Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 9, 2021

935 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 2 steers $125.39/cwt -2.61 vs last sale · ≈ $854/hd at 681 lb · 30 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 bulls $122.92/cwt -8.19 vs last sale · ≈ $774/hd at 630 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.19/cwt +0.47 vs last sale · ≈ $632/hd at 482 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	935	979	1,080
Feeder cattle	720	740	800
Slaughter cattle	150	155	123
Replacement cattle	65	84	157

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady, feeder bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. 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
285	285	3	160.00	$160.00	$456	—
345	345	4	155.00	$155.00	$535	-5.00
405–435	423	15	150.00–155.00	$151.61	$641	-6.37
460–485	468	11	145.00–152.00	$149.66	$700	+1.67
505–534	520	17	138.00–142.00	$140.22	$729	-0.05
555–580	566	7	135.00–140.00	$137.14	$776	-2.39
610–640	625	4	135.00–137.00	$136.02	$850	+2.17
670–685	681	30	125.00–131.00	$125.39	$854	-2.61

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	287	3	168.00–170.00	$169.33	$486	—
340	340	1	163.00	$163.00	$554	—
405–415	408	4	160.00–162.00	$161.49	$659	-3.51
480–490	481	8	155.00–160.00	$157.00	$755	+1.08
505–525	515	10	148.00–152.00	$150.60	$776	-1.38
560–570	566	12	142.50–149.00	$143.79	$814	-4.60
605	605	1	141.00	$141.00	$853	+0.54
740	740	3	126.00	$126.00	$932	—
890	890	2	106.00	$106.00	$943	—
1055	1055	1	90.00	$90.00	$950	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	4	140.00	$140.00	$581	-10.00
455–475	462	10	137.00–140.00	$138.11	$638	+0.57
560	560	2	124.00	$124.00	$694	-2.64
636	636	15	120.00	$120.00	$763	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	325	14	138.00–146.00	$141.62	$460	+1.15
360–390	377	15	135.00–143.00	$138.34	$522	—
410–440	425	14	133.00–138.00	$135.71	$577	—
460–490	482	23	128.00–136.00	$131.19	$632	+0.47
505–535	516	20	124.00–131.00	$128.52	$663	-0.90
555–565	561	20	120.00–125.00	$122.13	$685	-4.67
625	625	1	120.00	$120.00	$750	-2.00
680	680	3	117.00	$117.00	$796	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	4	136.00	$136.00	$415	+2.47
355–380	367	10	130.00–132.00	$130.62	$479	+2.14
410–430	424	10	125.00–130.00	$127.39	$540	-0.22
470–495	483	8	124.00–127.00	$125.61	$607	+3.18
520–540	530	10	115.00–121.00	$119.21	$632	—
575–597	586	8	115.00–117.00	$116.26	$681	-5.18
610–630	617	10	110.00–117.00	$115.38	$712	+1.09
710	710	2	105.00	$105.00	$746	+5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	130.00	$130.00	$266	—
315	315	2	123.00	$123.00	$387	+4.84
425	425	3	120.00	$120.00	$510	+5.00
525–530	528	10	110.00–112.00	$111.00	$586	—
570	570	2	110.00	$110.00	$627	±0.00
670	670	2	102.00	$102.00	$683	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	433	12	133.00–140.00	$136.53	$591	-2.55
460–475	467	12	124.00–130.00	$126.68	$592	-5.22
510–540	519	13	120.00–126.00	$123.16	$639	-6.05
560–575	571	15	116.00–123.00	$119.72	$684	-6.76
635–645	640	12	110.00–118.00	$115.16	$737	-4.84
675–695	685	7	112.00–116.00	$114.85	$787	+4.85
705	705	3	110.00	$110.00	$776	+6.98
765	765	2	105.00	$105.00	$803	+4.22

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	329	12	153.00–160.00	$157.83	$519	—
380–390	385	8	150.00–158.00	$153.95	$593	-1.48
455–490	479	9	134.00–139.00	$135.51	$649	-3.94
620–645	630	28	120.00–124.00	$122.92	$774	-8.19
670	670	1	121.00	$121.00	$811	+1.41
725–730	728	3	119.00–120.00	$119.33	$869	+10.73
755–785	775	3	113.00–118.00	$114.62	$888	+9.62

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	139.00	$139.00	$500	+1.08
420	420	4	130.00	$130.00	$546	—
540	540	5	115.00–117.00	$115.80	$625	-2.96
565	565	4	110.00	$110.00	$622	-5.67
645	645	3	105.00	$105.00	$677	-5.00
725	725	2	101.00	$101.00	$732	—
765	765	2	97.00	$97.00	$742	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1385	1101	80-85%	34	62.00–66.00	$64.54	$711	—
955–1205	1114	80-85%	5	73.00–74.00	$73.61	$820	—
825–1545	1116	80-85%	41	67.00–72.00	$69.68	$778	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–925	871	85-90%	12	48.00–52.00	$50.32	$438	-2.02
775–1180	984	85-90%	10	54.00–59.00	$56.69	$558	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1620	1500	75-80%	8	63.00–68.00	$65.76	$986	—
1590–1710	1650	75-80%	2	69.00–70.00	$69.48	$1,146	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1610	1440	4	82.00–86.00	$83.99	$1,209	—
1460–1950	1668	10	87.00–92.00	$89.41	$1,491	+4.28
1595–1880	1779	4	94.00–96.00	$95.02	$1,690	+15.02

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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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,275.00	$1,237.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	775.00–975.00	$891.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	975.00–1,075.00	$1,025.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	925.00–1,150.00	$1,016.67

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)	5	750.00–875.00	$820.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00–700.00	$633.33

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	825.00–925.00	$884.38	—

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	1,500.00–1,925.00	$1,712.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,160.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	700.00–750.00	$716.67	—

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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.