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Roanoke Stockyards

Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Feb 23

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999

← Feb 16Feb 23Mar 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

382 head

▼ 421 vs last sale 803▼ 162 vs year ago 544 · −29.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

104 head

▼ 151 vs last sale 255▼ 105 vs year ago 209 · −50.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

131 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 81▲ 76 vs year ago 55 · +138.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold sharply higher on strong demand.

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 $146.15/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$146.15

140 head · 433 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$15.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.24

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	461	150.88	696	61
Medium and Large 2	414	145.09	601	58
Medium and Large 3	402	135.32	544	21

One grade step is worth $15.55/cwt here — about $152 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 sale140 hd

146.15

—

AL average15 barns · 1,405 hd

145.91

+0.24

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	1,573	100.12	1,575	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,515	74.79	1,133	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,165	73.69	858	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	879	59.96	527	10

Every lot

84 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	177.04/cwt	174.00–180.00	655	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	619	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	648	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	181.01/cwt	180.00–182.00	742	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	722	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	168.99/cwt	168.00–170.00	887	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	856	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	888	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	157.43/cwt	155.00–160.00	989	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,070	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	930	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	268	150.14/cwt	148.00–152.00	402	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	270	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	432	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	318	144.04/cwt	142.00–145.00	458	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	159.91/cwt	158.00–162.00	533	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	333	153.83/cwt	152.00–155.00	512	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	371	149.72/cwt	146.00–152.00	555	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	381	139.70/cwt	138.00–142.00	532	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	156.83/cwt	154.00–161.00	601	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	415	130.81/cwt	128.00–135.00	543	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	152.24/cwt	149.00–156.00	645	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	144.21/cwt	140.00–148.00	613	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	141.95/cwt	140.00–145.00	670	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	150.39/cwt	147.00–154.00	713	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	478	129.03/cwt	128.00–130.00	617	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	148.02/cwt	146.00–150.00	758	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	142.91/cwt	135.00–145.00	760	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	135.53/cwt	133.00–140.00	766	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	145.75/cwt	143.00–151.00	829	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	135.66/cwt	135.00–136.00	841	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	633	129.97/cwt	128.00–132.00	823	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,114	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	210	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	378	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	275	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	473	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	285	180.96/cwt	180.00–182.00	516	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	333	172.48/cwt	170.00–175.00	574	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	343	181.01/cwt	180.00–182.00	621	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	371	169.87/cwt	165.00–172.00	630	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	378	161.53/cwt	160.00–162.00	611	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	386	176.57/cwt	174.00–180.00	682	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	416	150.81/cwt	150.00–154.00	627	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	171.45/cwt	168.00–176.00	720	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	422	160.62/cwt	156.00–165.00	678	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	461	141.40/cwt	140.00–147.00	652	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	163.20/cwt	160.00–167.00	775	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	480	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	739	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	521	138.29/cwt	133.00–140.00	720	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	523	158.46/cwt	155.00–165.00	829	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	527	149.01/cwt	145.00–153.00	785	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	568	151.00/cwt	150.00–152.00	858	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	584	140.00/cwt	138.00–142.00	818	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	588	129.66/cwt	129.00–130.00	762	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	636	138.02/cwt	135.00–140.00	878	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	667	135.97/cwt	133.00–139.00	907	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	671	130.40/cwt	129.00–131.00	875	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	685	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	829	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	725	132.62/cwt	130.00–136.00	961	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	745	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	894	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	780	112.47/cwt	110.00–115.00	877	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	795	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	843	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,369	92.23/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,263	4
Bulls	—	—	1,725	103.62/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,787	3
Bulls	—	—	1,753	110.64/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,940	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	855	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	436	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	866	62.61/cwt	62.00–63.00	542	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	913	57.64/cwt	55.00–60.00	526	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,089	68.55/cwt	66.00–71.00	747	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	74.83/cwt	72.00–78.00	885	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,271	81.18/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,032	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,501	75.89/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,139	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,558	71.47/cwt	71.00–72.00	1,114	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,483.33/cwt	1,400.00–1,650.00	—	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,450.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,500.00	—	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,191.67/cwt	1,000.00–1,350.00	—	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985.00/cwt	875.00–1,050.00	—	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	—	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812.50/cwt	725.00–950.00	—	4
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	810.71/cwt	650.00–925.00	—	7
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	625.00/cwt	575.00–725.00	—	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717.11/cwt	600.00–900.00	—	19
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,775.93/cwt	1,300.00–2,600.00	—	54
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,077.78/cwt	950.00–1,250.00	—	36
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	—	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	—	793.18/cwt	600.00–850.00	—	22

