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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-23

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 23

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Mar 9Mar 23Mar 30 →

Receipts

248 head

▲ 90 vs last sale 158▲ 147 vs year ago 101 · +145.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 121, Heifers 101, Bulls 26)

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 $490.96/cwt on 34 head, up $30.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 14 comparable sales and sits +34.34 against this barn's trailing median of $456.62.

Average price

$490.96

▲ 30.02 vs prior sale

34 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$488

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

$41.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.38

vs VA average

+12.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	492.17	2,810	33
Medium and Large 2	515	451.00	2,323	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.17/cwt here — about $488 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale34 hd

490.96

—

VA average9 barns · 408 hd

461.58

+29.38

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+12.87

This barn, trailing median14 sales

456.62

+34.34

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

26 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	576.00/cwt	576.00–576.00	2,148	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,163	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	475.69/cwt	430.00–483.00	2,093	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,509	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,323	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	492.17/cwt	444.00–501.00	2,810	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,452	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,938	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,768	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,400	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	356.17/cwt	331.00–359.00	2,803	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	454.02/cwt	430.00–461.00	1,680	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	451	438.89/cwt	400.00–452.00	1,979	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	442.26/cwt	415.00–455.00	2,034	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	394.55/cwt	347.00–410.00	2,257	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,046	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	361.13/cwt	353.00–363.00	2,333	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,237	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	319.34/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,389	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	272	592.63/cwt	588.00–598.00	1,612	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,075	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,084	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,037	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,210	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	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 Mar 23, 2026

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

Receipts 248Last week 158Year ago 101

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 121, Heifers 101, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	373	576.00	576.00
7	400–450	440	430.00–483.00	475.69
20	450–500	477	526.00	526.00
33	550–600	571	444.00–501.00	492.17
3	600–650	637	385.00	385.00
20	650–700	664	442.50	442.50
7	700–750	719	385.00	385.00
19	750–800	787	331.00–359.00	356.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	515.00	515.00
1	500–550	515	451.00	451.00
1	700–750	725	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	370	430.00–461.00	454.02
25	450–500	460	415.00–455.00	442.26
28	550–600	572	347.00–410.00	394.55
16	600–650	646	353.00–363.00	361.13
15	700–750	748	310.00–320.00	319.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	451	400.00–452.00	438.89
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	620	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	710	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	450.00	450.00
4	550–600	554	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	272	588.00–598.00	592.63
4	450–500	461	450.00	450.00
4	500–550	529	385.00	385.00
2	600–650	635	350.00	350.00

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.