Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 26, 2022

1,069 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Roanoke Stockyards report →

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.20/cwt -8.63 vs last sale · ≈ $766/hd at 531 lb · 31 head

heavy 2-weight M&L 1 bulls $196.18/cwt ≈ $530/hd at 270 lb · 22 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $140.54/cwt -1.44 vs last sale · ≈ $593/hd at 422 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,069	1,046	580
Feeder cattle	870	939	441
Slaughter cattle	133	76	84
Replacement cattle	66	31	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls and heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold sharply higher, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher. 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
310–335	323	2	188.00–190.00	$189.04	$611	—
375–380	376	4	185.00–190.00	$188.74	$710	-5.26
405–440	423	7	182.00–190.00	$185.53	$785	-6.73
535–545	542	6	170.00–171.00	$170.33	$923	-1.37
570–595	584	10	155.00–160.00	$157.81	$922	—
615–630	621	20	147.00–150.00	$147.50	$916	-7.50
695	695	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,015	—
745	745	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,043	—
795	795	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,049	—
852 value added	852	7	140.00	$140.00	$1,193	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	332	3	180.00–185.00	$183.42	$609	—
365	365	1	182.00	$182.00	$664	-8.00
405	405	2	174.00	$174.00	$705	-15.00
515–525	517	9	158.00–161.00	$159.34	$824	-3.76
570–590	577	8	148.00–151.00	$149.51	$863	-10.49
640	640	1	145.00	$145.00	$928	-4.80
670–695	679	5	140.00–142.00	$140.81	$956	-6.20
705–715	713	5	130.00–132.00	$131.00	$934	-16.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	170.00	$170.00	$663	—
505–515	509	7	147.00–152.00	$149.72	$762	-9.46
605–615	610	4	135.00–140.00	$137.52	$839	+0.20
675	675	1	131.00	$131.00	$884	+1.00
795	795	1	120.00	$120.00	$954	—

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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	333	9	150.00–154.00	$151.03	$503	-6.72
370–385	378	8	147.00–150.00	$148.47	$561	-7.98
415–445	425	11	145.00–150.00	$146.39	$622	-6.15
465–485	473	8	142.00–149.00	$144.87	$685	-6.58
505–540	531	31	140.00–148.00	$144.20	$766	-7.60
555–595	572	11	138.00–145.00	$140.78	$805	-7.97
610–630	621	11	133.00–142.00	$135.18	$839	-9.99
675–690	680	3	130.00–133.00	$131.99	$898	-9.94
790	790	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,011	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	6	150.00–152.00	$150.66	$419	-0.55
330	330	2	145.00	$145.00	$478	-3.34
370–380	376	13	140.00–145.00	$142.88	$537	+0.11
405–440	422	21	137.00–144.00	$140.54	$593	-1.44
460–480	470	13	134.00–141.00	$139.14	$654	-1.52
510–525	516	7	130.00–138.00	$134.04	$692	-4.71
555–585	569	11	128.00–136.00	$133.73	$761	—
615–640	628	6	125.00–132.00	$129.86	$816	-1.21
660–670	665	3	123.00–127.00	$124.99	$831	—
715–740	734	5	120.00–125.00	$123.02	$903	-4.56

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	10	140.00–141.00	$140.40	$482	+0.40
415–425	420	4	132.00–135.00	$133.48	$561	+1.77
480	480	4	130.00	$130.00	$624	±0.00
505–545	515	7	120.00–125.00	$122.55	$631	-1.18

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	284	8	186.00–190.00	$187.99	$534	-2.01
320–345	335	13	175.00–182.00	$178.52	$598	-4.00
360–385	373	6	175.00–176.00	$175.52	$655	-5.69
420–425	422	6	170.00–172.00	$170.67	$720	-5.92
455–480	473	11	158.00–162.00	$160.28	$758	-4.40
525–530	528	6	150.00–152.00	$151.00	$797	-2.23
560–570	568	4	135.00–140.00	$138.77	$788	-7.73
605–635	615	5	130.00–135.00	$132.79	$817	—
655–695	671	5	125.00–130.00	$127.93	$858	—
715	715	3	121.00–127.00	$125.00	$894	-5.00
795	795	1	120.00	$120.00	$954	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	22	196.00–200.00	$196.18	$530	—
305–340	323	4	190.00–196.00	$192.84	$623	-1.16
355–360	357	9	180.00–185.00	$181.68	$649	-9.49
445	445	2	178.00	$178.00	$792	-11.99
460–470	463	6	165.00–170.00	$168.31	$779	-8.17
515–540	524	8	157.00–161.00	$159.51	$836	-2.47
555–595	578	7	145.00–152.00	$147.43	$852	-7.55
615–645	630	2	140.00–148.00	$144.10	$908	-6.90

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	180.00	$180.00	$495	+6.81
315–345	324	7	168.00–170.00	$169.39	$549	-1.28
405	405	1	162.00	$162.00	$656	-3.31
455–470	463	9	150.00–155.00	$151.80	$703	-6.19
535	535	5	140.00	$140.00	$749	-2.45
570	570	1	130.00	$130.00	$741	-9.18
605–640	622	3	122.00–127.00	$124.62	$775	-5.38
670	670	1	121.00	$121.00	$811	+4.49
785	785	1	115.00	$115.00	$903	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1255	988	80-85%	9	70.00–75.00	$72.76	$719	—
985–1350	1125	80-85%	23	76.00–82.00	$79.61	$896	+13.88
960–1425	1216	80-85%	27	83.00–88.00	$85.83	$1,044	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1590	1455	75-80%	9	77.00–82.00	$79.38	$1,155	—
1155–1575	1511	75-80%	16	84.00–89.00	$85.58	$1,293	+11.09

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	85-90%	1	57.00	$57.00	$507	—
730–975	893	85-90%	9	66.00–70.00	$67.93	$607	—
835–1185	1040	85-90%	5	60.00–63.00	$61.29	$637	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–2055	1637	3	100.00–106.00	$102.72	$1,682	—
1630–1915	1797	9	93.00–98.00	$96.33	$1,731	—
1620–2050	1840	4	87.00–90.00	$88.47	$1,628	—

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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	7	475.00–675.00	$564.29

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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)	15	725.00–925.00	$813.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–725.00	$662.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	850.00–1,175.00	$980.00

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	525.00–725.00	$615.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00–775.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	675.00–700.00	$687.50

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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	20	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,142.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	500.00	$500.00	—

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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.