Roanoke Stockyards Market Report

Roanoke, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 5, 2025

1,267 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $368.13/cwt -13.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,730/hd at 470 lb · 24 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $339.20/cwt -14.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,618/hd at 477 lb · 21 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $380.37/cwt -17.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,582/hd at 416 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,267	926	910
Feeder cattle	1,035	758	718
Slaughter cattle	135	92	137
Replacement cattle	97	76	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder heifers sold sharply lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher. 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
420–445	433	8	410.00–418.00	$413.48	$1,790	—
465–490	476	9	405.00–412.00	$408.29	$1,943	—
505–515	511	5	395.00–402.00	$397.77	$2,033	-5.50
555–570	563	4	375.00–380.00	$377.47	$2,125	—
605–645	627	6	340.00–345.00	$342.64	$2,148	—
655–690	679	12	330.00–342.00	$331.93	$2,254	—
715–730	720	7	304.00–311.00	$307.44	$2,214	—
765–785	774	7	300.00–304.00	$301.74	$2,335	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	423	11	400.00–406.00	$402.72	$1,704	-3.43
455–470	464	9	392.00–400.00	$397.13	$1,843	-2.57
520–535	528	8	380.00–385.00	$382.46	$2,019	+6.12
680–690	685	4	312.00–320.00	$315.97	$2,164	-22.35
790	790	2	288.00	$288.00	$2,275	-6.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,736	-3.02
480	480	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,800	-11.13
540	540	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,998	—
565–590	573	3	350.00–355.00	$353.28	$2,024	-2.53
635–645	643	4	310.00–320.00	$317.53	$2,042	-24.29
795	795	1	276.00	$276.00	$2,194	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	400.00	$400.00	$880	—
330–345	337	10	360.00–370.00	$364.55	$1,229	-35.73
355–390	368	12	352.00–362.00	$358.27	$1,318	-22.30
405–425	416	10	348.00–358.00	$352.88	$1,468	-17.57
460–495	477	21	334.00–344.00	$339.20	$1,618	-14.56
510–545	526	13	318.00–326.00	$321.37	$1,690	-12.78
565–590	578	10	308.00–316.00	$312.22	$1,805	-16.87
615–625	620	6	302.00–306.00	$304.02	$1,885	-14.92
655–675	668	3	290.00–295.00	$293.37	$1,960	-11.56
790	790	2	284.00	$284.00	$2,244	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	405.00	$405.00	$1,174	—
320	320	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,216	-50.00
365	365	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,369	-27.98
410–445	428	6	362.00–370.00	$365.84	$1,566	-13.48
455–475	462	8	345.00–352.00	$348.36	$1,609	-14.98
510–545	534	12	328.00–334.00	$329.70	$1,761	-15.51
555–565	561	8	322.00–330.00	$324.74	$1,822	-14.05
690	690	2	312.00	$312.00	$2,153	—
715–720	718	8	292.00–296.00	$294.51	$2,115	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	6	370.00–375.00	$372.48	$1,091	-24.34
340	340	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,190	-27.94
375–380	376	5	345.00–350.00	$348.99	$1,312	-13.73
415–440	430	13	340.00–346.00	$343.74	$1,478	-15.98
465–490	474	9	326.00–332.00	$329.54	$1,562	-16.26
545	545	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,690	-8.00
575–590	583	4	295.00–300.00	$297.53	$1,735	-16.47
645	645	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,903	-11.83
665	665	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,862	-15.00
715	715	1	278.00	$278.00	$1,988	+4.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	375	8	400.00–410.00	$405.62	$1,521	-38.74
405–430	416	18	378.00–384.00	$380.37	$1,582	-17.33
455–490	470	24	364.00–372.00	$368.13	$1,730	-13.51
515–545	535	10	338.00–346.00	$342.01	$1,830	-9.98
565–595	579	14	330.00–339.00	$333.76	$1,932	-9.14
645	645	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,000	-9.19
675	675	2	298.00	$298.00	$2,012	-4.04
705–745	732	3	265.00–270.00	$266.61	$1,952	-19.39

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,196	—
310–345	329	13	435.00–440.00	$437.53	$1,439	-42.47
390	390	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,638	-38.39
415–445	436	10	386.00–390.00	$387.36	$1,689	-32.64
465–490	477	9	380.00–385.00	$383.25	$1,828	-10.62
505–515	509	8	350.00–358.00	$354.51	$1,804	-5.17
575–590	583	13	340.00–350.00	$345.36	$2,013	-5.60
610–645	633	3	318.00–324.00	$319.93	$2,025	-14.40
655	655	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,030	-8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	3	480.00	$480.00	$1,152	—
280–290	288	4	425.00–435.00	$432.57	$1,246	-17.43
335–345	341	5	419.00–420.00	$419.61	$1,431	-17.41
375–385	381	7	388.00–392.00	$390.01	$1,486	-27.07
430–445	436	13	370.00–375.00	$371.96	$1,622	-16.73
455–495	482	10	350.00–360.00	$355.32	$1,713	-14.88
525–540	533	4	326.00–330.00	$328.03	$1,748	-19.97
555–590	573	4	320.00–324.00	$321.94	$1,845	-15.91
615	615	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,784	-20.00
665	665	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,862	—
730	730	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,898	—
780	780	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,950	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1320	1111	80-85%	22	146.00–152.00	$149.01	$1,656	-3.94
1020–1370	1154	80-85%	19	153.00–158.00	$155.73	$1,797	—
1055–1310	1192	80-85%	14	159.00–164.00	$161.28	$1,922	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1040	1000	85-90%	3	130.00–132.00	$131.31	$1,313	-12.66
990–1080	1044	85-90%	5	142.00–145.00	$143.14	$1,494	-0.83
890–1230	1050	85-90%	16	135.00–140.00	$137.44	$1,443	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1420	1403	75-80%	6	154.00–157.00	$155.33	$2,179	—
1345–1590	1489	75-80%	9	158.00–164.00	$161.37	$2,403	-1.95
1570–1690	1633	75-80%	6	166.00–171.00	$168.52	$2,752	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530–1890	1744	9	187.00–194.00	$190.29	$3,319	—
1725–1920	1823	8	194.00–203.00	$199.73	$3,641	—
1740–2130	1974	6	205.00–214.00	$210.12	$4,148	—

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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)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	3,100.00–3,350.00	$3,250.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	2,500.00–2,900.00	$2,662.50

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)	16	1,500.00–1,900.00	$1,703.13

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	2,000.00–2,450.00	$2,192.86

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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.