Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 6, 2022

728 head sold ·Official USDA report

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

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $167.53/cwt +8.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,119/hd at 668 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $169.84/cwt +5.24 vs last sale · ≈ $900/hd at 530 lb · 16 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $167.88/cwt +3.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,051/hd at 626 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	728	1,156	1,107
Feeder cattle	514	927	768
Slaughter cattle	148	176	201
Replacement cattle	66	53	138

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold sharply higher, feeder heifers and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold sharply 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
260	260	1	200.00	$200.00	$520	—
415–445	425	8	175.00–182.00	$177.38	$754	—
455–480	469	4	170.00–178.00	$172.99	$811	+2.33
515–545	530	16	167.00–174.00	$169.84	$900	+5.24
555–580	567	14	163.00–173.00	$169.23	$960	+10.38
610–645	626	15	164.00–171.00	$167.88	$1,051	+9.47
653–695	668	20	164.00–169.00	$167.53	$1,119	—
710–735	727	3	158.00–167.00	$163.31	$1,187	+25.31
795	795	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,272	—
845 value added	845	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,377	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	384	4	170.00–176.00	$174.46	$670	—
430–435	432	5	167.00–174.00	$171.00	$739	-3.00
505	505	2	160.00	$160.00	$808	+1.58
555–580	564	5	150.00–160.00	$154.96	$874	+2.14
605–615	611	5	150.00–160.00	$154.36	$943	+4.84
680–695	685	3	150.00–151.00	$150.66	$1,032	+11.31
785	785	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,146	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	174.00	$174.00	$487	—
320	320	1	170.00	$170.00	$544	-6.00
405–445	433	6	160.00–165.00	$161.44	$699	+5.13
470–495	486	6	150.00–160.00	$156.69	$762	+4.42
510	510	4	150.00	$150.00	$765	+2.80
590–595	593	3	140.00–144.00	$142.67	$846	—
655	655	1	135.00	$135.00	$884	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	282	3	158.00–167.00	$163.56	$461	—
315	315	2	160.00	$160.00	$504	+2.92
360–395	376	6	158.00–161.00	$158.83	$597	+1.46
405–445	421	11	152.00–161.00	$156.95	$661	+1.39
465–480	470	6	148.00–157.00	$151.20	$711	-0.82
505–515	510	2	142.00–146.00	$144.02	$735	+1.64
570–595	581	9	139.00–146.00	$140.77	$818	-0.59
610–635	622	12	137.00–145.00	$139.18	$866	-0.08
655–690	673	6	138.00–140.00	$139.03	$936	+5.00
710–745	719	7	132.00–141.00	$138.83	$998	+9.93
780–785	781	4	130.00–137.00	$135.00	$1,054	+11.44
880	880	3	133.00	$133.00	$1,170	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	332	5	155.00–158.00	$157.01	$521	+7.44
355–380	368	14	149.00–156.00	$152.28	$560	+3.63
405–445	421	13	143.00–151.00	$147.81	$622	+2.43
465–490	483	10	140.00–147.00	$142.30	$687	+0.83
515–540	531	6	135.00–141.00	$137.81	$732	±0.00
575	575	4	135.00	$135.00	$776	-1.14
605–615	614	7	125.00–135.00	$129.72	$796	+3.83
670–695	685	5	120.00–130.00	$125.60	$860	—
705–735	715	3	120.00–122.00	$120.69	$863	—
775–790	786	4	119.00–120.00	$119.75	$941	+6.08

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	277	10	148.00–154.00	$151.03	$418	—
325	325	2	144.00–150.00	$147.00	$478	+6.02
355–370	363	4	143.00–144.00	$143.49	$521	+3.49
415–420	419	4	135.00–140.00	$138.76	$581	—
485	485	8	130.00–138.00	$134.00	$650	+3.69
535	535	2	130.00	$130.00	$696	+2.44
610–615	613	2	118.00–122.00	$119.99	$736	—
730–735	733	2	110.00–111.00	$110.50	$810	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	180.00	$180.00	$459	-5.00
360–385	377	11	167.00–175.00	$170.28	$642	-0.01
415–430	425	9	162.00–169.00	$165.81	$705	+2.83
460–485	475	6	150.00–157.00	$151.83	$721	+2.70
515–545	529	5	142.00–151.00	$147.78	$782	+8.40
565–585	577	5	140.00–144.00	$141.57	$817	+6.95
605–645	627	6	131.00–141.00	$136.24	$854	+4.40
705	705	1	116.00	$116.00	$818	+3.47
775	775	1	114.00	$114.00	$884	+5.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	186.00	$186.00	$539	—
320–325	324	4	182.00–184.00	$182.49	$591	-3.51
360–365	362	3	176.00–178.00	$177.33	$642	+2.33
415–445	430	4	171.00–174.00	$172.55	$742	+0.18
460	460	2	162.00	$162.00	$745	+2.00
525–545	539	5	155.00–162.00	$157.36	$848	+5.04
560–565	563	2	150.00–156.00	$153.01	$861	+8.70
605–620	611	5	143.00–150.00	$145.81	$891	+5.93
675	675	1	134.00	$134.00	$904	+1.22
725	725	1	129.00	$129.00	$935	+6.55
795	795	1	116.00	$116.00	$922	-1.20

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	321	6	168.00–172.00	$170.32	$547	+0.32
370	370	3	160.00	$160.00	$592	-1.60
410–420	412	11	150.00–160.00	$153.49	$632	—
475–485	480	4	140.00–148.00	$143.50	$689	+2.92
525–545	532	3	130.00–138.00	$135.27	$720	+5.27

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1245	1063	80-85%	20	73.00–78.00	$75.11	$798	—
720–1325	1118	80-85%	14	85.00–90.00	$87.33	$976	+7.27
820–1325	1126	80-85%	23	79.00–84.00	$80.96	$912	-5.23

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–885	795	85-90%	2	51.00	$51.00	$405	—
805–1120	979	85-90%	8	58.00–62.00	$60.58	$593	+8.14
905–1295	1028	85-90%	16	65.00–70.00	$67.35	$692	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1335	1330	75-80%	2	92.00–94.00	$93.00	$1,237	—
1310–1405	1353	75-80%	8	84.00–88.00	$85.89	$1,162	-1.16
1275–1790	1425	75-80%	4	77.00–82.00	$79.73	$1,136	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1575–1700	1642	3	98.00–102.00	$99.62	$1,636	—
1520–2010	1847	3	105.00–107.00	$105.55	$1,950	—

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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	3	825.00–975.00	$925.00

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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)	3	700.00–950.00	$800.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,166.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	800.00–1,075.00	$940.63

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–775.00	$750.00

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	500.00	$500.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,225.00–1,300.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	975.00–1,200.00	$1,090.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	750.00–875.00	$825.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	625.00–725.00	$670.00	—

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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.