Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 11, 2024

1,032 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $253.14/cwt ≈ $1,694/hd at 669 lb · 35 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $241.94/cwt +2.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,486/hd at 614 lb · 22 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $303.17/cwt +4.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,298/hd at 428 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,032	1,393	872
Feeder cattle	822	1,125	683
Slaughter cattle	118	200	150
Replacement cattle	92	68	39

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter 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
280	280	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,120	—
380–395	390	3	352.00–360.00	$354.60	$1,383	-14.97
405	405	6	336.00–340.00	$337.33	$1,366	-12.69
465–490	471	8	328.00–333.00	$330.77	$1,558	-1.23
505–545	518	10	314.00–320.00	$317.17	$1,643	+16.25
560–575	570	6	295.00–303.00	$297.62	$1,696	+2.98
615–630	620	3	268.00–274.00	$270.03	$1,674	—
655–670	669	35	253.00–256.00	$253.14	$1,694	—
705	705	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,692	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	358.00	$358.00	$1,146	—
390	390	3	348.00	$348.00	$1,357	—
415–440	431	15	327.00–334.00	$329.74	$1,421	-0.26
455–490	478	10	320.00–326.00	$323.48	$1,546	+3.69
515–540	524	12	300.00–308.00	$304.91	$1,598	+11.12
570–590	582	5	287.00–292.00	$289.62	$1,686	+13.07
630–645	634	4	256.00–260.00	$258.98	$1,642	-5.67
675–690	684	5	235.00–238.00	$236.18	$1,615	—
725	725	1	234.00	$234.00	$1,696	—
755	755	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,669	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	423	3	320.00–329.00	$325.88	$1,378	—
475–490	483	2	308.00–314.00	$310.95	$1,502	—
545	545	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,608	—
555–590	573	2	274.00–278.00	$275.94	$1,581	+15.94
760	760	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,657	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	273	3	322.00–328.00	$324.05	$885	+0.05
360–390	374	8	318.00–322.00	$319.82	$1,196	+8.53
415–445	428	22	300.00–308.00	$303.17	$1,298	+4.31
455–470	461	9	276.00–283.00	$279.43	$1,288	+2.01
505–540	528	16	254.00–262.00	$257.16	$1,358	-4.85
555–590	573	11	240.00–245.00	$242.32	$1,388	-4.14
620	620	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,457	+5.22
670–695	685	3	230.00–234.00	$232.00	$1,589	+13.00
745	745	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,639	—
765	765	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,568	+3.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	340.00	$340.00	$748	-45.00
315–330	326	4	328.00–332.00	$331.03	$1,079	+8.48
355–390	367	7	326.00–330.00	$327.49	$1,202	+5.41
425–430	428	5	310.00–316.00	$313.62	$1,342	+3.34
455–480	463	14	288.00–296.00	$292.78	$1,356	+4.62
520–535	529	6	264.00–267.00	$265.16	$1,403	-4.38
565–590	579	4	248.00–252.00	$249.51	$1,445	-1.81
605–640	614	22	237.00–243.00	$241.94	$1,486	+2.13
655–690	673	9	235.00–241.00	$237.83	$1,601	—
755	755	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,721	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	327	5	310.00–318.00	$316.46	$1,035	+7.98
380–390	385	4	308.00–314.00	$311.97	$1,201	+11.77
430–440	437	13	288.00–298.00	$293.55	$1,283	+5.30
465–490	484	12	268.00–275.00	$271.34	$1,313	-0.92
515–545	531	10	244.00–252.00	$248.53	$1,320	-1.66
565–590	574	7	230.00–235.00	$233.40	$1,340	-3.71
640	640	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,434	+4.00
655–690	667	3	220.00–225.00	$221.73	$1,479	+16.06
760–780	773	3	199.00–200.00	$199.33	$1,541	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	344.00	$344.00	$998	—
380–390	387	6	330.00–334.00	$332.69	$1,288	-0.31
410–445	434	11	320.00–328.00	$323.56	$1,404	-0.71
455–480	466	7	310.00–313.00	$311.18	$1,450	+7.86
515–530	519	4	286.00–294.00	$291.96	$1,515	+9.01
565–595	586	5	256.00–260.00	$258.82	$1,517	-5.75
615–620	618	3	250.00–255.00	$253.34	$1,566	+3.34
660–690	683	4	235.00–238.00	$235.73	$1,610	—
745	745	2	209.00	$209.00	$1,557	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	326	5	348.00–350.00	$348.79	$1,137	-0.15
360–375	368	4	340.00–345.00	$342.55	$1,261	-5.45
420–440	431	10	330.00–334.00	$332.41	$1,433	+2.39
455–490	466	5	318.00–326.00	$323.52	$1,508	+10.48
505–540	521	14	296.00–306.00	$300.98	$1,568	+10.69
580–590	588	6	270.00–278.00	$275.00	$1,617	+2.47

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	4	326.00	$326.00	$1,125	-4.00
380	380	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,216	-1.01
410–430	420	4	308.00–310.00	$309.02	$1,298	-4.59
470	470	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,410	+6.39
595	595	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,488	-5.95

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1345	1123	80-85%	20	114.00–119.00	$116.38	$1,307	-7.10
1030–1290	1133	80-85%	5	126.00–130.00	$127.46	$1,444	+3.98
980–1405	1165	80-85%	17	120.00–125.00	$122.21	$1,424	+5.24

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1020	922	85-90%	6	99.00–104.00	$100.75	$929	—
820–1210	1026	85-90%	17	105.00–110.00	$107.85	$1,107	+4.94

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1435	1378	75-80%	8	125.00–129.00	$126.83	$1,748	+2.49
1390–1445	1406	75-80%	7	113.00–118.00	$115.97	$1,631	+5.42
1520–1620	1597	75-80%	5	119.00–124.00	$122.45	$1,956	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1840	1533	3	135.00–138.00	$136.18	$2,088	—
1430–1975	1760	10	139.00–144.00	$141.69	$2,494	—

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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	1,075.00–1,175.00	$1,131.25

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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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,225.00	$1,225.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,650.00–1,900.00	$1,745.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,700.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,150.00	$2,066.67
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,050.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,400.00–1,450.00	$1,416.67
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,350.00–1,500.00	$1,428.57

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,075.00–1,200.00	$1,141.67

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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	2,000.00–2,400.00	$2,168.75	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,450.00–2,500.00	$2,475.00	—

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	1,500.00–1,650.00	$1,583.33	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00–1,950.00	$1,925.00	—

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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.