Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 9, 2022

790 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.79/cwt -11.04 vs last sale · ≈ $691/hd at 471 lb · 28 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.77/cwt -12.27 vs last sale · ≈ $628/hd at 422 lb · 25 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.45/cwt -19.00 vs last sale · ≈ $564/hd at 375 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	790	929	1,760
Feeder cattle	599	717	1,410
Slaughter cattle	146	160	250
Replacement cattle	45	52	100

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 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
460	460	1	174.00	$174.00	$800	-4.36
525	525	1	168.00	$168.00	$882	-4.79
555	555	4	160.00–165.00	$161.25	$895	-5.05
615	615	1	156.00	$156.00	$959	-3.17
733	733	8	142.00	$142.00	$1,041	-11.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–385	383	3	170.00–176.00	$171.98	$659	-9.38
545	545	1	162.00	$162.00	$883	-1.04
560	560	1	155.00	$155.00	$868	-4.13
625	625	3	147.00	$147.00	$919	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–390	383	2	160.00–162.00	$160.98	$617	—
455	455	1	160.00	$160.00	$728	—
515–535	525	2	145.00–146.00	$145.49	$764	—
655–695	675	2	141.00–142.00	$141.51	$955	+1.51

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	152.00	$152.00	$395	—
310–340	322	10	150.00–153.00	$151.01	$486	-21.67
360–390	375	23	148.00–155.00	$150.45	$564	-19.00
410–440	422	25	145.00–152.00	$148.77	$628	-12.27
460–480	471	28	142.00–150.00	$146.79	$691	-11.04
505–540	523	18	140.00–148.00	$145.72	$762	-10.29
555–580	569	9	137.00–145.00	$141.12	$803	-10.58
610–640	625	15	134.00–142.00	$135.39	$846	-15.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	287	6	144.00–150.00	$147.87	$424	—
305–345	330	13	140.00–148.00	$144.15	$476	-20.95
360–380	366	9	140.00–146.00	$142.05	$520	-19.84
420–445	429	8	135.00–142.00	$139.41	$598	-15.24
465–475	472	5	135.00–140.00	$138.61	$654	-11.77
510–545	526	13	130.00–139.00	$135.10	$711	-14.06
560–590	578	4	130.00–135.00	$133.26	$770	-12.92
615–640	632	3	128.00–132.00	$130.70	$826	-10.03
665–670	668	2	120.00–124.00	$121.99	$815	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	140.00	$140.00	$385	-19.04
320–325	323	4	131.00–138.00	$134.47	$434	-22.96
380–385	382	3	130.00–132.00	$130.67	$499	-20.80
405	405	1	130.00	$130.00	$526	-18.00
475–480	479	4	125.00–131.00	$126.49	$606	-18.51
510	510	1	120.00	$120.00	$612	—
760	760	1	110.00	$110.00	$836	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	334	13	167.00–175.00	$170.27	$569	-13.86
375–390	377	9	164.00–169.00	$167.32	$631	-8.92
410–440	424	12	158.00–164.00	$161.52	$685	-7.82
470–490	482	12	148.00–154.00	$150.99	$728	-9.35
505–540	528	16	140.00–148.00	$143.16	$756	-13.84
560–580	569	13	135.00–143.00	$138.68	$789	-8.29
615–625	620	2	134.00–137.00	$135.51	$840	—
745	745	4	120.00	$120.00	$894	-3.33
785–795	790	2	112.00–113.00	$112.50	$889	-3.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	184.00	$184.00	$506	-20.00
345	345	1	178.00	$178.00	$614	-15.17
360–390	381	12	171.00–177.00	$173.82	$662	-13.59
415–445	423	11	165.00–174.00	$166.82	$706	-10.10
455–480	467	9	155.00–162.00	$157.22	$734	-12.74
515–545	530	6	150.00–156.00	$152.19	$807	-11.21
560–575	567	5	145.00–153.00	$147.98	$839	-9.40
605–615	612	3	138.00–143.00	$140.32	$859	-6.99
660	660	1	133.00	$133.00	$878	-6.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	170.00	$170.00	$476	—
330	330	5	160.00–165.00	$163.00	$538	-13.25
380	380	3	158.00	$158.00	$600	-1.34
415–430	421	11	145.00–154.00	$150.05	$632	-6.99
480–490	486	4	136.00–145.00	$141.27	$687	—
510	510	3	138.00	$138.00	$704	-2.98
560–575	572	5	130.00–133.00	$130.59	$747	-6.74
665	665	1	115.00	$115.00	$765	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1415	1079	80-85%	14	67.00–74.00	$70.24	$758	—
830–1400	1140	80-85%	25	76.00–82.00	$79.10	$902	+5.15
980–1375	1191	80-85%	31	83.00–89.00	$85.61	$1,020	+3.69

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1050	947	85-90%	9	48.00–52.00	$50.23	$476	-0.79
765–1210	950	85-90%	17	60.00–64.00	$60.77	$577	-6.64
785–1130	1017	85-90%	13	53.00–59.00	$56.03	$570	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1305	1285	75-80%	3	86.00–88.00	$87.34	$1,122	—
1390	1390	75-80%	4	77.00	$77.00	$1,070	—
1230–1640	1469	75-80%	5	78.00–83.00	$80.36	$1,180	-11.03

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1635	1502	3	97.00–98.00	$97.36	$1,462	—
1405–1980	1672	5	108.00–112.00	$110.16	$1,842	—
1405–2145	1696	7	100.00–105.00	$102.18	$1,733	—

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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	2	450.00–675.00	$562.50

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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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	775.00–1,025.00	$890.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	900.00–1,200.00	$1,009.38
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,187.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–850.00	$812.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–875.00	$850.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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)	1	550.00	$550.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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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	16	900.00–1,150.00	$1,059.38	—

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	875.00	$875.00	—

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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.