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Roanoke Stockyards

Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Aug 11

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999

← Jul 28Aug 11Aug 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,237 head

▲ 1,237 vs last sale 0▲ 78 vs year ago 1,159 · +6.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

225 head

▲ 225 vs last sale 0▲ 112 vs year ago 113 · +99.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

100 head

▲ 100 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 92 · +8.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower, feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 7.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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 $126.94/cwt on 207 head.

Average price

$126.94

207 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$13.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.21

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	129.82	704	132
Medium and Large 2	538	123.72	666	55
Medium and Large 3	514	116.75	599	20

One grade step is worth $13.07/cwt here — about $104 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 sale207 hd

126.94

—

AL average14 barns · 1,932 hd

132.14

−5.21

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	—	Low	1,623	82.17	1,334	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	62.59	976	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,098	59.58	654	122
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	935	50.03	468	29

Every lot

88 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	225	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	398	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	290	170.03/cwt	168.00–172.00	493	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	166.02/cwt	165.00–167.00	545	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	159.98/cwt	158.00–162.00	611	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	615	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	155.24/cwt	154.00–160.00	678	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	154.04/cwt	150.00–158.00	724	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	143.18/cwt	138.00–145.00	684	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	513	142.33/cwt	140.00–146.00	730	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	151.61/cwt	150.00–153.00	784	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	144.03/cwt	141.00–148.00	815	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	137.87/cwt	136.00–139.00	793	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	576	130.59/cwt	130.00–131.00	752	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	134.75/cwt	133.00–139.00	825	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	613	122.21/cwt	118.00–125.00	749	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	131.68/cwt	130.00–135.00	865	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	677	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	934	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	715	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	815	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	143.18/cwt	142.00–145.00	460	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	145.28/cwt	144.00–147.00	549	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	138.51/cwt	137.00–140.00	579	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	434	134.03/cwt	130.00–136.00	582	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	135.87/cwt	134.00–138.00	632	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	128.14/cwt	126.00–129.00	597	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	124.51/cwt	120.00–126.00	641	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	519	114.38/cwt	110.00–116.00	594	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	130.68/cwt	129.50–135.00	689	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	129.76/cwt	128.00–133.00	732	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	577	123.16/cwt	120.00–126.00	711	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	624	117.56/cwt	113.00–121.00	734	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	122.77/cwt	122.00–129.00	785	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	111.68/cwt	110.00–115.00	740	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	673	106.61/cwt	105.00–108.00	717	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	113.81/cwt	112.00–115.00	826	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	842	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	773	102.34/cwt	101.00–103.00	791	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	315	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	529	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	317	163.15/cwt	160.00–165.00	517	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	361	151.24/cwt	149.00–152.00	546	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	365	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	522	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	157.24/cwt	154.00–160.00	590	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	418	143.27/cwt	140.00–146.00	599	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	421	155.10/cwt	151.00–158.00	653	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	462	149.58/cwt	146.00–152.00	691	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	491	139.00/cwt	137.00–140.00	682	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	529	131.76/cwt	127.00–135.00	697	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	535	139.98/cwt	139.00–141.00	749	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	555	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	644	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	565	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	718	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	569	138.37/cwt	138.00–139.00	787	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	625	122.41/cwt	118.00–127.00	765	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	637	135.68/cwt	130.00–138.00	864	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	663	110.19/cwt	109.00–111.00	731	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	672	131.75/cwt	127.00–136.00	885	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	721	115.88/cwt	114.00–117.00	835	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	745	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	939	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	765	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	773	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,537	80.33/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,235	14
Bulls	—	—	1,758	85.03/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,495	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	930	51.00/cwt	50.00–54.00	474	23
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	953	46.32/cwt	43.00–49.00	441	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,078	65.94/cwt	64.00–69.00	711	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,080	54.28/cwt	50.00–56.00	586	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,110	59.94/cwt	57.00–63.00	665	73
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	62.59/cwt	60.00–65.00	976	11
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,212.50/cwt	1,175.00–1,250.00	—	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	—	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,058.33/cwt	1,000.00–1,150.00	—	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855.00/cwt	800.00–900.00	—	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830.26/cwt	700.00–950.00	—	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800.00/cwt	700.00–900.00	—	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	656.25/cwt	600.00–725.00	—	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	633.33/cwt	575.00–675.00	—	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	575.00/cwt	550.00–600.00	—	3
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	537.50/cwt	500.00–575.00	—	4
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	475.00/cwt	450.00–500.00	—	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867.86/cwt	700.00–925.00	—	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	—	733.33/cwt	675.00–775.00	—	12

