Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 16, 2022

1,322 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $160.67/cwt ≈ $1,344/hd at 836 lb · 51 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $164.02/cwt ≈ $1,124/hd at 685 lb · 35 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.05/cwt -0.44 vs last sale · ≈ $902/hd at 635 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,322	1,337	1,701
Feeder cattle	1,058	1,087	1,296
Slaughter cattle	195	165	225
Replacement cattle	69	85	180

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. 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
525	525	5	170.00–173.00	$171.20	$899	+3.70
570–590	584	5	166.00–169.00	$166.79	$974	+2.79
605–614	611	17	165.00–168.00	$166.67	$1,018	+4.67
655–695	685	35	162.00–168.00	$164.02	$1,124	—
715	715	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,158	—
775	775	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,201	—
820–825	823	2	150.00–155.00	$152.49	$1,255	—
837 value added	837	49	161.00	$161.00	$1,348	—
860	860	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,290	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–490	482	3	170.00–172.00	$171.36	$826	+1.36
525–540	533	10	163.00–166.00	$164.19	$875	+3.38
575–580	578	6	162.00–165.00	$163.33	$944	+3.33
625–635	631	5	155.00–160.00	$158.02	$997	+6.08
670	670	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,038	—
720–745	740	5	150.00–152.00	$150.39	$1,113	—
765–770	768	2	142.00–150.00	$145.99	$1,121	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	170.00	$170.00	$740	+6.00
525	525	2	160.00	$160.00	$840	—
595	595	2	152.00	$152.00	$904	+2.00
605–640	625	4	150.00–152.00	$151.27	$945	—
735	735	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,029	—
755–765	762	3	135.00–140.00	$136.65	$1,041	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	378	6	166.00–171.00	$168.13	$636	—
410–415	413	2	160.00–169.00	$164.47	$679	+6.47
465–470	468	5	152.00–159.00	$155.59	$728	+3.38
505–525	513	5	148.00–151.00	$149.39	$766	-1.10
585	585	1	147.00	$147.00	$860	-1.98
625–635	635	21	140.00–145.00	$142.05	$902	-0.44
670–685	679	4	135.00–140.00	$137.76	$935	+3.47
686 value added	686	11	144.00	$144.00	$988	—
715–740	721	4	134.00–137.00	$135.74	$979	+9.40
736 value added	736	11	151.00	$151.00	$1,111	—
770	770	1	125.00	$125.00	$962	+1.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	166.00	$166.00	$548	+16.00
380	380	1	160.00	$160.00	$608	+10.60
405–440	422	5	151.00–157.00	$153.81	$649	+7.62
475–495	482	3	145.00–150.00	$146.71	$707	+6.33
515–535	528	8	140.00–147.00	$142.98	$755	+9.66
555–585	573	6	135.00–141.00	$138.66	$795	+4.23
605–625	612	3	128.00–130.00	$128.68	$788	-3.12
670–675	673	3	125.00–127.00	$125.66	$846	-0.89
715–740	728	2	120.00–127.00	$123.56	$900	+1.05
785–790	788	2	115.00–119.00	$116.99	$922	+1.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	152.00	$152.00	$517	—
360–380	373	3	144.00–150.00	$148.07	$552	+8.98
405–425	415	7	140.00–146.00	$142.46	$591	+4.68
455–485	473	4	136.00–142.00	$139.74	$661	+8.13
505–525	518	4	130.00–138.00	$135.48	$702	+11.56
560–580	570	2	128.00–130.00	$129.02	$735	+7.52
615	615	1	126.00	$126.00	$775	+6.00
715	715	1	116.00	$116.00	$829	+4.47
795	795	1	111.00	$111.00	$882	—

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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	1	178.00	$178.00	$454	—
310–340	328	5	172.00–174.00	$172.76	$567	+2.76
380	380	3	166.00	$166.00	$631	+4.51
430–440	435	4	162.00–166.00	$164.02	$713	+4.65
475–480	478	8	154.00–160.00	$157.76	$754	+5.91
520–530	527	6	148.00–152.00	$150.17	$791	+2.90
580–590	583	3	143.00–148.00	$144.69	$844	+5.61
615–635	622	3	128.00–132.00	$130.64	$813	-1.31
720	720	2	121.00	$121.00	$871	-5.66

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	168.00	$168.00	$462	—
410–435	420	5	156.00–160.00	$158.34	$665	+8.76
480–485	482	5	148.00–151.00	$149.79	$722	+8.75
505–530	515	6	140.00–144.00	$141.71	$730	+4.61
570–575	573	4	135.00–140.00	$137.49	$788	+6.85
615	615	4	120.00–125.00	$121.25	$746	—
670	670	3	120.00	$120.00	$804	—
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	-12.00
795	795	1	108.00	$108.00	$859	-11.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	183.00	$183.00	$485	—
315–320	317	5	178.00–180.00	$179.19	$568	—
355–385	371	6	172.00–178.00	$173.61	$644	+1.04
415–420	418	3	170.00–173.00	$172.01	$719	+6.21
480–490	483	3	163.00–165.00	$164.32	$794	+4.32
515–520	519	4	158.00–160.00	$159.50	$828	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1335	1052	80-85%	29	60.00–65.00	$62.63	$659	-7.45
925–1235	1087	80-85%	13	73.00–75.00	$73.73	$801	+9.48
925–1420	1136	80-85%	57	66.00–72.00	$68.30	$776	-8.23

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–985	928	85-90%	6	61.00–64.00	$62.81	$583	+3.41
855–1270	988	85-90%	8	50.00–54.00	$51.62	$510	-0.16
805–1285	1016	85-90%	13	55.00–60.00	$57.19	$581	-6.72

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1485	1409	75-80%	15	69.00–74.00	$71.73	$1,011	—
1415–1610	1513	75-80%	2	77.00–78.00	$77.53	$1,173	+11.53
1385–1585	1535	75-80%	4	66.00–67.00	$66.23	$1,017	-4.33

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1545	1362	5	84.00–88.00	$85.23	$1,161	—
1605–2120	1946	7	89.00–94.00	$90.00	$1,751	—

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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	9	650.00–875.00	$775.00

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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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,118.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	700.00–725.00	$704.17
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	875.00–1,125.00	$985.87

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00–850.00	$825.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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)	2	675.00–800.00	$737.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	600.00–700.00	$650.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

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	775.00	$775.00	—

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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.