Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 23, 2022

1,156 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.26/cwt +0.75 vs last sale · ≈ $873/hd at 627 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.38/cwt -5.73 vs last sale · ≈ $765/hd at 537 lb · 30 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.36/cwt -2.23 vs last sale · ≈ $811/hd at 574 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,156	529	975
Feeder cattle	927	440	716
Slaughter cattle	176	72	184
Replacement cattle	53	17	75

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower, boning cows sold up to 95 cwt, slaughter bulls sold 7.00 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
480–485	483	3	170.00–172.00	$170.66	$824	-10.79
511–545	522	10	162.00–170.00	$164.60	$859	-8.33
579 value added	579	20	174.50	$174.50	$1,010	—
575–585	581	7	158.00–160.00	$158.85	$923	-6.20
610–625	616	5	158.00–159.00	$158.41	$976	+0.41
619 value added	619	15	166.50	$166.50	$1,031	—
661 value added	661	8	159.00	$159.00	$1,051	—
725	725	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,000	-5.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	335	3	182.00–184.00	$183.31	$614	+1.65
440	440	2	174.00	$174.00	$766	-1.96
455–495	479	8	160.00–168.00	$163.65	$784	-9.38
505–545	519	11	152.00–161.00	$158.42	$822	-5.08
575–590	581	6	148.00–155.00	$152.82	$888	—
605–645	635	4	148.00–150.00	$149.52	$949	—
660–685	677	3	138.00–140.00	$139.35	$943	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	176.00	$176.00	$563	—
375–380	378	2	170.00–176.00	$173.02	$654	-0.98
415–440	421	4	155.00–160.00	$156.31	$658	—
465–480	472	11	150.00–155.00	$152.27	$719	-7.73
505–510	508	5	140.00–150.00	$147.20	$748	—
555	555	2	135.00	$135.00	$749	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	331	8	154.00–160.00	$157.08	$520	+1.07
355–395	383	8	152.00–160.00	$157.37	$603	+1.27
405–445	432	18	150.00–160.00	$155.56	$672	-0.30
455–485	470	13	148.00–158.00	$152.02	$714	+0.04
520–545	537	30	140.00–147.00	$142.38	$765	-5.73
560–590	574	29	138.00–145.00	$141.36	$811	-2.23
605–640	627	34	134.00–142.00	$139.26	$873	+0.75
655–685	665	27	130.00–138.00	$134.03	$891	—
715–740	724	10	125.00–131.00	$128.90	$933	—
770–790	779	7	120.00–128.00	$123.56	$963	+3.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	284	5	150.00–154.00	$151.63	$431	+0.02
305–335	316	11	147.00–152.00	$149.57	$473	+2.02
370–380	374	12	146.00–152.00	$148.65	$556	+5.81
405–440	421	10	140.00–149.00	$145.38	$612	+0.88
460–490	478	23	138.00–147.00	$141.47	$676	+0.04
505–530	516	14	133.00–140.00	$137.81	$711	-4.19
565	565	7	135.00–137.00	$136.14	$769	+2.14
615–640	620	7	123.00–131.00	$125.89	$781	-2.11
755–775	765	3	110.00–116.00	$113.67	$870	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–320	313	4	140.00–142.00	$140.98	$441	+0.47
365	365	5	140.00	$140.00	$511	—
470–480	476	6	128.00–134.00	$130.31	$620	—
505–545	525	5	124.00–130.00	$127.56	$670	—
565	565	1	122.00	$122.00	$689	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	185.00	$185.00	$518	—
305–330	320	5	174.00–178.00	$176.48	$565	-4.18
355–385	370	6	168.00–172.00	$170.29	$630	-6.59
405–440	419	11	160.00–168.00	$162.98	$683	-5.80
460–485	475	9	144.00–152.00	$149.13	$708	-2.95
510–540	522	14	135.00–145.00	$139.38	$728	-5.94
565–585	572	9	130.00–140.00	$134.62	$770	-5.38
610–625	620	6	130.00–134.00	$131.84	$817	-5.16
685	685	2	120.00	$120.00	$822	—
725–740	733	2	110.00–115.00	$112.53	$825	-6.47
770–795	783	4	108.00–110.00	$108.98	$853	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	186.00	$186.00	$604	—
395	395	2	175.00	$175.00	$691	-8.63
405–430	415	8	170.00–180.00	$172.37	$715	-6.54
490	490	6	160.00	$160.00	$784	+0.61
510–535	521	7	150.00–156.00	$152.32	$794	-3.44
570–580	574	10	142.00–147.00	$144.31	$828	-4.08
610–625	617	8	137.00–142.00	$139.88	$863	-2.11
655–685	676	8	130.00–135.00	$132.78	$898	-0.22
705–735	720	2	120.00–125.00	$122.45	$882	-4.55
770–795	784	5	115.00–120.00	$117.20	$919	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	174.00	$174.00	$513	+2.98
320	320	4	170.00	$170.00	$544	+2.60
385	385	5	160.00–164.00	$161.60	$622	+0.60
485–490	486	7	140.00–142.00	$140.58	$683	-0.23
505	505	3	130.00	$130.00	$656	—
575	575	2	120.00	$120.00	$690	-11.68

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1215	1003	80-85%	23	70.00–76.00	$73.19	$734	-0.25
805–1325	1100	80-85%	39	77.00–83.00	$80.06	$881	-0.64
995–1355	1146	80-85%	25	84.00–90.00	$86.19	$988	+5.49

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1475	1377	75-80%	5	86.00–90.00	$87.05	$1,199	—
1330–1580	1458	75-80%	18	80.00–85.00	$82.41	$1,202	—
1455–1505	1474	75-80%	4	75.00–79.00	$77.49	$1,142	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1090	926	85-90%	14	58.00–62.00	$60.62	$561	—
835–1190	961	85-90%	8	65.00–68.00	$66.15	$636	—
905–1045	984	85-90%	4	50.00–55.00	$52.44	$516	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1955	1481	7	99.00–106.00	$103.42	$1,532	—
1305–2065	1599	12	108.00–114.00	$111.49	$1,783	—
1650–1785	1740	3	119.00–124.00	$122.42	$2,130	+10.97

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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	4	600.00–625.00	$618.75

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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	1,300.00–1,375.00	$1,337.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,075.00–1,200.00	$1,120.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	700.00	$700.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	800.00–1,100.00	$937.50

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)	2	700.00–750.00	$725.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	600.00–725.00	$656.25

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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	14	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,117.86	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,375.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	700.00–975.00	$878.13	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	575.00–875.00	$725.00	—

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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.