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Roanoke Stockyards

Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Sep 8

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999

← Aug 18Sep 8Sep 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

876 head

▲ 876 vs last sale 0▲ 149 vs year ago 727 · +20.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

210 head

▲ 210 vs last sale 0▲ 78 vs year ago 132 · +59.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

128 head

▲ 128 vs last sale 0▼ 96 vs year ago 224 · −42.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available

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 $132.55/cwt on 166 head.

Average price

$132.55

166 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$16.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.85

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	135.51	698	91
Medium and Large 2	466	130.71	609	64
Medium and Large 3	540	118.73	641	11thin

One grade step is worth $16.77/cwt here — about $58 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 sale166 hd

132.55

—

AL average10 barns · 1,295 hd

130.70

+1.85

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	1,644	87.13	1,432	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,531	65.93	1,009	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,172	64.09	751	107
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	53.68	541	55

Every lot

85 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	332	167.32/cwt	167.00–168.00	556	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	619	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	366	160.88/cwt	160.00–162.00	589	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	636	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	668	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	416	155.18/cwt	154.00–156.00	646	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	173.17/cwt	172.00–175.00	739	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	722	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	163.21/cwt	162.00–164.00	772	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	167.83/cwt	166.00–170.00	797	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	159.20/cwt	158.00–160.00	825	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	876	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	147.00/cwt	146.00–148.00	842	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	590	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	814	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	141.20/cwt	140.00–142.00	866	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	655	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	793	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	136.01/cwt	135.00–138.00	902	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	125.82/cwt	125.00–129.00	905	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	122.02/cwt	120.00–126.00	955	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	319	146.23/cwt	145.00–148.00	466	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	153.16/cwt	152.00–154.00	507	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	340	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	469	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	142.73/cwt	140.00–146.00	538	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	379	133.13/cwt	130.00–136.00	505	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	139.82/cwt	136.00–144.00	589	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	443	131.47/cwt	127.00–136.00	582	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	135.08/cwt	132.00–139.00	636	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	471	128.83/cwt	125.00–130.00	607	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	133.07/cwt	130.00–138.00	685	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	516	126.69/cwt	125.00–128.00	654	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	132.98/cwt	130.00–136.00	750	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	641	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	123.99/cwt	122.00–126.00	710	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	132.63/cwt	127.00–135.00	812	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	118.02/cwt	115.00–120.00	735	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	124.91/cwt	120.00–128.00	841	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	728	128.50/cwt	128.00–129.00	935	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	745	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	857	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	916	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	295	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	507	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	312	160.65/cwt	158.00–162.00	501	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	331	152.68/cwt	150.00–156.00	505	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	365	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	577	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	374	151.22/cwt	150.00–152.00	566	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	381	174.80/cwt	171.00–180.00	666	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	172.99/cwt	172.00–174.00	727	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	155.90/cwt	150.00–160.00	663	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	428	141.16/cwt	140.00–144.00	604	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	465	160.76/cwt	158.00–162.00	748	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	479	152.72/cwt	149.00–154.00	732	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	482	137.18/cwt	136.00–140.00	661	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	515	123.00/cwt	120.00–125.00	633	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	520	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	689	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	527	141.93/cwt	139.00–144.00	748	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	577	134.80/cwt	132.00–138.00	778	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	581	129.01/cwt	128.00–130.00	750	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	615	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	769	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	630	133.69/cwt	129.00–137.00	842	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	675	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	749	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	683	126.54/cwt	123.00–130.00	864	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	789	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	939	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	795	111.20/cwt	110.00–113.00	884	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,441	83.27/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,200	6
Bulls	—	—	1,796	90.02/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,617	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	992	49.93/cwt	48.00–52.00	495	23
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,019	56.37/cwt	54.00–58.00	574	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	60.34/cwt	60.00–61.00	676	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,174	69.53/cwt	68.00–72.00	816	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,196	63.67/cwt	62.00–67.00	761	57
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,505	64.91/cwt	63.00–68.00	977	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	70.01/cwt	69.00–71.00	1,145	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,521.43/cwt	1,100.00–1,950.00	—	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,446.43/cwt	1,000.00–1,750.00	—	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833.33/cwt	775.00–875.00	—	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814.13/cwt	700.00–950.00	—	23
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751.92/cwt	625.00–875.00	—	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	560.00/cwt	500.00–625.00	—	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	541.67/cwt	500.00–575.00	—	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,521.43/cwt	1,250.00–1,700.00	—	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	976.00/cwt	875.00–1,125.00	—	50
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	—	752.78/cwt	600.00–800.00	—	18