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 Feb 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 382Last week 803Year ago 544

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 255Year ago 209

Replacement CattleReceipts 131Last week 81Year ago 55

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold sharply higher on strong demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	383	154.00–161.00	156.83
5	—	569	143.00–151.00	145.75
1	—	870	128.00	128.00
15	—	474	147.00–154.00	150.39
9	—	512	146.00–150.00	148.02
7	—	333	158.00–162.00	159.91
1	—	270	160.00	160.00
14	—	424	149.00–156.00	152.24
3	—	620	135.00–136.00	135.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	381	138.00–142.00	139.70
7	—	415	128.00–135.00	130.81
4	—	478	128.00–130.00	129.03
3	—	318	142.00–145.00	144.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	565	133.00–140.00	135.53
3	—	633	128.00–132.00	129.97
5	—	472	140.00–145.00	141.95
5	—	532	135.00–145.00	142.91
13	—	268	148.00–152.00	150.14
7	—	371	146.00–152.00	149.72
5	—	333	152.00–155.00	153.83
14	—	425	140.00–148.00	144.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	343	180.00–182.00	181.01
6	—	475	160.00–167.00	163.20
9	—	386	174.00–180.00	176.57
14	—	523	155.00–165.00	158.46
3	—	725	130.00–136.00	132.62
2	—	568	150.00–152.00	151.00
11	—	420	168.00–176.00	171.45
4	—	636	135.00–140.00	138.02
5	—	667	133.00–139.00	135.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	180.00–182.00	180.96
8	—	371	165.00–172.00	169.87
5	—	671	129.00–131.00	130.40
2	—	780	110.00–115.00	112.47
4	—	584	138.00–142.00	140.00
4	—	333	170.00–175.00	172.48
3	—	745	120.00	120.00
3	—	480	154.00	154.00
7	—	422	156.00–165.00	160.62
3	—	527	145.00–153.00	149.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	106.00	106.00
2	—	275	172.00	172.00
1	—	685	121.00	121.00
1	—	210	180.00	180.00
7	—	521	133.00–140.00	138.29
5	—	416	150.00–154.00	150.81
4	—	378	160.00–162.00	161.53
8	—	461	140.00–147.00	141.40
3	—	588	129.00–130.00	129.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	174.00–180.00	177.04
1	—	415	174.00	174.00
1	—	715	130.00	130.00
1	—	525	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	165.00	165.00
1	—	405	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	155.00–160.00	157.43
2	—	525	168.00–170.00	168.99
1	—	695	154.00	154.00
1	—	555	160.00	160.00
2	—	410	180.00–182.00	181.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	51.00	51.00
6	—	866	62.00–63.00	62.61
3	—	913	55.00–60.00	57.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,501	74.00–79.00	75.89
2	—	1,558	71.00–72.00	71.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,089	66.00–71.00	68.55
8	—	1,271	79.00–86.00	81.18
24	—	1,183	72.00–78.00	74.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,369	89.00–95.00	92.23
2	—	1,753	107.00–114.00	110.64
3	—	1,725	100.00–106.00	103.62

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	875.00–1,050.00	985.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	1,000.00–1,350.00	1,191.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	725.00–950.00	812.50

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	650.00–925.00	810.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	575.00–725.00	625.00

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	—	—	950.00	950.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	1,400.00–1,650.00	1,483.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,450.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	—	600.00–900.00	717.11

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	36	—	—	950.00–1,250.00	1,077.78

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	2	—	—	800.00	800.00

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	22	—	—	600.00–850.00	793.18

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	54	—	—	1,300.00–2,600.00	1,775.93

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.