Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 20, 2021

1,195 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.79/cwt +5.47 vs last sale · ≈ $624/hd at 425 lb · 60 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.29/cwt ≈ $679/hd at 517 lb · 37 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $149.13/cwt +9.60 vs last sale · ≈ $780/hd at 523 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,195	1,135	1,308
Feeder cattle	957	793	1,141
Slaughter cattle	188	216	105
Replacement cattle	50	126	62

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady, slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	335	3	162.00–170.00	$167.49	$561	—
355–395	376	8	160.00–168.00	$161.80	$608	—
415–425	421	7	151.00–158.00	$154.71	$651	-2.97
468 value added	468	24	162.50	$162.50	$760	—
515	515	3	141.00	$141.00	$726	+1.47
524 value added	524	28	150.00	$150.00	$786	—
565–595	575	11	138.00–140.00	$139.08	$800	+8.09
615–645	628	15	125.00–130.00	$127.87	$803	+8.10
655–695	680	23	118.00–129.00	$121.60	$827	+2.28
710–715	713	4	110.00–118.00	$113.99	$813	-4.01
716 value added	716	10	129.00	$129.00	$924	—
815–845 value added	830	2	108.00–110.00	$109.02	$905	—
888	888	15	105.00	$105.00	$932	—
913	913	3	102.00	$102.00	$931	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	285	3	164.00–165.00	$164.65	$469	—
360–385	367	6	151.00–159.00	$156.03	$573	-0.99
405–445	427	12	142.00–148.00	$144.94	$619	-1.82
455–475	464	11	140.00–145.00	$141.28	$656	+1.82
510–525	518	4	130.00–131.00	$130.51	$676	+0.27
560–580	566	10	125.00–131.00	$129.27	$732	—
615	615	3	115.00	$115.00	$707	+4.00
755	755	1	102.00	$102.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	154.00	$154.00	$408	—
355	355	2	148.00	$148.00	$525	—
465	465	1	131.00	$131.00	$609	+0.86
515	515	4	120.00	$120.00	$618	-0.49

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	386	6	138.00–146.00	$142.41	$550	-4.63
405–435	425	8	131.00–140.00	$135.68	$577	-5.64
425 value added	425	52	148.50	$148.50	$631	—
455–479	466	9	125.00–132.00	$128.57	$599	+0.73
511 value added	511	28	133.00	$133.00	$680	—
525–545	536	9	121.00–130.00	$125.95	$675	—
560–580	569	13	111.00–119.00	$114.45	$651	-1.88
605–640	624	14	106.00–114.50	$111.36	$695	+1.78
650–680	658	14	101.00–108.00	$105.70	$696	-0.30
705–730	722	3	95.00–102.00	$97.28	$702	-2.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	134.00	$134.00	$368	-16.00
315–345	326	7	130.00–133.00	$132.13	$431	-7.96
355–395	380	17	125.00–134.00	$128.78	$489	—
410–435	429	11	120.00–130.00	$126.46	$543	-5.43
460–495	477	6	112.00–116.00	$114.54	$546	-1.94
505–535	526	14	110.00–115.00	$111.44	$586	+0.98
645	645	3	105.00	$105.00	$677	+5.00
675	675	2	96.00	$96.00	$648	—
715	715	1	90.00	$90.00	$644	—
760	760	1	85.00	$85.00	$646	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	124.00	$124.00	$341	—
355–380	370	5	120.00–121.00	$120.62	$446	—
455–490	473	3	101.00–105.00	$102.62	$485	-7.38

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	180.00	$180.00	$405	—
285–295	292	3	164.00–166.00	$165.35	$483	—
315–340	329	10	158.00–166.00	$163.10	$537	—
360–395	376	9	142.00–158.00	$151.36	$569	—
430–435	433	4	146.00–151.00	$148.49	$643	-9.30
460–475	467	20	135.00–144.00	$139.61	$652	—
505–535	519	15	128.00–133.00	$129.98	$675	-4.03
560–595	578	8	120.00–129.00	$124.14	$718	—
605–645	625	10	116.00–125.00	$120.30	$752	—
695	695	2	115.00	$115.00	$799	+8.00
715–720	719	4	111.00–112.00	$111.75	$803	+11.75
755–760	758	4	102.00–109.00	$105.51	$800	+10.51
880	880	3	81.00	$81.00	$713	—
905	905	1	80.00	$80.00	$724	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	430	11	136.00–142.00	$139.04	$598	-5.11
465–490	479	11	129.00–134.00	$131.74	$631	-5.28
565–570	568	6	110.00–119.00	$116.17	$660	—
610–645	630	14	109.00–115.00	$111.13	$700	+3.38
655–680	664	7	107.00–111.00	$109.58	$728	—
705	705	3	106.00	$106.00	$747	—
765–775	770	2	90.00–91.00	$90.50	$697	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	435	6	124.00–130.00	$126.39	$550	+2.97
515	515	4	110.00	$110.00	$566	—
555–570	563	6	102.00–105.00	$103.34	$582	—
665–670	667	5	95.00–103.00	$98.21	$655	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1475	1164	80-85%	56	60.00–65.00	$62.41	$726	+4.51
765–1650	1190	80-85%	45	54.00–59.00	$56.49	$672	-1.41
940–1335	1208	80-85%	9	50.00–53.00	$51.41	$621	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1650	1503	75-80%	8	62.00–67.00	$64.57	$970	+10.00
1260–1840	1588	75-80%	12	58.00–64.00	$59.51	$945	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1050	937	85-90%	5	42.00–52.00	$46.69	$437	—
920–1095	982	85-90%	10	40.00–44.00	$41.78	$410	-3.37

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1950	1653	3	67.00–71.00	$68.82	$1,138	—
1210–2355	1700	8	75.00–80.00	$77.16	$1,312	+0.91
1375–1950	1710	3	81.00–83.00	$81.70	$1,397	+5.45

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	625.00–700.00	$666.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	675.00–875.00	$763.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	600.00–800.00	$710.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	475.00–575.00	$518.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	400.00–525.00	$462.50

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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	12	1,175.00–1,350.00	$1,270.83	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	625.00–950.00	$829.17	—

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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.