Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 12, 2021

1,004 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $147.91/cwt +3.23 vs last sale · ≈ $771/hd at 521 lb · 44 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $140.15/cwt +6.58 vs last sale · ≈ $793/hd at 566 lb · 21 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $123.58/cwt -0.18 vs last sale · ≈ $582/hd at 471 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,004	538	856
Feeder cattle	714	334	628
Slaughter cattle	205	101	116
Replacement cattle	85	103	112

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly 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
325	325	2	156.00	$156.00	$507	—
370–390	383	6	153.00–154.00	$153.32	$587	—
420	420	2	150.00	$150.00	$630	—
490–495	493	4	146.00–152.00	$149.02	$735	—
508–545	521	44	140.00–150.50	$147.91	$771	+3.23
560–575	566	21	135.00–147.00	$140.15	$793	+6.58
620–637	632	17	128.00–137.00	$133.73	$845	+1.28
695	695	3	124.00	$124.00	$862	—
720	720	1	120.00	$120.00	$864	-0.72
905	905	2	110.00	$110.00	$996	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–380	368	4	148.00–150.00	$149.03	$548	-4.26
410–440	428	11	140.00–148.00	$143.10	$612	-3.22
455–460	458	12	140.00–144.00	$142.01	$650	—
520–540	529	6	130.00–138.00	$134.82	$713	+2.84
565–575	573	4	125.00–130.00	$128.77	$738	+6.50
615–625	622	3	120.00–127.00	$124.69	$776	+4.69
670	670	2	120.00	$120.00	$804	—
710–745	727	5	115.00–118.00	$116.99	$851	—
760–770	768	4	105.00–108.00	$107.26	$824	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	2	130.00	$130.00	$611	-5.00
545	545	3	128.00	$128.00	$698	+4.00
580	580	3	123.00	$123.00	$713	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	134.00	$134.00	$322	—
330	330	1	130.00	$130.00	$429	+0.75
365–380	369	7	128.00–130.00	$129.41	$478	+2.39
405–415	410	12	125.00–128.00	$126.35	$518	+0.71
455–490	471	18	120.00–125.00	$123.58	$582	-0.18
525–540	536	7	119.00–121.00	$120.00	$643	+0.57
585	585	5	115.00–119.00	$118.20	$691	-0.18
620–640	631	8	109.00–116.00	$113.12	$714	—
730	730	2	101.00	$101.00	$737	+6.01
880	880	1	95.00	$95.00	$836	—
930	930	1	91.00	$91.00	$846	—
985	985	1	89.00	$89.00	$877	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	378	5	135.00–136.00	$135.41	$512	+2.55
420–425	423	5	130.00–134.00	$131.59	$557	—
470–485	479	9	126.00–128.00	$126.66	$607	—
510–545	524	8	122.00–125.00	$123.48	$647	-5.02
555–575	565	8	120.00–123.00	$120.50	$681	-6.98
615–620	618	8	118.00–120.00	$119.00	$735	-1.00
685	685	3	110.00	$110.00	$754	—
705–725	712	3	108.00–109.00	$108.66	$774	+7.66
760–765	763	2	105.00–106.00	$105.50	$805	—
955–970	963	2	94.00–95.00	$94.50	$910	—
1020–1045	1030	4	90.00–96.00	$93.51	$963	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	3	126.00	$126.00	$346	—
425	425	3	115.00	$115.00	$489	—
525	525	4	112.00	$112.00	$588	-1.73

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	140.00	$140.00	$455	-2.46
410–425	416	8	133.00–140.00	$137.99	$574	-0.06
470–475	472	5	130.00–132.00	$130.81	$617	-4.49
510–525	518	10	124.00–128.00	$126.19	$654	+3.87
575–585	579	7	120.00–123.00	$121.30	$702	+5.30
615–620	617	5	110.00–113.00	$111.79	$690	-3.21
670–695	679	4	108.00–112.00	$110.76	$752	+8.76
755	755	4	105.00	$105.00	$793	+15.00
815–830	823	2	90.00–96.00	$92.97	$765	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	156.00	$156.00	$538	-8.11
370–385	379	7	150.00–154.00	$151.54	$574	—
425–445	432	3	144.00–146.00	$144.69	$625	-2.31
455–490	476	8	134.00–140.00	$136.45	$650	—
510–525	521	7	130.00–136.00	$131.68	$686	—
570–575	573	4	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$719	—
625–635	631	7	120.00–125.00	$121.70	$768	—
675	675	2	119.00	$119.00	$803	—
705	705	2	115.00	$115.00	$811	—
755	755	1	109.00	$109.00	$823	—
840	840	1	107.00	$107.00	$899	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	140.00	$140.00	$294	—
285	285	4	134.00	$134.00	$382	-6.00
385	385	2	132.00	$132.00	$508	—
425	425	3	130.00	$130.00	$552	+1.72
475	475	3	122.00	$122.00	$580	-2.29
520	520	2	117.00	$117.00	$608	+3.27
585	585	3	116.00	$116.00	$679	+6.00
690	690	4	105.00	$105.00	$724	+10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1200	1061	80-85%	33	64.00–68.00	$65.86	$699	—
850–1440	1151	80-85%	71	69.00–74.00	$71.60	$824	+4.28
750–1645	1173	80-85%	18	75.00–80.00	$76.45	$897	-3.09

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–1020	886	85-90%	6	50.00–56.00	$53.24	$472	-1.31
865–1225	1037	85-90%	18	57.00–62.00	$60.37	$626	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1675	1484	75-80%	17	67.00–73.00	$70.16	$1,041	+0.85
1475–1810	1621	75-80%	5	80.00–87.00	$83.16	$1,348	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1855	1396	10	79.00–84.00	$81.25	$1,134	—
1170–2129	1593	12	85.00–91.00	$87.91	$1,400	—

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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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	825.00–1,100.00	$915.91
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	900.00–1,200.00	$1,055.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,225.00–1,250.00	$1,241.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	775.00–950.00	$855.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	625.00–750.00	$700.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–675.00	$637.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–750.00	$737.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	550.00–575.00	$562.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	475.00–550.00	$516.67

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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	20	1,150.00–1,450.00	$1,290.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,650.00–2,200.00	$1,950.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	775.00–950.00	$862.50	—

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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.