Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 24, 2025

1,533 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $365.50/cwt ≈ $2,211/hd at 605 lb · 54 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $366.15/cwt +35.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,592/hd at 708 lb · 52 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $359.44/cwt -1.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,668/hd at 464 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,533	1,217	1,098
Feeder cattle	1,236	929	813
Slaughter cattle	197	140	180
Replacement cattle	100	148	105

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold sharply higher, feeder bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 10.00 lower. 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
320	320	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,600	—
375–380	378	5	470.00–475.00	$471.98	$1,784	—
405–445	420	19	445.00–455.00	$449.26	$1,887	+11.47
455–470	464	5	440.00–447.00	$442.75	$2,054	+15.86
505–540	514	36	416.00–426.00	$421.56	$2,167	—
560–590	574	7	388.00–396.00	$392.20	$2,251	+5.21
630–640	635	4	378.00–382.00	$379.98	$2,413	—
655–690	668	13	370.00–379.50	$375.73	$2,510	+24.02
705–740	708	52	363.00–366.50	$366.15	$2,592	+35.48
790	790	4	357.00	$357.00	$2,820	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	54	365.50	$365.50	$2,211	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,794	±0.00
440	440	2	434.00	$434.00	$1,910	+6.06
480	480	2	430.00	$430.00	$2,064	+13.83
510–515	514	4	408.00–410.00	$409.50	$2,105	—
555–590	571	7	380.00–384.00	$381.74	$2,180	+6.22
605–635	616	7	364.00–370.00	$366.89	$2,260	+6.64
655–680	659	10	354.00–362.00	$357.79	$2,358	+16.73
715	715	3	340.00	$340.00	$2,431	+18.00
755–790	767	10	318.00–325.00	$321.20	$2,464	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–390	379	4	440.00–442.00	$440.51	$1,670	+0.51
440	440	1	416.00	$416.00	$1,830	—
455–475	461	5	400.00–410.00	$404.06	$1,863	+1.60
565	565	3	370.00	$370.00	$2,090	+11.61
615–645	638	6	348.00–357.00	$352.04	$2,246	+8.69
670–680	674	9	340.00–348.00	$344.90	$2,325	+22.90
715–735	728	3	320.00–324.00	$322.69	$2,349	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	3	435.00	$435.00	$1,153	—
325	325	2	428.00	$428.00	$1,391	-2.00
375–385	379	7	392.00–400.00	$395.48	$1,499	-7.04
410–440	423	6	380.00–388.00	$382.66	$1,619	+0.37
455–480	464	38	358.00–370.00	$359.44	$1,668	-1.08
525–545	540	22	340.00–350.00	$345.93	$1,868	-2.64
555–580	559	15	320.00–332.00	$327.62	$1,831	-4.73
615–645	629	6	310.00–320.00	$315.80	$1,986	-3.34
655–660	658	4	308.00–310.00	$309.00	$2,033	-6.56

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,380	—
370–395	376	8	375.00–385.00	$380.61	$1,431	-3.71
405–440	420	4	372.00–375.00	$373.96	$1,571	+3.35
475–495	486	15	348.00–354.00	$350.26	$1,702	-1.48
525–545	541	8	330.00–338.00	$333.11	$1,802	-5.86
575	575	3	318.00	$318.00	$1,828	-7.01
615–645	632	7	300.00–304.00	$301.67	$1,907	-6.38
665–675	670	2	300.00–302.00	$300.99	$2,017	-1.02
715–740	731	4	277.00–288.00	$283.31	$2,071	—
780–790	785	2	278.00–280.00	$278.99	$2,190	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,260	—
365–380	371	7	405.00–410.00	$407.19	$1,511	—
410–420	416	9	390.00–395.00	$392.09	$1,631	—
505–540	519	7	358.00–362.00	$359.96	$1,868	-10.02
560–595	584	9	335.00–340.00	$337.37	$1,970	-5.68
605–635	618	7	326.00–332.00	$328.54	$2,030	-4.47
660–680	675	6	318.00–322.00	$319.66	$2,158	-6.33

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,144	—
320–345	330	5	490.00–500.00	$495.82	$1,636	-24.05
370–395	381	8	440.00–450.00	$445.08	$1,696	+16.70
405–445	426	11	420.00–430.00	$423.92	$1,806	+26.59
455–490	471	8	410.00–416.00	$412.92	$1,945	+18.58
515–540	527	6	380.00–388.00	$384.03	$2,024	-1.02
555–595	583	8	358.00–366.00	$361.68	$2,109	-0.72
615–645	636	8	328.00–334.00	$332.05	$2,112	+7.47
680–690	685	4	322.00–325.00	$323.49	$2,216	+4.76
760	760	2	308.00	$308.00	$2,341	+8.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	2	530.00	$530.00	$1,140	—
280	280	3	520.00	$520.00	$1,456	—
380–390	383	3	452.00–460.00	$457.29	$1,751	+2.16
410–445	426	8	434.00–442.00	$438.45	$1,868	+17.84
455–480	468	8	420.00–430.00	$425.68	$1,992	+11.39
505–545	526	8	390.00–402.00	$395.30	$2,079	-0.08
560–590	570	7	368.00–374.00	$370.54	$2,112	-2.44
615–630	620	3	338.00–342.00	$340.65	$2,112	—
665–675	670	4	334.00–336.00	$335.01	$2,245	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	5	480.00	$480.00	$1,512	—
380–395	390	7	430.00–435.00	$431.96	$1,685	—
455–475	462	3	398.00–402.00	$400.63	$1,851	+15.26
510	510	1	368.00	$368.00	$1,877	+3.79
555–590	573	5	340.00–350.00	$344.77	$1,976	+1.06
640–645	643	3	318.00–320.00	$319.34	$2,053	—
695	695	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,085	-7.28
755–785	770	2	280.00–290.00	$285.10	$2,195	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1340	1091	80-85%	46	152.00–159.00	$155.09	$1,692	—
1020–1320	1163	80-85%	30	160.00–167.00	$163.13	$1,897	—
1105–1360	1245	80-85%	17	168.00–174.00	$170.02	$2,117	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1210	1008	85-90%	10	134.00–140.00	$137.84	$1,389	-3.38
910–1290	1060	85-90%	25	142.00–147.00	$144.80	$1,535	—
1020–1280	1072	85-90%	13	148.00–154.00	$149.21	$1,600	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1540	1467	75-80%	10	158.00–162.00	$159.81	$2,344	-0.84
1290–1780	1520	75-80%	24	163.00–169.00	$165.52	$2,516	—
1430–1780	1613	75-80%	11	170.00–176.00	$172.77	$2,787	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–2180	1632	8	186.00–192.00	$188.94	$3,084	—
1770–1790	1780	2	184.00–185.00	$184.50	$3,284	—
1815–1935	1875	2	194.00–199.00	$196.42	$3,683	—

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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	1,800.00–2,150.00	$1,961.11

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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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,200.00–3,450.00	$3,325.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	2,600.00–3,000.00	$2,758.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,900.00	$2,700.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,300.00–2,350.00	$2,325.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,366.67

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)	6	2,000.00–2,200.00	$2,116.67

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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	18	2,800.00–3,400.00	$3,072.22	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

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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.