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Roanoke Stockyards

Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Dec 16

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999

← Dec 9Dec 16Jan 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

947 head

▼ 735 vs last sale 1,682▼ 506 vs year ago 1,453 · −34.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

160 head

▼ 155 vs last sale 315▲ 27 vs year ago 133 · +20.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

196 head

▲ 80 vs last sale 116▲ 92 vs year ago 104 · +88.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady, slaughter bulls sold steady. Replacement cattle sold sharply higher. Strong demand. Replacement pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Demand week.

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 $105.25/cwt on 193 head.

Average price

$105.25

193 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$5.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.56

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	107.42	572	103
Medium and Large 2	495	103.12	510	66
Medium and Large 3	389	101.80	396	24

One grade step is worth $5.62/cwt here — about $176 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 sale193 hd

105.25

—

AL average12 barns · 1,269 hd

114.82

−9.56

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	1,711	70.29	1,203	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,719	67.87	1,166	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	50.64	604	78
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	933	42.01	392	26

Every lot

80 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	337	139.34/cwt	136.00–142.00	470	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	339	130.19/cwt	125.00–134.00	441	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	141.26/cwt	136.00–145.00	530	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	503	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	125.51/cwt	125.00–126.00	483	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	137.78/cwt	134.00–140.00	583	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	437	128.22/cwt	127.00–129.00	560	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	126.95/cwt	124.00–131.00	592	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	134.24/cwt	132.00–136.00	643	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	123.77/cwt	122.00–126.00	646	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	530	114.57/cwt	112.00–116.00	607	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	130.63/cwt	130.00–131.00	703	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	115.93/cwt	110.00–118.00	658	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	124.90/cwt	120.00–129.00	716	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	121.54/cwt	120.00–124.00	777	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	915	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	288	111.15/cwt	110.00–112.00	320	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	349	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	373	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	360	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	364	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	119.75/cwt	117.00–123.00	441	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	371	112.43/cwt	105.00–116.00	417	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	405	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	397	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	115.01/cwt	112.00–120.00	497	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	107.98/cwt	106.00–110.00	470	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	467	103.09/cwt	100.00–105.00	481	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	111.55/cwt	110.00–115.00	524	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	107.03/cwt	105.00–110.00	554	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	537	101.43/cwt	96.00–103.00	545	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	538	90.34/cwt	90.00–91.00	486	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	103.73/cwt	102.00–108.00	590	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	95.56/cwt	92.00–98.00	557	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	101.85/cwt	100.00–105.00	632	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	594	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	97.82/cwt	96.00–100.00	657	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	96.19/cwt	95.00–98.00	689	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	790	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	640	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	748	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	315	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	394	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	330	132.20/cwt	128.00–136.00	436	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	370	139.65/cwt	138.00–142.00	517	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	372	128.19/cwt	125.00–132.00	477	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	135.37/cwt	132.00–139.00	569	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	427	125.11/cwt	121.00–129.00	534	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	478	119.73/cwt	116.00–122.00	572	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	479	129.85/cwt	129.00–132.00	622	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	529	114.10/cwt	110.00–118.00	604	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	538	126.48/cwt	125.00–128.00	680	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	539	105.78/cwt	101.00–108.00	570	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	569	108.98/cwt	106.00–111.00	620	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	572	123.09/cwt	119.00–126.00	704	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	630	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	743	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	638	105.65/cwt	105.00–107.00	674	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	660	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	680	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	672	109.66/cwt	109.00–111.00	737	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,637	68.53/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,122	9
Bulls	—	—	1,823	72.94/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,330	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	921	43.37/cwt	41.00–47.00	399	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	40.16/cwt	38.00–42.00	382	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,105	45.93/cwt	41.00–50.00	508	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	52.10/cwt	50.00–55.00	632	39
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	57.45/cwt	54.00–61.00	773	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,640	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	1,017	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,736	69.17/cwt	68.00–70.00	1,201	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,262.77/cwt	1,000.00–1,650.00	—	47
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,093.75/cwt	1,050.00–1,200.00	—	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	—	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875.00/cwt	775.00–1,000.00	—	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871.79/cwt	750.00–950.00	—	39
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800.00/cwt	750.00–850.00	—	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	—	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	687.50/cwt	650.00–725.00	—	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	631.25/cwt	550.00–700.00	—	4
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	605.00/cwt	500.00–700.00	—	10
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	597.22/cwt	475.00–675.00	—	9
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975.00/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	—	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	—	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	—	770.00/cwt	700.00–800.00	—	10

