Sale reports / Alabama / Roanoke Stockyards / 2020-09-02

Roanoke Stockyards

Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Sep 2

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999

← Aug 26Sep 2Sep 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

619 head

▼ 358 vs last sale 977▼ 364 vs year ago 983 · −37.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

145 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 117▼ 11 vs year ago 156 · −7.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

148 head

▲ 52 vs last sale 96▲ 72 vs year ago 76 · +94.7%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.93/cwt on 172 head.

Average price

$112.93

172 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$0.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.71

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	511	113.23	579	55
Medium and Large 1	624	113.23	707	43
Medium and Large 3	454	112.52	511	74

One grade step is worth $0.71/cwt here — about $68 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale172 hd

112.93

—

AL average14 barns · 1,921 hd

117.64

−4.71

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,631	87.38	1,425	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,143	65.91	754	67
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,401	63.18	885	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	57.77	588	28

Every lot

87 lots · USDA AMS · Roanoke Stockyards - Roanoke, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	158.57/cwt	157.00–160.00	523	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	137.08/cwt	134.00–140.00	528	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	149.06/cwt	147.00–150.00	644	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	144.49/cwt	144.00–145.00	665	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	478	127.68/cwt	127.00–128.00	610	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	136.00/cwt	133.00–138.00	694	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	126.89/cwt	124.00–129.00	669	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	126.60/cwt	126.00–127.00	708	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	572	115.99/cwt	115.00–118.00	663	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	593	121.00/cwt	120.00–122.00	718	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	124.86/cwt	124.00–126.00	803	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	810	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	810	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	280	127.16/cwt	124.00–130.00	356	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	342	120.17/cwt	120.00–122.00	411	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	373	117.34/cwt	115.00–120.00	438	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	123.01/cwt	122.00–125.00	460	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	118.65/cwt	116.00–120.00	504	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	444	114.34/cwt	113.00–115.00	508	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	115.86/cwt	115.00–117.00	542	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	490	111.36/cwt	110.00–114.00	546	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	119.46/cwt	116.00–122.00	613	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	526	106.13/cwt	105.00–109.00	558	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	540	112.66/cwt	110.00–115.00	608	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	571	108.15/cwt	107.00–110.00	618	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	576	102.70/cwt	100.00–105.00	592	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	113.87/cwt	113.00–115.00	663	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	608	95.67/cwt	95.00–97.00	582	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	612	104.78/cwt	103.00–106.00	641	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	617	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	710	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	112.62/cwt	110.00–114.00	702	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	709	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	794	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	746	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	780	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	764	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	235	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	394	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	275	163.55/cwt	162.50–165.00	450	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	285	151.36/cwt	150.00–152.00	431	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	331	158.07/cwt	154.00–161.00	523	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	337	141.54/cwt	140.00–144.00	477	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	370	160.35/cwt	159.00–162.00	593	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	375	135.71/cwt	135.00–137.00	509	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	389	143.78/cwt	140.00–150.00	559	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	429	137.71/cwt	134.00–140.00	591	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	435	129.53/cwt	128.00–130.00	563	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	467	140.51/cwt	139.00–143.00	656	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	471	129.74/cwt	127.00–132.00	611	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	490	122.25/cwt	121.00–123.00	599	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	518	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	634	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	524	117.26/cwt	115.00–119.00	614	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	573	116.72/cwt	114.00–120.00	669	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	582	111.02/cwt	110.00–112.00	646	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	117.64/cwt	115.00–120.00	735	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	636	111.88/cwt	110.00–113.00	712	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	674	109.24/cwt	108.00–110.00	736	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	685	104.51/cwt	104.00–105.00	716	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	690	112.51/cwt	111.00–114.00	776	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	728	105.67/cwt	105.00–106.00	769	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	743	108.67/cwt	108.00–109.00	807	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	770	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	809	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	815	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	734	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	830	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	789	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	945	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	869	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,553	87.85/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,364	7
Bulls	—	—	1,620	92.61/cwt	92.00–93.00	1,500	5
Bulls	—	—	1,750	81.50/cwt	80.00–84.50	1,426	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	978	62.58/cwt	61.00–64.00	612	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,004	57.18/cwt	55.00–60.00	574	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,086	70.05/cwt	69.00–74.00	761	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,156	65.85/cwt	63.00–68.00	761	37
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,182	53.65/cwt	53.00–54.00	634	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	59.91/cwt	57.00–62.00	713	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,396	61.60/cwt	60.00–64.00	860	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	69.51/cwt	69.00–70.00	987	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605.18/cwt	515.00–700.00	—	28
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	—	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,104.17/cwt	1,100.00–1,125.00	—	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	—	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	960.00/cwt	945.00–975.00	—	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900.96/cwt	800.00–1,075.00	—	26
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	803.13/cwt	750.00–900.00	—	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754.35/cwt	700.00–800.00	—	23
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	700.00/cwt	650.00–725.00	—	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	—	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,016.67/cwt	950.00–1,150.00	—	6

