Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 21, 2021

1,059 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $137.74/cwt -5.72 vs last sale · ≈ $526/hd at 382 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $133.40/cwt +0.31 vs last sale · ≈ $632/hd at 474 lb · 18 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 bulls $152.35/cwt -6.90 vs last sale · ≈ $568/hd at 373 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,059	815	561
Feeder cattle	802	580	492
Slaughter cattle	177	170	48
Replacement cattle	80	65	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	331	7	164.00–168.00	$166.83	$552	-19.13
355–370	361	15	162.00–168.00	$165.00	$596	-3.51
415–435	426	15	153.00–160.00	$156.98	$669	-5.65
465–495	477	12	149.00–155.00	$152.28	$726	-2.73
510–545	528	9	138.00–146.00	$141.66	$748	-1.42
555–586	573	7	139.00–140.00	$139.42	$799	-2.58
645	645	3	130.00	$130.00	$838	-2.90
725	725	1	120.00	$120.00	$870	+10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	182.00	$182.00	$373	—
355–365	361	5	170.00	$170.00	$614	-2.27
410–425	415	10	162.00–165.00	$163.80	$680	-4.17
455–465	461	10	158.00–164.00	$160.78	$741	-1.91
505–510	509	5	148.00–154.00	$151.40	$771	+0.08
570	570	2	145.00	$145.00	$826	-3.36
630	630	1	140.00	$140.00	$882	-2.15
711	711	9	128.50	$128.50	$914	+8.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	389	5	159.00–160.00	$159.61	$621	-6.39
430	430	4	150.00	$150.00	$645	—
460	460	4	145.00	$145.00	$667	+2.00
540	540	3	128.00	$128.00	$691	—
590	590	2	120.00	$120.00	$708	—
655	655	3	99.00	$99.00	$648	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	151.00	$151.00	$445	-0.04
310–320	314	8	142.00–148.00	$145.33	$456	-3.05
370–395	382	20	135.00–142.00	$137.74	$526	-5.72
420–430	424	10	130.00–138.00	$134.98	$572	-1.51
465–485	474	18	129.00–136.00	$133.40	$632	+0.31
510–525	519	14	120.00–129.00	$125.67	$652	-0.12
560–590	569	5	116.00–122.00	$119.75	$681	+3.75
625	625	3	115.00	$115.00	$719	+0.46
675–690	683	4	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$755	-2.47
725	725	2	109.00	$109.00	$790	—
1040	1040	1	80.00	$80.00	$832	—
1055	1055	1	75.00	$75.00	$791	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	165.00	$165.00	$346	—
290	290	1	160.00	$160.00	$464	-5.46
320–335	330	6	149.00–152.00	$151.03	$498	-7.30
355–390	367	11	146.00–149.00	$147.35	$541	-2.88
410–430	419	11	141.00–144.00	$142.53	$597	-2.34
455	455	5	138.00–140.00	$139.20	$633	-2.77
515–520	517	10	130.00–133.00	$131.50	$680	-0.92
580	580	3	124.00	$124.00	$719	-4.73
621	621	8	118.00	$118.00	$733	-8.16
720–731	729	14	110.00–111.00	$110.14	$803	-5.86
835	835	1	106.00	$106.00	$885	—
865–885	875	2	90.00–97.00	$93.46	$818	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	336	5	134.00–136.00	$135.21	$454	-2.79
365–370	368	4	130.00–133.00	$131.51	$484	-2.37
405–440	421	8	120.00–128.00	$124.33	$523	-0.87
465–470	468	5	115.00–120.00	$118.01	$552	-5.64
505–530	521	8	114.00–118.00	$115.22	$600	—
555–575	570	4	111.00–114.00	$113.27	$646	+8.27

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	174.00	$174.00	$505	—
310–340	324	5	165.00–168.00	$166.64	$540	-25.90
360–370	367	3	160.00–162.00	$160.65	$590	-6.17
425–430	427	7	150.00–152.00	$150.86	$644	-6.31
465–495	480	11	144.00–149.00	$146.70	$704	-7.83
520	520	2	137.00	$137.00	$712	-8.27
580	580	2	133.00	$133.00	$771	-8.68
635–645	643	4	115.00–120.00	$118.76	$764	-14.24
660–675	664	10	111.00–117.00	$113.99	$757	-14.00
755	755	3	107.00	$107.00	$808	—
820	820	1	104.00	$104.00	$853	—
865–890	878	2	95.00–96.00	$95.49	$838	-17.52

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	4	162.00–164.00	$162.98	$543	-13.57
355–395	373	15	148.00–156.00	$152.35	$568	-6.90
430–445	438	8	145.00–149.00	$147.64	$647	-1.69
470–495	483	6	138.00–140.00	$138.97	$671	-7.86
560–590	576	6	119.00–125.00	$122.40	$705	-7.19
625–630	628	5	109.00–111.00	$110.20	$692	-14.80
725	725	2	106.00	$106.00	$768	—
770–775	773	5	99.00–100.00	$99.40	$768	—
825	825	1	95.00	$95.00	$784	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	156.00	$156.00	$507	-8.91
370–390	380	4	140.00–147.00	$143.41	$545	-7.31
435	435	4	140.00	$140.00	$609	—
465–495	485	3	130.00–136.00	$134.08	$650	+0.79
560	560	3	115.00	$115.00	$644	-2.00
725–735	732	3	95.00–98.00	$97.01	$710	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1435	1068	80-85%	26	56.00–62.00	$59.03	$630	—
805–1565	1138	80-85%	66	63.00–69.00	$66.20	$753	—
870–1425	1168	80-85%	36	70.00–76.00	$72.86	$851	+0.26

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1220	978	85-90%	6	45.00–50.00	$47.37	$463	—
840–1150	981	85-90%	16	51.00–56.00	$52.80	$518	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1415	1413	75-80%	2	64.00–66.00	$65.00	$918	-12.48
1285–1590	1456	75-80%	7	58.00–63.00	$60.49	$881	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1350	1275	3	70.00–78.00	$72.35	$922	—
1050–1730	1443	13	80.00–87.00	$84.58	$1,220	—

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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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	725.00–750.00	$741.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	700.00–1,000.00	$834.09
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,200.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	850.00–1,250.00	$952.27

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00	$650.00

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,077.27	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,400.00–1,950.00	$1,618.75	—

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	650.00–950.00	$840.00	—

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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.