Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 31, 2022

926 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $172.36/cwt -2.95 vs last sale · ≈ $832/hd at 483 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.85/cwt +1.36 vs last sale · ≈ $809/hd at 533 lb · 18 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $167.52/cwt +3.48 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 523 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	926	1,533
Feeder cattle	734	1,118
Slaughter cattle	127	340
Replacement cattle	65	75

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 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
405–415	410	6	196.00–206.00	$199.65	$819	+3.70
470–475	473	3	185.00–190.00	$188.35	$891	—
525–535	531	8	175.00–181.00	$178.51	$948	+7.56
560–585	571	5	170.00–178.00	$175.62	$1,003	+6.65
615–620	618	2	168.00–175.00	$171.49	$1,060	+5.25
665	665	2	150.00	$150.00	$998	±0.00
1140	1140	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,596	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	190.00	$190.00	$826	±0.00
465–490	479	9	178.00–184.00	$180.68	$865	+3.59
615–640	634	5	160.00–162.00	$160.59	$1,018	+3.37
740	740	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,066	-0.11
760	760	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,079	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	180.00	$180.00	$774	±0.00
455–470	463	2	170.00–174.00	$172.03	$796	+1.20
520	520	2	156.00	$156.00	$811	-4.80
570	570	1	155.00	$155.00	$884	-3.00
730	730	1	130.00	$130.00	$949	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	6	164.00–166.00	$164.67	$560	—
365–390	374	17	162.00–170.00	$164.71	$616	-1.84
405–440	424	12	155.00–160.00	$156.96	$666	+1.09
470–480	477	17	152.00–156.00	$153.88	$734	-0.42
515–545	532	17	148.00–154.00	$151.43	$806	+0.94
545	545	1	159.00	$159.00	$867	+8.51
560–590	571	12	147.00–153.00	$150.72	$861	+1.26
615–645	626	10	144.00–150.00	$146.97	$920	+2.27
665–680	673	2	139.00–140.00	$139.49	$939	-0.44
735–745	742	3	135.00–137.00	$135.66	$1,007	-2.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	168.00	$168.00	$462	—
310–335	316	8	160.00–162.00	$160.53	$507	-2.70
370–395	381	8	156.00–160.00	$158.48	$604	-2.77
410–435	427	17	148.00–154.00	$151.31	$646	+2.72
460–485	469	8	145.00–150.00	$148.03	$694	-0.90
535–540	538	4	143.00–147.00	$144.99	$780	+0.28
565–585	573	6	140.00–145.00	$141.99	$814	-0.23
615–620	618	3	134.00–140.00	$138.01	$853	-0.80
730	730	1	131.00	$131.00	$956	+0.60
785	785	3	120.00	$120.00	$942	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	5	158.00–160.00	$159.21	$435	—
310	310	3	156.00	$156.00	$484	-3.13
380	380	10	150.00–154.00	$152.00	$578	+0.71
415–425	418	6	140.00–146.00	$142.85	$597	+2.85
475	475	2	140.00	$140.00	$665	+2.00
515–540	525	5	139.00–140.00	$139.59	$733	—
620	620	4	130.00	$130.00	$806	+0.82
655–675	662	3	121.00–130.00	$126.94	$840	+6.94
705	705	1	120.00	$120.00	$846	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	324	7	200.00–204.00	$201.67	$653	+0.14
375–390	379	8	194.00–203.00	$198.27	$751	+0.27
415–445	431	7	180.00–188.00	$183.83	$792	+3.68
465–491	483	20	170.00–180.00	$172.36	$832	-2.95
505–535	519	11	152.00–160.00	$156.88	$814	-1.00
555–580	569	16	148.00–155.00	$151.95	$865	-0.03
615–645	635	7	145.00–152.00	$150.32	$955	+0.85
720–740	730	2	137.00–142.00	$139.47	$1,018	+1.35
785–795	788	3	130.00–132.00	$131.33	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	320	8	210.00–214.00	$211.74	$678	—
355–395	376	4	208.00–216.00	$212.44	$799	+0.44
420–445	429	11	190.00–196.00	$192.21	$825	+2.22
455–470	460	7	186.00–192.00	$188.26	$866	+3.48
515–540	523	17	164.00–170.00	$167.52	$876	+3.48
555–565	559	7	159.00–165.00	$161.14	$901	+0.15
620–625	623	6	153.00–156.00	$154.66	$964	-1.38
655–680	668	2	148.00–150.00	$148.98	$995	+1.74
701–720	705	8	140.00–148.00	$141.65	$999	-4.86

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	366	8	188.00–190.00	$188.89	$691	+4.59
415–430	425	6	170.00–175.00	$171.63	$729	-3.10
485–490	488	4	167.00–168.00	$167.50	$817	-1.54
530	530	3	150.00	$150.00	$795	+2.54
585	585	4	145.00	$145.00	$848	+3.07
635	635	5	140.00	$140.00	$889	+2.19

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1215	1069	80-85%	7	90.00–95.00	$92.17	$985	+12.61
720–1365	1085	80-85%	21	78.00–82.00	$80.51	$874	+0.95
985–1335	1094	80-85%	14	83.00–88.00	$85.23	$932	+5.67

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–955	896	85-90%	14	74.00–79.00	$75.65	$678	—
725–1245	926	85-90%	4	61.00–66.00	$64.15	$594	+3.04
780–1280	947	85-90%	23	68.00–73.00	$69.79	$661	+8.68

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1505	1398	75-80%	4	95.00–96.00	$95.54	$1,336	—
1250–1780	1474	75-80%	8	85.00–90.00	$87.89	$1,295	—
1545–1690	1618	75-80%	2	80.00–82.00	$81.04	$1,311	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1780	1691	4	95.00–100.00	$98.95	$1,673	+1.58
1600–2005	1803	2	108.00–110.00	$108.89	$1,963	—
1625–1995	1810	2	102.00–106.00	$103.80	$1,879	—

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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	625.00–800.00	$737.50

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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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	950.00–1,150.00	$1,050.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00–1,025.00	$958.33
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,275.00

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)	3	550.00–675.00	$616.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	575.00–775.00	$658.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,691.67

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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	1,025.00–1,375.00	$1,137.50	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00	$850.00	—

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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.