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 Dec 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 947Last week 1,682Year ago 1,453

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 315Year ago 133

Replacement CattleReceipts 196Last week 116Year ago 104

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,823	72.00–77.00	72.94
9	—	1,637	65.00–70.00	68.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	921	41.00–47.00	43.37
11	—	950	38.00–42.00	40.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,213	50.00–55.00	52.10
11	—	1,345	54.00–61.00	57.45
28	—	1,105	41.00–50.00	45.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,736	68.00–70.00	69.17
2	—	1,640	62.00	62.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	129.00–132.00	129.85
7	—	572	119.00–126.00	123.09
14	—	420	132.00–139.00	135.37
3	—	672	109.00–111.00	109.66
11	—	370	138.00–142.00	139.65
4	—	538	125.00–128.00	126.48
3	—	630	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	529	110.00–118.00	114.10
2	—	660	103.00	103.00
4	—	710	100.00	100.00
12	—	427	121.00–129.00	125.11
8	—	569	106.00–111.00	108.98
20	—	478	116.00–122.00	119.73
9	—	638	105.00–107.00	105.65
13	—	372	125.00–132.00	128.19
12	—	330	128.00–136.00	132.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	125.00	125.00
4	—	365	120.00	120.00
8	—	539	101.00–108.00	105.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	569	102.00–108.00	103.73
14	—	368	117.00–123.00	119.75
15	—	470	110.00–115.00	111.55
11	—	672	96.00–100.00	97.82
12	—	518	105.00–110.00	107.03
1	—	880	85.00	85.00
5	—	716	95.00–98.00	96.19
13	—	432	112.00–120.00	115.01
14	—	621	100.00–105.00	101.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	435	106.00–110.00	107.98
6	—	583	92.00–98.00	95.56
2	—	790	81.00	81.00
16	—	371	105.00–116.00	112.43
9	—	467	100.00–105.00	103.09
17	—	537	96.00–103.00	101.43
6	—	660	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	101.00	101.00
4	—	405	98.00	98.00
4	—	349	107.00	107.00
6	—	538	90.00–91.00	90.34
7	—	288	110.00–112.00	111.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	573	120.00–129.00	124.90
1	—	915	100.00	100.00
8	—	538	130.00–131.00	130.63
15	—	479	132.00–136.00	134.24
11	—	639	120.00–124.00	121.54
15	—	375	136.00–145.00	141.26
10	—	423	134.00–140.00	137.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	337	136.00–142.00	139.34
9	—	522	122.00–126.00	123.77
5	—	437	127.00–129.00	128.22
3	—	375	134.00	134.00
7	—	568	110.00–118.00	115.93
8	—	466	124.00–131.00	126.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	385	125.00–126.00	125.51
12	—	339	125.00–134.00	130.19
8	—	530	112.00–116.00	114.57

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	550.00–700.00	631.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	650.00–725.00	687.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	—	475.00–675.00	597.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	500.00–700.00	605.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	750.00–850.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	39	—	—	750.00–950.00	871.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	—	775.00–1,000.00	875.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,093.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	—	—	1,000.00–1,650.00	1,262.77

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	825.00	825.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	700.00–800.00	770.00

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	14	—	—	900.00–1,100.00	975.00

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.