Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 25, 2022

1,102 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.39/cwt +1.55 vs last sale · ≈ $775/hd at 556 lb · 23 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $160.74/cwt +5.78 vs last sale · ≈ $939/hd at 584 lb · 22 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $133.33/cwt -2.17 vs last sale · ≈ $707/hd at 530 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,102	719	911
Feeder cattle	809	526	595
Slaughter cattle	193	141	206
Replacement cattle	100	52	110

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, boning cows sold up to 88 cwt, slaughter bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold sharply higher with strong demand on pairs.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	178.00	$178.00	$703	+2.39
425–435	432	5	168.00–176.00	$173.22	$748	+1.77
455–480	470	3	165.00–171.00	$167.99	$790	+0.73
505–515	508	4	160.00–167.00	$161.78	$822	-5.19
555–587	584	22	158.00–161.00	$160.74	$939	+5.78
615–640	626	5	145.00–149.00	$147.40	$923	-0.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	173.00	$173.00	$562	-2.00
365	365	4	168.00–170.00	$168.50	$615	+1.50
420	420	3	162.00	$162.00	$680	±0.00
475	475	1	160.00	$160.00	$760	-1.01
505–545	525	2	152.00–158.00	$155.11	$814	-0.89
565–595	578	8	142.00–150.00	$145.68	$842	-1.33
605–615	613	4	135.00–140.00	$136.23	$835	-9.37
655–675	670	4	128.00–135.00	$129.71	$869	—
710–730	720	2	125.00–130.00	$127.53	$918	-4.47
780	780	1	125.00	$125.00	$975	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	170.00	$170.00	$484	—
380	380	1	152.00	$152.00	$578	-8.00
480	480	4	150.00	$150.00	$720	-2.00
570–590	578	5	135.00–140.00	$138.20	$799	-1.80
630	630	3	125.00	$125.00	$788	-13.66
685	685	1	123.00	$123.00	$843	-10.38
710	710	3	120.00	$120.00	$852	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	332	8	148.00–151.00	$148.90	$494	-6.10
380	380	5	142.00–151.00	$148.60	$565	+1.62
415–440	430	15	135.00–143.00	$138.05	$594	-2.45
465–475	471	9	133.00–140.00	$137.45	$647	-0.88
515–545	530	18	130.00–137.00	$133.33	$707	-2.17
565–595	578	11	128.00–131.00	$129.61	$749	-0.39
645	645	1	120.00	$120.00	$774	—
665–670	667	5	117.00–120.00	$118.21	$788	-2.12
720–730	725	3	110.00–116.00	$112.66	$817	—
765	765	1	110.00	$110.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	368	10	152.00–157.00	$153.80	$566	-1.21
415–435	427	12	145.00–152.00	$148.56	$634	+1.08
465–475	471	5	142.00–148.00	$143.38	$675	-0.41
515–530	524	11	138.00–145.00	$140.46	$736	-0.17
555–560	556	23	135.00–140.00	$139.39	$775	+1.55
615–635	625	7	129.00–131.00	$130.01	$813	-2.98
685	685	1	126.00	$126.00	$863	—
705–720	713	2	119.00–120.00	$119.49	$852	-7.52

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	150.00	$150.00	$420	—
330–345	339	9	140.00–146.00	$142.41	$483	—
375–390	380	6	138.00–140.00	$139.32	$529	+0.15
465–475	470	4	130.00–131.00	$130.51	$613	+0.51
575	575	3	120.00	$120.00	$690	—
605–640	623	3	110.00–118.00	$114.41	$713	—
675	675	3	110.00	$110.00	$742	-5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	175.00	$175.00	$508	—
320–335	326	10	166.00–170.00	$168.60	$550	+0.11
370–375	374	4	154.00–160.00	$155.48	$581	-2.93
415	415	3	150.00	$150.00	$622	-6.70
455–485	470	12	145.00–151.00	$147.81	$695	+0.13
515–525	522	13	135.00–140.00	$136.68	$713	-4.09
590	590	2	130.00	$130.00	$767	-2.00
640–645	641	7	120.00–125.00	$122.29	$784	-5.67
670–695	680	9	117.00–123.00	$120.12	$817	-2.88
725–730	728	5	114.00–119.00	$117.01	$852	—
770	770	3	110.00	$110.00	$847	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	162.00	$162.00	$454	—
325	325	2	160.00	$160.00	$520	-1.33
375–390	387	9	145.00–150.00	$147.46	$571	-5.06
415–425	421	9	140.00–146.00	$142.69	$601	-5.70
465–490	480	10	135.00–142.00	$137.86	$662	-0.55
520–545	527	7	130.00–132.00	$130.59	$688	-1.15
555	555	5	120.00	$120.00	$666	—
615	615	2	116.00	$116.00	$713	—
670	670	4	110.00	$110.00	$737	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	178.00	$178.00	$507	-7.00
315	315	8	172.00	$172.00	$542	—
355–375	366	7	163.00–170.00	$167.19	$612	-1.20
415–430	421	5	160.00–164.00	$161.63	$680	-2.59
470	470	2	153.00	$153.00	$719	-5.45
515	515	2	144.00	$144.00	$742	—
575–595	592	6	138.00–141.00	$139.16	$824	-0.84
745	745	1	125.00	$125.00	$931	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1435	1108	80-85%	28	64.00–70.00	$66.79	$740	-9.28
920–1375	1150	80-85%	27	77.00–83.00	$78.96	$908	—
845–1400	1154	80-85%	48	71.00–76.00	$73.40	$847	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–780	743	85-90%	2	45.00–50.00	$47.63	$354	—
825–1050	967	85-90%	9	53.00–57.00	$55.80	$540	-3.92
730–1175	968	85-90%	18	59.00–63.00	$61.05	$591	+1.33

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1665	1478	75-80%	10	66.00–71.00	$68.56	$1,013	—
1270–1575	1485	75-80%	19	72.00–77.00	$73.22	$1,087	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1640	1432	6	96.00–100.00	$97.43	$1,395	—
1575–1640	1601	4	88.00–92.00	$90.02	$1,441	—
1690	1690	2	102.00	$102.00	$1,724	—

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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	13	600.00–825.00	$698.08

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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)	2	700.00–725.00	$712.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	750.00–825.00	$791.67
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,175.00–1,200.00	$1,191.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	800.00–1,050.00	$934.09

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	700.00–725.00	$708.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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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	34	1,400.00–2,375.00	$1,683.82	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,115.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	575.00–775.00	$675.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	—

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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.