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,570	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	466.95/cwt	465.00–469.00	2,638	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,823	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	427.02/cwt	360.00–450.00	2,613	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	392.82/cwt	370.00–402.00	2,455	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	423.85/cwt	402.00–429.50	2,836	71
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	375.82/cwt	350.00–402.00	2,650	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,291	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,689	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	468.01/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,722	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	485.86/cwt	450.00–491.00	1,841	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,689	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	380.33/cwt	370.00–403.00	1,609	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	422.64/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,915	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	428.51/cwt	402.00–444.00	1,980	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	398.42/cwt	395.00–404.00	2,120	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	391.99/cwt	386.00–404.00	2,148	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	380.89/cwt	354.00–385.00	2,122	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	619	365.95/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,265	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,275	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	377.54/cwt	340.00–384.50	2,571	43
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	312.47/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,265	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,732	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	462.04/cwt	415.00–485.00	1,950	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,980	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,024	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,320	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,316	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	377.66/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,096	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,387	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,420	6

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 2, 2026

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

Receipts 410Last week 257Year ago 405

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 169, Heifers 175, Bulls 66)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	440	450.00	450.00
10	500–550	545	425.00	425.00
2	550–600	555	360.00–395.00	377.66
6	650–700	663	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	415.00–485.00	462.04
14	450–500	459	441.00	441.00
16	500–550	542	428.00	428.00
2	600–650	620	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	368	455.00–470.00	468.01
2	400–450	418	404.00	404.00
19	450–500	453	420.00–430.00	422.64
23	500–550	532	395.00–404.00	398.42
8	550–600	557	354.00–385.00	380.89
3	600–650	632	360.00	360.00
43	650–700	681	340.00–384.50	377.54
2	700–750	725	310.00–315.00	312.47
7	750–800	759	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	450.00–491.00	485.86
4	400–450	423	370.00–403.00	380.33
27	450–500	462	402.00–444.00	428.51
15	500–550	548	386.00–404.00	391.99
4	600–650	619	360.00–368.00	365.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	433.00	433.00
4	450–500	451	490.00	490.00
10	500–550	540	476.00	476.00
2	550–600	565	465.00–469.00	466.95
7	600–650	625	370.00–402.00	392.82
1	700–750	705	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	479	454.00–477.00	464.46
21	500–550	526	395.00–471.00	436.00
18	550–600	587	481.00	481.00
21	600–650	612	360.00–450.00	427.02
71	650–700	669	402.00–429.50	423.85
2	700–750	705	350.00–402.00	375.82
1	750–800	775	347.00	347.00

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.