Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 29, 2022

1,288 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.66/cwt +1.16 vs last sale · ≈ $810/hd at 588 lb · 30 head

light 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $149.55/cwt +0.20 vs last sale · ≈ $494/hd at 330 lb · 13 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $174.24/cwt -1.76 vs last sale · ≈ $641/hd at 368 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,288	1,094	773
Feeder cattle	763	622	483
Slaughter cattle	420	432	170
Replacement cattle	105	40	120

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 7.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	180.00	$180.00	$504	-5.37
310–345	336	5	175.00–178.00	$175.75	$591	-5.34
355–380	368	13	170.00–178.00	$174.24	$641	-1.76
410–430	420	11	165.00–173.00	$169.97	$714	-3.03
455–475	462	3	165.00–168.00	$166.03	$767	—
540	540	2	158.00	$158.00	$853	-2.00
565–595	581	5	150.00–153.00	$151.98	$883	+4.44
605–615	608	4	141.00–146.00	$142.27	$865	+2.27
695	695	3	140.00	$140.00	$973	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–515	512	9	160.00–168.00	$164.98	$845	-1.58
560–587	582	11	155.00–159.00	$158.47	$922	—
605–640	623	8	150.00–155.00	$152.50	$950	+3.91
675–690	685	3	142.00–146.00	$143.31	$982	-1.69
710	710	1	137.00	$137.00	$973	-3.00
785	785	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,020	—
820	820	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,025	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	6	170.00–172.00	$170.96	$569	-3.04
370–380	374	5	160.00–165.00	$162.03	$606	-3.97
435–445	438	6	150.00–160.00	$153.38	$672	—
505	505	3	150.00	$150.00	$758	—
570–575	571	4	135.00–143.00	$140.75	$804	+0.75

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	388	6	150.00–157.00	$154.38	$599	+4.38
405–430	422	11	145.00–154.00	$148.57	$627	+1.99
455–480	466	12	140.00–146.00	$142.80	$665	-0.38
510–545	529	10	135.00–143.00	$139.07	$736	-2.81
580 value added	580	2	145.00	$145.00	$841	—
560–596	589	28	132.00–140.00	$137.14	$808	+0.64
605–625	615	6	129.00–133.00	$130.16	$800	-1.30
642 value added	642	5	139.00	$139.00	$892	—
703–740	710	8	125.00–133.00	$131.96	$937	+6.03
715 value added	715	2	135.00	$135.00	$965	—
775–795	785	2	119.00–120.00	$119.51	$938	-1.49
1012	1012	7	103.50	$103.50	$1,047	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	13	148.00–152.00	$149.55	$494	+0.20
375–390	381	12	140.00–148.00	$143.37	$546	+2.16
405–445	427	10	138.00–142.00	$139.82	$597	-1.17
460–485	475	5	130.00–136.00	$132.32	$629	-2.99
510–515	511	7	124.00–130.00	$126.85	$648	-5.49
565–585	576	7	120.00–130.00	$124.20	$715	-5.30
615–630	623	4	124.00–125.00	$124.49	$776	+3.26
685–690	686	4	121.00–124.00	$123.25	$845	+3.25
715–725	720	3	117.00–124.00	$119.65	$861	-0.02

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–235	234	4	140.00–148.00	$141.97	$332	—
320–340	337	12	140.00–144.00	$140.99	$475	+0.99
380–390	387	7	135.00–145.00	$137.80	$533	+5.58
415–420	416	7	128.00–130.00	$129.42	$538	-0.58
510–530	516	7	120.00–121.00	$120.29	$621	-2.20

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	377	6	172.00–176.00	$174.22	$657	-0.88
405–430	415	10	164.00–168.00	$165.64	$687	-1.37
460–465	463	4	152.00–158.00	$155.02	$718	-0.01
510–545	521	12	145.00–152.00	$149.00	$776	+4.00
555–585	568	10	143.00–150.00	$146.97	$835	+6.97
620–645	639	4	140.00–143.00	$141.00	$901	—
655–675	667	5	136.00–139.00	$137.82	$919	—
705–735	722	7	128.00–132.00	$129.88	$938	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	328	9	170.00–175.00	$171.52	$563	-1.91
360–380	374	9	165.00–170.00	$167.31	$626	+1.50
405–440	420	7	154.00–160.00	$156.93	$659	-2.24
475	475	3	150.00	$150.00	$712	+1.01
540–545	543	6	140.00–142.00	$141.00	$766	+2.43
560–575	567	6	132.00–140.00	$135.34	$767	-1.68
615	615	2	132.00	$132.00	$812	—
715	715	3	124.00	$124.00	$887	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	274	9	168.00–172.00	$169.79	$465	-0.21
330–340	338	8	160.00–166.00	$162.73	$550	—
355	355	3	160.00	$160.00	$568	+5.00
405	405	5	150.00	$150.00	$608	—
475–480	478	4	140.00–142.00	$141.01	$674	+0.33
540	540	5	130.00–135.00	$133.00	$718	+1.53
585–590	588	3	128.00–130.00	$129.34	$761	+2.27

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1510	1099	80-85%	76	72.00–78.00	$74.93	$823	—
875–1350	1107	80-85%	94	79.00–85.00	$81.79	$905	-15.11
1015–1350	1138	80-85%	32	86.00–91.00	$87.97	$1,001	-1.81

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1220	932	85-90%	24	57.00–63.00	$60.95	$568	-12.42
880–1120	980	85-90%	40	65.00–70.00	$68.11	$667	-10.58
815–1105	991	85-90%	15	71.00–76.00	$72.28	$716	-6.41

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1455	1334	75-80%	8	85.00–89.00	$86.88	$1,159	—
1250–1655	1447	75-80%	12	77.00–83.00	$80.18	$1,160	-5.71
1345–1690	1500	75-80%	10	70.00–75.00	$72.86	$1,093	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1825	1521	6	96.00–100.00	$99.05	$1,507	—
1375–2025	1773	7	102.00–106.00	$103.63	$1,837	—

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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	5	525.00–875.00	$620.00

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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)	5	1,225.00–1,425.00	$1,295.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	800.00–1,075.00	$890.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	850.00–1,150.00	$939.06
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,300.00

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)	2	700.00	$700.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	600.00–825.00	$735.00
—	—	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	8	1,275.00–1,375.00	$1,306.25	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	925.00–1,200.00	$1,059.68	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	675.00–875.00	$821.43	—

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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.