Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 17, 2021

1,701 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.18/cwt +1.24 vs last sale · ≈ $617/hd at 474 lb · 37 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.27/cwt +1.46 vs last sale · ≈ $667/hd at 524 lb · 30 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $156.16/cwt +4.33 vs last sale · ≈ $804/hd at 515 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,701	1,591	1,866
Feeder cattle	1,296	1,325	1,576
Slaughter cattle	225	203	173
Replacement cattle	180	63	117

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–390	387	5	164.00–165.00	$164.40	$636	-2.48
405–415	411	5	161.00–162.00	$161.39	$663	—
465–475	467	14	151.00–156.00	$152.01	$710	-3.33
503 value added	503	12	164.00	$164.00	$825	—
515–529	526	13	148.00–152.00	$148.92	$783	-2.91
566 value added	566	6	160.00	$160.00	$906	+5.78
575–595	587	16	146.00–152.00	$150.33	$882	+1.32
615–645	635	6	139.00–149.00	$141.34	$898	+4.31
685–690	688	4	130.00–133.00	$131.51	$905	-5.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	166.00	$166.00	$564	—
360–395	379	7	160.00–163.00	$161.81	$613	+6.15
415–430	425	12	150.00–157.00	$153.48	$652	-0.62
460–480	470	14	142.00–150.00	$145.97	$686	-4.72
510–540	532	9	140.00–147.00	$145.17	$772	+2.55
555–590	573	12	135.00–143.00	$139.32	$798	-1.08
615–635	622	3	132.00–135.00	$133.98	$833	+1.46
670	670	2	128.00	$128.00	$858	—
745	745	2	120.00	$120.00	$894	-7.46

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	3	148.00	$148.00	$636	-2.00
455–470	466	8	139.00–140.00	$139.76	$651	-0.63
570–590	585	4	125.00–131.00	$129.54	$758	+2.19
675	675	2	120.00	$120.00	$810	±0.00
735–740	737	6	110.00–114.00	$111.34	$821	—
755	755	1	110.00	$110.00	$830	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	320	8	140.00–148.00	$141.76	$454	—
360–385	375	6	136.00–142.00	$139.72	$524	—
405–445	418	16	130.00–138.00	$132.96	$556	+1.98
460–485	474	37	127.00–134.00	$130.18	$617	+1.24
510–540	524	30	124.00–132.00	$127.27	$667	+1.46
560–575	569	11	125.00–129.00	$126.81	$722	+1.60
610–645	630	8	122.00–126.00	$124.61	$785	-0.09
665	665	3	123.00	$123.00	$818	+0.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	369	16	129.00–134.00	$131.78	$486	+8.94
405–440	420	8	120.00–127.00	$123.37	$518	+1.47
480	480	6	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$588	+1.55
525–545	538	12	118.00–123.00	$121.02	$651	+1.58
555–580	563	11	115.00–124.00	$120.62	$679	+3.81
610–645	631	14	112.00–121.00	$117.45	$741	+2.85
670–685	678	4	113.00–115.00	$113.99	$773	+1.74

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	330	4	129.00–132.00	$130.45	$430	—
365	365	4	120.00	$120.00	$438	+4.05
405–445	429	6	114.00–117.00	$115.86	$497	+3.34
455–480	472	3	110.00–115.00	$113.39	$535	+2.65
530	530	2	112.00	$112.00	$594	+2.00
585	585	2	110.00	$110.00	$644	—
615	615	3	105.00	$105.00	$646	—
670–680	675	4	95.00–101.00	$97.98	$661	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	158.00	$158.00	$466	+1.00
330	330	2	154.00	$154.00	$508	—
355–380	368	4	150.00–154.00	$152.07	$560	+1.69
405–445	426	9	140.00–144.00	$141.63	$603	-2.73
460–490	477	7	138.00–142.00	$139.98	$668	-0.81
505–525	512	6	129.00–130.00	$129.66	$664	-3.01
555–590	569	6	123.00–126.00	$124.37	$708	+0.97
615–630	623	2	117.00–120.00	$118.48	$738	-2.02
655–690	669	5	113.00–115.00	$114.17	$764	-1.06
720–730	723	3	108.00–110.00	$108.67	$786	+1.20
760–775	768	7	100.00–104.00	$101.70	$781	+0.70

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	170.00	$170.00	$357	—
315	315	2	164.00	$164.00	$517	—
375–380	378	6	160.00–163.00	$160.99	$609	+0.99
425–430	428	4	149.00–150.00	$149.50	$640	-2.50
470–475	473	7	144.00–147.00	$145.72	$689	-1.49
505–545	536	7	136.00–140.00	$137.11	$735	-0.89
565–595	584	8	130.00–136.00	$132.26	$772	+2.26
610–625	619	7	124.00–127.00	$125.42	$776	-1.58
715	715	3	118.00	$118.00	$844	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	341	4	148.00–150.00	$149.52	$510	-0.48
365–395	380	9	140.00–142.00	$140.66	$535	-1.19
415–430	425	3	130.00–137.00	$134.72	$573	+1.44
475–495	488	3	130.00–132.00	$130.65	$638	+1.42
565	565	4	110.00	$110.00	$622	—
655–670	664	7	105.00–110.00	$107.59	$714	-0.38
730	730	6	101.00	$101.00	$737	±0.00
790	790	3	95.00	$95.00	$750	-3.01

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1380	1150	80-85%	23	53.00–58.00	$54.76	$630	—
975–1365	1150	80-85%	16	41.00–46.00	$43.59	$501	—
925–1490	1169	80-85%	49	47.00–52.00	$49.92	$584	-13.78

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1240	995	85-90%	12	35.00–39.00	$37.14	$370	-15.48
805–1180	1026	85-90%	25	40.00–45.00	$41.94	$430	-4.85

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1745	1416	75-80%	12	55.00–60.00	$56.82	$805	-16.15
1280–1650	1462	75-80%	16	49.00–54.00	$51.82	$758	-13.42

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1915	1652	15	79.00–85.00	$81.75	$1,351	—

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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)	34	950.00–1,400.00	$1,116.18
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,323.33
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	650.00–1,050.00	$789.58
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	750.00–1,150.00	$1,060.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	500.00	$500.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	500.00	$500.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	550.00	$550.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00–700.00	$675.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	550.00–625.00	$581.82

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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	875.00–1,175.00	$1,040.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	750.00–825.00	$800.00	—

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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.