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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-06

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Apr 6

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Mar 30Apr 6Apr 13 →

Receipts

346 head

▲ 104 vs last sale 242▲ 47 vs year ago 299 · +15.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 142, Heifers 170, Bulls 34)

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 $403.41/cwt on 59 head, up $13.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 17 comparable sales and sits +24.84 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$403.41

▲ 13.79 vs prior sale

59 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,213

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$3.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.58

vs VA average

−24.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	404.36	2,216	43
Medium and Large 2	550	400.87	2,203	16thin

One grade step is worth $3.49/cwt here — about $13 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 sale59 hd

403.41

—

VA average8 barns · 329 hd

396.83

+6.58

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

−24.95

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

+24.84

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

36 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,001	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,268	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	501.62/cwt	485.00–530.00	2,333	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,684	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	462.97/cwt	430.00–477.00	2,505	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,851	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	487.49/cwt	487.00–489.00	2,788	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	432.30/cwt	340.00–463.00	2,741	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	446.81/cwt	391.00–463.00	2,860	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	3,022	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,949	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,969	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	930	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,864	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	465.02/cwt	430.00–475.00	1,748	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,762	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	463.75/cwt	460.00–492.00	2,041	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	464.38/cwt	458.00–470.00	2,104	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,948	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	426.18/cwt	411.00–442.00	2,233	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	403.14/cwt	400.00–404.00	2,209	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,156	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	392.67/cwt	365.00–404.00	2,203	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	384.03/cwt	379.00–391.00	2,419	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	376.73/cwt	370.00–379.00	2,392	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	373.34/cwt	369.00–379.00	2,460	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	368.78/cwt	350.00–374.75	2,604	17
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,516	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	1,778	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	446.56/cwt	444.00–462.00	1,996	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,204	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	429.27/cwt	420.00–439.00	2,267	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,439	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,390	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,558	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,412	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,502	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 Apr 6, 2026

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

Receipts 346Last week 242Year ago 299

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 142, Heifers 170, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	456.00	456.00
7	400–450	447	444.00–462.00	446.56
2	500–550	528	420.00–439.00	429.27
7	550–600	561	426.00	426.00
7	600–650	641	399.00	399.00
1	650–700	695	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	475.00	475.00
4	550–600	553	441.00	441.00
1	650–700	650	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	376	430.00–475.00	465.02
15	450–500	453	458.00–470.00	464.38
14	500–550	548	400.00–404.00	403.14
2	550–600	560	385.00	385.00
4	600–650	635	370.00–379.00	376.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	465.00	465.00
24	400–450	440	460.00–492.00	463.75
2	450–500	475	410.00	410.00
15	500–550	524	411.00–442.00	426.18
28	550–600	561	365.00–404.00	392.67
21	600–650	630	379.00–391.00	384.03
7	650–700	659	369.00–379.00	373.34
17	700–750	706	350.00–374.75	368.78
2	800–850	825	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	530.00	530.00
1	500–550	540	497.00	497.00
2	550–600	558	511.00	511.00
9	600–650	640	391.00–463.00	446.81
1	700–750	730	404.00	404.00
1	900–950	930	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	348	575.00	575.00
32	450–500	465	485.00–530.00	501.62
20	500–550	541	430.00–477.00	462.97
21	550–600	572	487.00–489.00	487.49
27	600–650	634	340.00–463.00	432.30
6	650–700	676	447.00	447.00
11	700–750	735	404.00	404.00

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.