Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 27, 2021

1,181 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.18/cwt +3.12 vs last sale · ≈ $657/hd at 533 lb · 21 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $131.28/cwt ≈ $761/hd at 580 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.10/cwt +1.71 vs last sale · ≈ $579/hd at 463 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,181	1,362	868
Feeder cattle	929	1,052	648
Slaughter cattle	147	220	100
Replacement cattle	105	90	120

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 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
305	305	2	160.00	$160.00	$488	+5.00
390–395	392	6	157.00–160.00	$158.99	$623	+7.66
425–435	429	7	152.00–160.00	$157.17	$674	—
465–480	471	8	150.00–152.00	$150.76	$710	+6.79
515–540	531	9	145.00–147.00	$146.00	$775	+8.52
560–565	562	5	138.00–141.00	$139.79	$786	+7.85
660–695	679	6	132.00–134.00	$133.50	$906	+8.24
765–790	778	2	115.00–119.00	$117.03	$910	+0.03

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	167.00	$167.00	$635	—
420–445	436	11	162.00–168.00	$164.18	$716	—
455–465	458	7	159.00–164.00	$162.00	$742	+11.49
515	515	3	150.00	$150.00	$772	+3.25
580	580	3	143.00	$143.00	$829	+5.00
615–620	618	7	136.00–137.00	$136.57	$844	—
665–690	673	3	135.00–136.00	$135.34	$911	—
710–715	713	2	130.00–132.00	$131.00	$934	—
795	795	1	123.00	$123.00	$978	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	157.00	$157.00	$502	—
365–385	375	2	150.00–152.00	$151.03	$566	—
415–445	425	3	148.00–150.00	$149.30	$635	—
470–485	479	6	140.00–142.00	$140.66	$674	—
575–585	581	5	127.00–132.00	$130.61	$759	—
655	655	4	124.00	$124.00	$812	+8.67

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	134.00	$134.00	$409	—
360–380	365	11	129.00–134.00	$131.26	$479	—
405–435	421	14	128.00–133.00	$130.52	$549	+5.90
455–490	463	15	124.00–128.00	$125.10	$579	+1.71
515–545	533	21	121.00–127.00	$123.18	$657	+3.12
555–585	566	12	118.00–125.00	$121.46	$687	+2.96
615–645	636	12	117.00–122.00	$118.73	$755	+0.63
660	660	3	116.00	$116.00	$766	+2.02
715–745	729	8	110.00–116.00	$112.95	$823	+2.95
765–795	774	4	107.00–116.00	$112.70	$872	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	278	3	130.00–132.00	$131.39	$365	—
325–330	328	5	127.00–131.00	$129.00	$423	+2.84
365–395	378	12	125.00–128.00	$126.09	$477	+1.10
415–445	435	13	120.00–127.00	$123.27	$536	+3.08
455–485	471	13	120.00–123.00	$121.60	$573	+2.53
510–520	516	5	115.00–119.00	$117.79	$608	+1.98
565–585	579	5	110.00–117.00	$114.83	$665	-0.19
610–635	628	4	110.00–115.00	$113.53	$713	+2.63
670–680	673	3	107.00–114.00	$111.35	$749	+3.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	120.00	$120.00	$444	+0.35
420	420	1	115.00	$115.00	$483	—
455–485	473	5	110.00–115.00	$113.08	$535	—
525–545	535	2	107.00–110.00	$108.47	$580	—
695	695	4	100.00	$100.00	$695	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–215	208	4	178.00–180.00	$179.48	$373	—
360–390	373	8	156.00–160.00	$158.25	$590	+1.84
415–425	420	6	150.00–153.00	$151.48	$636	+2.09
455–490	480	13	146.00–154.00	$149.76	$719	+2.62
515–525	522	9	140.00–147.00	$141.98	$741	+3.02
570–590	580	17	127.00–134.00	$131.28	$761	—
615–645	630	12	124.00–129.00	$126.90	$799	+2.92
655–690	671	7	124.00–126.00	$124.98	$839	+5.98
710–745	733	7	119.00–123.00	$121.60	$891	—
765–795	780	6	114.00–116.00	$115.35	$900	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	334	13	158.00–162.00	$160.45	$536	+10.03
375–385	378	7	150.00–154.00	$151.44	$572	+2.09
405–445	432	7	142.00–148.00	$144.48	$624	+2.08
470–485	477	8	140.00–145.00	$142.36	$679	+4.58
535–545	540	12	130.00–135.00	$132.75	$717	+2.97
560–595	571	8	115.00–124.00	$119.88	$685	-1.72
615–645	624	9	115.00–120.00	$118.10	$737	+0.10
725–730	727	5	110.00–115.00	$112.99	$821	+2.99
770	770	2	110.00	$110.00	$847	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	7	150.00–154.00	$151.75	$493	—
375	375	3	140.00	$140.00	$525	±0.00
465–485	481	9	130.00–135.00	$131.08	$630	+1.08
515–540	525	5	120.00–125.00	$122.06	$641	+1.73
605–625	619	7	110.00–112.00	$110.56	$684	-1.44
675	675	3	108.00	$108.00	$729	-0.16
720–725	722	3	100.00–105.00	$103.33	$746	+2.33
790	790	2	95.00	$95.00	$750	-0.13

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1305	981	80-85%	22	53.00–58.00	$55.44	$544	—
725–1440	1079	80-85%	22	59.00–65.00	$62.59	$675	+11.45
790–1375	1140	80-85%	18	66.00–72.00	$69.46	$792	+12.74

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1170	976	85-90%	23	48.00–53.00	$50.23	$490	—
875–1270	990	85-90%	9	42.00–47.00	$43.84	$434	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1395	1352	75-80%	5	66.00–69.00	$66.97	$905	+15.96
1275–1560	1445	75-80%	13	57.00–64.00	$61.02	$882	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1580–1645	1623	3	92.00–93.00	$92.68	$1,504	—
1335–1995	1665	2	80.00–82.00	$81.20	$1,352	+11.20
1335–2145	1751	10	84.00–89.00	$86.71	$1,518	+10.83

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	400.00–650.00	$533.33

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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)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	750.00–925.00	$837.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	575.00–800.00	$662.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	700.00–900.00	$812.50

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)	10	500.00–600.00	$547.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	500.00–600.00	$541.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	550.00–675.00	$617.50

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	850.00–1,100.00	$961.11	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	750.00–800.00	$781.25	—

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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.