Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 12, 2022

1,195 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $127.75/cwt -3.25 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 565 lb · 16 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.56/cwt -3.49 vs last sale · ≈ $758/hd at 576 lb · 14 head

light 7-weight M&L 2 bulls $112.09/cwt -2.90 vs last sale · ≈ $815/hd at 727 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,195	1,070	1,362
Feeder cattle	906	727	1,100
Slaughter cattle	208	293	217
Replacement cattle	81	50	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–480	477	7	155.00–160.00	$157.84	$753	-2.16
515	515	4	150.00	$150.00	$772	-2.00
570	570	3	140.00	$140.00	$798	-8.41
615–645	626	4	135.00–141.00	$137.80	$863	-8.45
675	675	2	135.00	$135.00	$911	—
755	755	2	120.00	$120.00	$906	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	2	153.00	$153.00	$880	—
605–625	614	10	145.00–150.00	$147.76	$907	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	153.00	$153.00	$757	+0.53
515	515	6	135.00–140.00	$137.50	$708	-9.30
575	575	1	135.00	$135.00	$776	-8.98

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	271	7	156.00–158.00	$156.84	$425	—
310–315	311	4	150.00–152.00	$150.51	$468	-6.78
375	375	2	148.00	$148.00	$555	-5.99
415–430	423	6	143.00–148.00	$145.46	$615	-2.84
465–480	476	9	135.00–140.00	$136.64	$650	-3.75
515–540	531	7	132.00–135.00	$133.57	$709	-3.43
565–590	576	14	130.00–133.00	$131.56	$758	-3.49
605–615	611	5	128.00–130.00	$128.79	$787	-5.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	326	5	145.00–147.00	$145.40	$474	-3.03
365–375	371	9	140.00–142.00	$140.88	$523	-0.46
415–445	433	8	137.00–142.00	$139.67	$605	+1.18
475–490	483	6	130.00–132.00	$131.02	$633	-5.87
515–520	517	6	125.00–130.00	$128.50	$664	-3.11
565–570	568	6	127.00–128.00	$127.50	$724	-2.25
615–645	630	4	121.00–125.00	$123.73	$779	+2.28
675–685	683	4	118.00–120.00	$119.51	$816	-4.25
705–745	725	2	113.00–114.00	$113.51	$823	—
765–795	780	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$862	-8.47

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	141.00	$141.00	$430	+1.00
415–420	419	4	134.00–135.00	$134.75	$565	+3.64
475	475	2	125.00	$125.00	$594	-5.00
515	515	5	120.00	$120.00	$618	-5.00
575–595	583	5	118.00–120.00	$119.18	$695	-0.82
675	675	1	113.00	$113.00	$763	-2.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	389	8	160.00–162.00	$160.73	$625	-10.07
415–425	420	6	145.00–148.00	$146.52	$615	-11.74
455–485	475	6	140.00–141.00	$140.68	$668	-10.31
515–540	532	8	133.00–135.00	$134.00	$713	-5.63
555–580	565	16	125.00–130.00	$127.75	$722	-3.25
605–635	612	9	120.00–125.00	$121.34	$743	-5.91
660–685	673	7	116.00–120.00	$117.97	$794	-7.27
720–730	727	10	110.00–115.00	$112.09	$815	-2.90
755–765	763	5	110.00–112.00	$111.60	$852	-1.87

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	328	6	158.00–160.00	$159.36	$523	—
395	395	4	150.00	$150.00	$592	-14.50
420	420	2	142.00	$142.00	$596	-10.07
475–490	481	7	135.00–138.00	$136.31	$656	-5.59
515–540	525	7	127.00–132.00	$129.82	$682	-4.84
560–575	573	6	120.00–123.00	$120.82	$692	-6.80
615–630	626	4	111.00–116.00	$114.77	$718	-6.27
655–680	671	4	109.00–111.00	$109.74	$736	-8.60
710	710	3	105.00	$105.00	$746	—
795	795	3	104.00	$104.00	$827	-2.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–545	539	5	137.00–145.00	$138.53	$747	-6.47

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1160	1006	80-85%	5	78.00–82.00	$79.09	$796	—
785–1380	1056	80-85%	68	65.00–70.00	$67.32	$711	+0.32
975–1360	1184	80-85%	39	71.00–76.00	$73.06	$865	-3.81

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1090	947	85-90%	10	50.00–52.00	$50.71	$480	—
880–1090	1017	85-90%	6	61.00–64.00	$61.65	$627	—
755–1210	1033	85-90%	16	54.00–60.00	$56.95	$588	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1415	1371	75-80%	6	76.00–79.00	$77.01	$1,056	+10.97
1325–1475	1401	75-80%	8	69.00–74.00	$70.53	$988	—
1380–1680	1491	75-80%	7	62.00–65.00	$64.25	$958	-12.04

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490	1490	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,445	—
1210–1985	1578	8	82.00–85.00	$83.77	$1,322	—
1395–1885	1769	10	88.00–92.00	$90.25	$1,597	—

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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)	11	850.00–1,100.00	$929.55
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	875.00–1,000.00	$906.25
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	925.00–1,150.00	$1,037.50

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)	4	550.00–650.00	$593.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	600.00–800.00	$711.11

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–825.00	$808.33

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,450.00

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,050.00–1,350.00	$1,170.83	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	725.00–800.00	$766.67	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–1,000.00	$950.00	—

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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.