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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-09

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 9

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Mar 2Mar 9Mar 23 →

Receipts

158 head

▼ 252 vs last sale 410▼ 134 vs year ago 292 · −45.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 66, Bulls 71)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $416.14/cwt on 14 head, down $7.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $416.14.

Average price

$416.14

▼ 7.19 vs prior sale

14 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,217

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

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

$25.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.95

vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	425.11	2,223	9thin
Medium and Large 2	550	400.00	2,200	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.11/cwt here — about $23 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 sale14 hd

416.14

—

VA average8 barns · 241 hd

400.19

+15.95

This barn, trailing median11 sales

416.14

+0.00

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

11 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $442.20, low $348.78, median $416.14 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

27 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	442	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,228	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,120	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,377	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,613	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,584	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,605	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,528	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,498	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,480	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	351.01/cwt	298.00–400.00	1,334	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	408.48/cwt	385.00–414.00	1,564	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,832	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	378.15/cwt	341.00–397.00	1,743	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	978	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,029	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	306.53/cwt	254.00–360.00	1,717	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,182	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,342	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,370	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,090	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,998	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,832	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	484.14/cwt	465.00–491.00	2,285	37
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	425.11/cwt	425.00–426.00	2,223	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,405	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,432	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 Mar 9, 2026

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

Receipts 158Last week 410Year ago 292

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 66, Bulls 71)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	402	520.00	520.00
37	450–500	472	465.00–491.00	484.14
9	500–550	523	425.00–426.00	425.11
1	600–650	640	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	449.00	449.00
6	450–500	458	400.00	400.00
5	550–600	550	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	633	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	429.00	429.00
2	350–400	380	298.00–400.00	351.01
17	450–500	461	341.00–397.00	378.15
12	500–550	544	373.00	373.00
2	550–600	560	254.00–360.00	306.53
5	600–650	640	341.00	341.00
4	650–700	669	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	385.00–414.00	408.48
10	400–450	448	409.00	409.00
2	500–550	523	187.00	187.00
1	650–700	685	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	470.00	470.00
3	550–600	562	465.00	465.00
3	600–650	637	409.00	409.00
1	700–750	710	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	442	504.00	504.00
1	450–500	485	490.00	490.00
2	550–600	573	451.00	451.00
1	700–750	720	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.