Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 14, 2022

1,420 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $173.84/cwt +13.72 vs last sale · ≈ $920/hd at 529 lb · 18 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $188.56/cwt +20.60 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 377 lb · 18 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $150.90/cwt +7.48 vs last sale · ≈ $788/hd at 522 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,420	1,544	944
Feeder cattle	1,015	1,220	705
Slaughter cattle	277	230	158
Replacement cattle	128	94	81

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher, Feeder heifers and bulls sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. Replacement cows 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
415	415	4	200.00	$200.00	$830	+14.50
465–485	472	3	185.00–186.00	$185.66	$876	+4.10
530–535	533	5	178.00–180.00	$178.80	$953	+4.16
590	590	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,003	+0.69
610–621	620	13	162.00–170.00	$169.39	$1,050	+7.87
680	680	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,088	—
765	765	6	155.00	$155.00	$1,186	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445	442	3	192.00–196.00	$194.66	$860	+12.16
465–470	467	3	180.00–182.00	$181.33	$847	+5.16
515–525	519	5	172.00–174.00	$172.81	$897	+5.54
670	670	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,005	+2.78

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	170.00	$170.00	$790	+5.00
660	660	1	138.00	$138.00	$911	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	376	7	180.00–182.00	$181.46	$682	+21.47
405–435	417	10	168.00–176.00	$171.92	$717	+17.81
475–480	477	13	155.00–163.00	$157.85	$753	+13.80
515–540	522	17	150.00–153.00	$150.90	$788	+7.48
560–570	566	5	142.00–145.00	$143.81	$814	+6.62
615–645	633	17	130.00–135.00	$132.18	$837	—
665–675	668	4	130.00–131.00	$130.75	$873	-0.66
705–715	707	10	125.00–130.00	$127.10	$899	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	334	7	186.00–190.00	$187.77	$627	+12.52
365–395	377	18	184.00–192.00	$188.56	$711	+20.60
410–430	419	16	178.00–188.00	$184.14	$772	+21.69
455–490	471	11	168.00–179.00	$173.32	$816	+19.99
505–520	513	4	154.00–155.00	$154.49	$793	+2.17
565	565	2	152.00	$152.00	$859	+2.07
586 value added	586	10	157.00	$157.00	$920	—
715–740	732	3	132.00–137.00	$133.63	$978	+3.14
780–790	785	4	129.00–135.00	$132.02	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–385	378	6	174.00–176.00	$175.02	$662	+26.34
415	415	3	166.00	$166.00	$689	+21.19
470–495	488	9	149.00–154.00	$151.13	$738	+18.68
535–540	538	4	146.00–147.00	$146.50	$788	+15.96
560–590	565	6	138.00–139.00	$138.83	$784	—
615–645	630	4	125.00–129.00	$127.05	$800	-2.45
680	680	3	125.00	$125.00	$850	—
725	725	4	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$874	+1.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	325	5	222.00–230.00	$226.02	$735	—
355–395	371	5	212.00–220.00	$216.59	$804	+31.80
410–415	413	8	206.00–212.00	$208.76	$862	+29.13
455–475	465	6	186.00–195.00	$190.30	$885	+21.65
515–545	529	18	170.00–180.00	$173.84	$920	+13.72
570–595	576	7	167.00–170.00	$168.01	$968	+14.43
610–625	614	4	160.00–162.00	$161.49	$992	+19.49
675–680	677	5	148.00–150.00	$148.80	$1,007	+8.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	4	212.00–214.00	$212.96	$699	+30.81
370–395	376	8	199.00–209.00	$204.98	$771	+26.88
425	425	3	200.00	$200.00	$850	+29.01
455–490	473	14	174.00–184.00	$179.10	$847	+17.07
520–530	523	5	166.00–168.00	$167.39	$875	+17.87
585–590	588	3	160.00–162.00	$161.34	$949	+19.35
610–625	619	5	137.00–140.00	$138.18	$855	+3.67
720–745	728	3	130.00–135.00	$133.30	$970	+12.30

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–310	308	2	192.00–200.00	$196.03	$604	+19.71
390–395	393	5	188.00–194.00	$191.62	$753	+22.95
425–440	431	4	179.00–181.00	$180.01	$776	+16.27
465–490	474	9	167.00–172.00	$170.35	$807	+12.35
510–545	522	3	150.00–152.00	$151.30	$790	+10.07
670	670	3	133.00	$133.00	$891	+9.00
725	725	2	125.00	$125.00	$906	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1355	1063	80-85%	50	63.00–69.00	$66.22	$704	—
1125	1125	80-85%	1	80.00	$80.00	$900	+15.69
825–1380	1132	80-85%	40	70.00–75.00	$72.13	$817	+7.82

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1220	976	85-90%	23	57.00–62.00	$59.41	$580	+7.58
845–1185	1003	85-90%	9	50.00–55.00	$52.95	$531	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390	1390	75-80%	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,042	+1.47
1215–1660	1448	75-80%	12	67.00–73.00	$69.63	$1,008	+1.23
1590–1610	1605	75-80%	4	65.00–66.00	$65.75	$1,055	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1805	1660	5	84.00–87.00	$85.88	$1,426	—
1230–2040	1735	11	90.00–96.00	$92.10	$1,598	—

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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	900.00–1,200.00	$1,125.00

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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)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	700.00–875.00	$760.42
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	900.00–1,150.00	$1,011.36
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,135.00

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	625.00–650.00	$637.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	700.00–775.00	$725.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	700.00–900.00	$850.00

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

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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	6	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,600.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,156.25	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	850.00–950.00	$910.00	—

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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.