Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 4, 2020

1,028 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $134.44/cwt +13.96 vs last sale · ≈ $756/hd at 563 lb · 29 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $135.02/cwt +5.44 vs last sale · ≈ $699/hd at 518 lb · 23 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $154.30/cwt +6.66 vs last sale · ≈ $591/hd at 383 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,028	868	1,329
Feeder cattle	762	648	1,126
Slaughter cattle	137	100	99
Replacement cattle	129	120	104

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher, bulls sold 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	168.00	$168.00	$462	+4.00
315–345	333	5	159.00–165.00	$163.15	$543	+2.14
355–395	383	22	150.00–158.00	$154.30	$591	+6.66
405–445	431	11	142.00–151.00	$146.23	$630	+5.94
455–495	468	4	136.00–140.00	$137.96	$646	+4.25
505–545	518	23	131.00–137.00	$135.02	$699	+5.44
555–575	561	7	128.00–130.00	$129.41	$726	+8.93
562–568 value added	563	22	134.00–136.50	$136.04	$766	—
614 value added	614	13	131.50	$131.50	$807	—
605–645	634	7	123.00–128.00	$126.29	$801	+8.95
660 value added	660	4	125.00	$125.00	$825	—
675–685	680	2	115.00–120.00	$117.52	$799	+2.52
775–795	785	2	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$871	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	160.00–162.00	$160.95	$431	+4.91
305–345	330	3	152.00–158.00	$155.45	$513	+6.80
365–395	380	4	145.00–148.00	$146.56	$557	+6.78
425–445	434	6	133.00–140.00	$137.13	$595	+3.80
455–495	475	8	131.00–135.00	$133.37	$634	+3.76
505–520	511	7	125.00–130.00	$128.11	$655	—
605–625	613	5	117.00–120.00	$118.60	$727	+7.09
660–670	665	4	110.00–114.00	$111.98	$745	+2.33
840	840	1	100.00	$100.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	435	4	124.00–130.00	$125.77	$547	—
455–465	460	2	120.00–122.00	$120.99	$557	±0.00
565–575	570	2	112.00–114.00	$113.01	$644	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	338	13	136.00–140.00	$138.33	$468	—
385–395	391	14	130.00–137.00	$133.92	$524	—
420–440	428	8	125.00–130.00	$127.36	$545	+8.04
453	453	5	122.00	$122.00	$553	+6.92
515–545	536	16	114.00–118.00	$116.07	$622	+6.33
560–595	569	5	110.00–114.00	$111.63	$635	+5.26
605–635	627	8	105.00–111.00	$107.11	$672	+2.79
665–685	669	7	102.00–107.00	$105.13	$703	+4.13

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	286	7	130.00–134.00	$132.33	$378	—
345	345	4	128.00–132.00	$130.00	$448	—
360–385	373	6	120.00–125.00	$122.28	$456	+3.14
410–445	432	6	118.00–120.00	$118.98	$514	+3.95
475–495	487	12	113.00–117.00	$115.00	$560	+6.21
530–545	542	10	109.00–110.00	$109.80	$595	+4.05
570–590	583	3	106.00–108.00	$106.65	$622	+4.98
615–645	625	3	100.00–102.00	$101.31	$633	+4.25
675–695	688	3	98.00–99.00	$98.67	$679	+8.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	4	125.00–128.00	$126.50	$373	—
305–315	310	2	120.00–122.00	$121.02	$375	+5.55
355–395	382	3	116.00–118.00	$116.62	$445	+5.76
405–430	418	2	110.00–113.00	$111.54	$466	+4.04
455–495	463	9	107.00–111.00	$109.66	$508	+6.15
525–545	538	3	100.00–104.00	$101.30	$545	+0.47

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	278	4	165.00–166.00	$165.49	$460	+3.98
305–345	331	11	158.00–164.00	$159.72	$529	+4.78
355–395	385	13	146.00–152.00	$149.73	$576	+4.21
440–445	441	7	140.00–144.00	$142.00	$626	+8.42
475–495	490	20	132.00–137.00	$134.95	$661	+5.93
515–545	532	9	126.00–131.00	$128.42	$683	+3.36
575–590	580	6	120.00–126.00	$123.34	$715	+8.86
605–623	617	9	113.00–120.00	$116.90	$721	+7.90
675	675	2	107.00–108.00	$107.50	$726	+4.16
725–745	735	2	104.00–105.00	$104.51	$768	+6.53
770–775	773	2	95.00–100.00	$97.51	$754	—
820	820	1	92.00	$92.00	$754	-2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	281	5	157.00–160.00	$158.83	$446	+3.90
305–345	323	5	150.00–156.00	$154.07	$498	+7.00
355–395	374	7	139.00–144.00	$141.23	$528	+5.23
405–425	415	6	132.00–136.00	$134.02	$556	+5.76
475–495	489	10	125.00–130.00	$127.94	$626	—
505–525	513	9	118.00–122.00	$120.01	$616	+2.01
575–585	581	9	114.00–116.00	$114.89	$668	+5.90
605–625	615	6	105.00–110.00	$107.64	$662	+6.63
675–695	685	4	102.00–103.00	$102.49	$702	+4.73
725	725	2	100.00	$100.00	$725	+5.50
755–785	770	2	90.00–94.00	$91.96	$708	—
810	810	1	85.00	$85.00	$688	—
870–880	875	2	80.00–83.00	$81.49	$713	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	2	135.00–140.00	$137.66	$383	—
305–315	310	2	132.00–135.00	$133.48	$414	—
355–365	362	6	127.00–130.00	$128.34	$465	+4.96
415	415	4	120.00–122.00	$121.00	$502	+0.25
455–470	463	6	113.00–120.00	$116.02	$537	+4.38
585–590	588	5	104.00–105.00	$104.40	$614	—
820	820	1	80.00	$80.00	$656	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1370	1150	80-85%	27	52.00–57.00	$54.52	$627	-5.61
925–1480	1208	80-85%	41	58.00–63.00	$60.58	$732	-4.30
1030–1505	1226	80-85%	9	64.00–67.00	$64.79	$794	-0.09

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1015	921	85-90%	14	40.00–45.00	$42.83	$394	+1.84
925–1015	970	85-90%	2	38.00–39.00	$38.48	$373	—
995	995	85-90%	1	52.00	$52.00	$517	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1560	1415	75-80%	8	60.00–64.00	$62.47	$884	—
1735–1775	1755	75-80%	2	67.00–68.00	$67.51	$1,185	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1600	1303	2	76.00–78.00	$77.23	$1,006	—
1310–1880	1541	11	80.00–85.00	$83.07	$1,280	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	450.00–550.00	$517.50
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	750.00–975.00	$861.56

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	950.00–1,200.00	$1,045.59
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	610.00–700.00	$646.82
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,200.00–1,325.00	$1,271.88
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	700.00–850.00	$775.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	600.00–700.00	$646.43
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	500.00–600.00	$560.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,250.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	825.00–1,000.00	$913.89	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	750.00–800.00	$770.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	610.00–725.00	$658.75	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.