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 Aug 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,237Last week 0Year ago 1,159

Slaughter CattleReceipts 225Last week 0Year ago 113

Replacement CattleReceipts 100Last week 0Year ago 92

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	517	150.00–153.00	151.61
2	—	225	177.00	177.00
11	—	382	158.00–162.00	159.98
4	—	328	165.00–167.00	166.02
3	—	657	130.00–135.00	131.68
6	—	470	150.00–158.00	154.04
23	—	437	154.00–160.00	155.24
22	—	612	133.00–139.00	134.75
4	—	290	168.00–172.00	170.03
19	—	566	141.00–148.00	144.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	130.00	130.00
4	—	410	150.00	150.00
6	—	513	140.00–146.00	142.33
7	—	575	136.00–139.00	137.87
21	—	478	138.00–145.00	143.18
3	—	665	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	677	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	613	118.00–125.00	122.21
3	—	715	114.00	114.00
5	—	576	130.00–131.00	130.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	765	110.00	110.00
7	—	378	144.00–147.00	145.28
40	—	527	129.50–135.00	130.68
15	—	465	134.00–138.00	135.87
5	—	726	112.00–115.00	113.81
5	—	321	142.00–145.00	143.18
35	—	639	122.00–129.00	122.77
12	—	564	128.00–133.00	129.76
10	—	418	137.00–140.00	138.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	434	130.00–136.00	134.03
6	—	663	110.00–115.00	111.68
5	—	325	140.00	140.00
6	—	466	126.00–129.00	128.14
11	—	577	120.00–126.00	123.16
12	—	515	120.00–126.00	124.51
3	—	773	101.00–103.00	102.34
6	—	624	113.00–121.00	117.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	673	105.00–108.00	106.61
5	—	519	110.00–116.00	114.38
7	—	455	120.00	120.00
3	—	375	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	672	127.00–136.00	131.75
10	—	462	146.00–152.00	149.58
8	—	375	154.00–160.00	157.24
4	—	315	168.00	168.00
6	—	535	139.00–141.00	139.98
8	—	569	138.00–139.00	138.37
2	—	745	126.00	126.00
8	—	421	151.00–158.00	155.10
9	—	637	130.00–138.00	135.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	110.00	110.00
13	—	625	118.00–127.00	122.41
5	—	529	127.00–135.00	131.76
8	—	491	137.00–140.00	139.00
7	—	317	160.00–165.00	163.15
4	—	680	120.00	120.00
11	—	418	140.00–146.00	143.27
4	—	361	149.00–152.00	151.24
7	—	721	114.00–117.00	115.88
2	—	565	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	765	101.00	101.00
2	—	640	115.00	115.00
3	—	365	143.00	143.00
4	—	530	120.00	120.00
5	—	663	109.00–111.00	110.19
2	—	555	116.00	116.00
3	—	455	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,080	50.00–56.00	54.28
73	—	1,110	57.00–63.00	59.94
20	—	1,078	64.00–69.00	65.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	953	43.00–49.00	46.32
23	—	930	50.00–54.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,560	60.00–65.00	62.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,537	77.00–82.00	80.33
9	—	1,758	83.00–88.00	85.03

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	13	—	—	700.00–900.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	—	700.00–950.00	830.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	800.00–900.00	855.00

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	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,058.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,175.00–1,250.00	1,212.50

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	500.00–575.00	537.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	450.00–500.00	475.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	550.00–600.00	575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	575.00–675.00	633.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	600.00–725.00	656.25

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	12	—	—	675.00–775.00	733.33

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	—	—	700.00–925.00	867.86

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.