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 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 876Last week 0Year ago 727

Slaughter CattleReceipts 210Last week 0Year ago 132

Replacement CattleReceipts 128Last week 0Year ago 224

No trends available

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	427	172.00–175.00	173.17
12	—	475	166.00–170.00	167.83
4	—	565	155.00	155.00
5	—	613	140.00–142.00	141.20
2	—	340	182.00	182.00
3	—	783	120.00–126.00	122.02
6	—	663	135.00–138.00	136.01
2	—	375	178.00	178.00
5	—	518	158.00–160.00	159.20
5	—	719	125.00–129.00	125.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	332	167.00–168.00	167.32
7	—	366	160.00–162.00	160.88
2	—	655	121.00	121.00
2	—	590	138.00	138.00
5	—	416	154.00–156.00	155.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	573	146.00–148.00	147.00
4	—	370	172.00	172.00
2	—	435	166.00	166.00
5	—	473	162.00–164.00	163.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	471	132.00–139.00	135.08
9	—	673	120.00–128.00	124.91
12	—	421	136.00–144.00	139.82
13	—	377	140.00–146.00	142.73
8	—	564	130.00–136.00	132.98
11	—	612	127.00–135.00	132.63
12	—	515	130.00–138.00	133.07
4	—	760	120.00–121.00	120.50
7	—	331	152.00–154.00	153.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	516	125.00–128.00	126.69
4	—	443	127.00–136.00	131.47
18	—	471	125.00–130.00	128.83
7	—	379	130.00–136.00	133.13
12	—	319	145.00–148.00	146.23
1	—	745	115.00	115.00
6	—	623	115.00–120.00	118.02
6	—	573	122.00–126.00	123.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	110.00–115.00	112.52
2	—	340	138.00	138.00
2	—	715	110.00	110.00
3	—	515	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	128.00–129.00	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	465	158.00–162.00	160.76
6	—	420	172.00–174.00	172.99
4	—	683	123.00–130.00	126.54
5	—	789	118.00–120.00	119.01
5	—	527	139.00–144.00	141.93
10	—	630	129.00–137.00	133.69
7	—	381	171.00–180.00	174.80
7	—	577	132.00–138.00	134.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	149.00–154.00	152.72
2	—	720	115.00	115.00
6	—	520	130.00–135.00	132.48
2	—	295	172.00	172.00
3	—	312	158.00–162.00	160.65
3	—	365	158.00	158.00
4	—	581	128.00–130.00	129.01
7	—	425	150.00–160.00	155.90
5	—	795	110.00–113.00	111.20
4	—	615	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	515	120.00–125.00	123.00
7	—	331	150.00–156.00	152.68
3	—	575	120.00	120.00
5	—	675	111.00	111.00
7	—	428	140.00–144.00	141.16
5	—	374	150.00–152.00	151.22
10	—	482	136.00–140.00	137.18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	992	48.00–52.00	49.93
32	—	1,019	54.00–58.00	56.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,505	63.00–68.00	64.91
3	—	1,635	69.00–71.00	70.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,174	68.00–72.00	69.53
57	—	1,196	62.00–67.00	63.67
27	—	1,120	60.00–61.00	60.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,441	80.00–85.00	83.27
8	—	1,796	88.00–93.00	90.02

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	500.00–575.00	541.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	500.00–625.00	560.00

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)	23	—	—	700.00–950.00	814.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	—	625.00–875.00	751.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	775.00–875.00	833.33

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)	7	—	—	1,100.00–1,950.00	1,521.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	1,000.00–1,750.00	1,446.43

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	50	—	—	875.00–1,125.00	976.00

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	14	—	—	1,250.00–1,700.00	1,521.43

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	18	—	—	600.00–800.00	752.78

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.