This sale against other markets

Alabama weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roanoke Stockyards - Roanoke, AL

Wed Sep 2, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 619Last week 977Year ago 983

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 117Year ago 156

Replacement CattleReceipts 148Last week 96Year ago 76

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	—	515.00–700.00	605.18

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	650.00–725.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	—	750.00–900.00	803.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	600.00	600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,100.00–1,125.00	1,104.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	945.00–975.00	960.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	—	800.00–1,075.00	900.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	—	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,085.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	—	—	700.00–800.00	754.35

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	950.00–1,150.00	1,016.67

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	385	134.00–140.00	137.08
3	—	572	115.00–118.00	115.99
3	—	478	127.00–128.00	127.68
1	—	810	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	527	124.00–129.00	126.89
4	—	593	120.00–122.00	121.00
4	—	330	157.00–160.00	158.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	640	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	643	124.00–126.00	124.86
6	—	510	133.00–138.00	136.00
5	—	559	126.00–127.00	126.60
4	—	460	144.00–145.00	144.49
3	—	432	147.00–150.00	149.06
2	—	725	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	100.00	100.00
1	—	815	90.00	90.00
8	—	524	115.00–119.00	117.26
8	—	490	121.00–123.00	122.25
6	—	582	110.00–112.00	111.02
5	—	337	140.00–144.00	141.54
4	—	685	104.00–105.00	104.51
4	—	435	128.00–130.00	129.53
4	—	375	135.00–137.00	135.71
3	—	285	150.00–152.00	151.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	573	114.00–120.00	116.72
15	—	429	134.00–140.00	137.71
12	—	518	120.00–125.00	122.48
10	—	331	154.00–161.00	158.07
8	—	471	127.00–132.00	129.74
7	—	636	110.00–113.00	111.88
7	—	389	140.00–150.00	143.78
5	—	275	162.50–165.00	163.55
4	—	674	108.00–110.00	109.24
3	—	728	105.00–106.00	105.67
1	—	830	95.00	95.00
1	—	235	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	625	115.00–120.00	117.64
6	—	467	139.00–143.00	140.51
4	—	690	111.00–114.00	112.51
3	—	743	108.00–109.00	108.67
3	—	370	159.00–162.00	160.35
2	—	770	105.00	105.00
1	—	945	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	490	110.00–114.00	111.36
11	—	342	120.00–122.00	120.17
9	—	526	105.00–109.00	106.13
9	—	444	113.00–115.00	114.34
9	—	373	115.00–120.00	117.34
7	—	576	100.00–105.00	102.70
4	—	280	124.00–130.00	127.16
3	—	608	95.00–97.00	95.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	540	110.00–115.00	112.66
9	—	612	103.00–106.00	104.78
9	—	425	116.00–120.00	118.65
7	—	571	107.00–110.00	108.15
7	—	468	115.00–117.00	115.86
7	—	374	122.00–125.00	123.01
1	—	780	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	617	115.00	115.00
4	—	709	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	623	110.00–114.00	112.62
7	—	670	110.00	110.00
7	—	582	113.00–115.00	113.87
4	—	513	116.00–122.00	119.46
2	—	710	105.00	105.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,004	55.00–60.00	57.18
5	—	978	61.00–64.00	62.58
3	—	1,182	53.00–54.00	53.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,396	60.00–64.00	61.60
2	—	1,420	69.00–70.00	69.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,156	63.00–68.00	65.85
18	—	1,086	69.00–74.00	70.05
12	—	1,190	57.00–62.00	59.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,553	85.00–90.00	87.85
5	—	1,620	92.00–93.00	92.61
5	—	1,750	80.00–84.50	81.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.