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Roanoke Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Jul 23
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999
Feeder Cattle receipts
717 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 772▲ 107 vs year ago 610 · +17.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 130▼ 44 vs year ago 160 · −27.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 76▼ 15 vs year ago 77 · −19.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold sharply lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.78/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −52.20 against this barn's trailing median of $376.99.
Average price
$324.78
44 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.13
vs AL average
−15.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552336.971,8605thin
Medium and Large 2538332.621,78921
Medium and Large 3562312.251,75618thin
One grade step is worth $24.72/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale44 hd
324.78
—
AL average16 barns · 622 hd
322.65
+2.13
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−15.40
This barn, trailing median31 sales
376.99
−52.20
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
431388345302median 376.9903/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.57, low $316.09, median $376.99 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,593192.433,06515
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,454171.492,4949thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,183165.981,96435
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,101145.671,60316

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,9147
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,6318
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,47114
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,50714
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,4176
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$2,1367

Every lot

102 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4852
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360473.00/cwt473.00–473.001,7031
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6584
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413435.03/cwt430.00–440.001,7974
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422414.11/cwt410.00–420.001,7487
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430402.45/cwt400.00–405.001,7316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468382.51/cwt382.00–383.001,7904
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,7482
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513370.19/cwt369.00–372.001,8995
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518379.66/cwt379.00–380.001,9673
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520348.67/cwt344.00–350.001,81314
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,07910
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3568332.99/cwt330.00–336.001,8914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570344.99/cwt340.00–350.001,9666
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621343.23/cwt340.00–346.002,1318
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623331.98/cwt330.00–334.002,0684
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3645310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0002
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2676321.55/cwt318.00–324.002,1744
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220450.00/cwt450.00–450.009902
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285420.69/cwt420.00–422.001,1996
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3293408.02/cwt405.00–410.001,1955
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328428.95/cwt428.00–430.001,4074
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4284
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374395.34/cwt390.00–400.001,47914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3379378.05/cwt375.00–380.001,4335
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415355.00/cwt352.00–360.001,47310
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423371.17/cwt368.00–374.001,5705
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5583
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474341.17/cwt338.00–344.001,61714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478352.95/cwt350.00–357.001,68710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483330.85/cwt328.00–333.001,5987
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3527320.76/cwt318.00–323.001,6907
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528347.44/cwt345.00–350.001,8342
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532334.94/cwt325.00–337.001,78218
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568329.99/cwt328.00–334.001,8743
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573318.69/cwt318.00–320.001,8263
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3585306.84/cwt302.00–310.001,79511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2624304.17/cwt300.00–310.001,89820
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,8962
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670278.63/cwt276.00–280.001,8673
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3678267.99/cwt266.00–270.001,8172
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,9452
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3725265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9213
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1272493.53/cwt490.00–498.001,3426
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3204
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3293464.96/cwt460.00–470.001,3622
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3310440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3642
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,4814
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3363434.72/cwt432.00–440.001,5786
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365459.98/cwt455.00–465.001,6797
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2382448.06/cwt445.00–450.001,7125
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3422386.83/cwt385.00–388.001,6325
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434398.51/cwt392.00–402.001,73019
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435407.98/cwt406.00–410.001,7756
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464385.45/cwt382.00–390.001,7888
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473361.99/cwt360.00–364.001,7124
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474374.85/cwt370.00–380.001,7776
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515360.84/cwt358.00–366.001,85812
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2516350.60/cwt346.00–354.001,8099
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3524340.17/cwt338.00–345.001,7825
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy525379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,9901
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568336.99/cwt334.00–340.001,9148
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7671
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2576326.67/cwt320.00–330.001,8826
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620324.01/cwt322.00–325.002,0095
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625312.06/cwt310.00–316.001,9503
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3645300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9352
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668312.51/cwt312.00–314.002,0884
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3668296.63/cwt290.00–300.001,9813
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,2452
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2728297.95/cwt296.00–300.002,1692
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3730286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,0881
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2755290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1901
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3775272.01/cwt270.00–274.002,1082
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780302.03/cwt300.00–304.002,3562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,372187.02/cwt185.00–190.002,5666
Bulls——1,734194.90/cwt193.00–198.003,3807
Bulls——1,760200.03/cwt199.00–201.003,5212
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080144.70/cwt141.00–146.001,5637
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,5042
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,124148.83/cwt148.00–150.001,6737
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,159167.12/cwt164.00–169.001,93717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,176173.41/cwt172.00–176.002,0397
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225159.50/cwt157.00–163.001,95411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,325165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,1862
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470169.98/cwt169.00–172.002,4994
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520177.84/cwt176.00–181.002,7033
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,300.00/head3,200.00–3,400.003,3003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,914.29/head2,800.00–3,000.002,9147
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,900.00/head2,700.00–3,100.002,9005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,850.00/head2,800.00–2,900.002,8504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,412.50/head2,300.00–2,600.002,4134
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,700.00/head1,600.00–1,800.001,7006
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,700.00/head3,650.00–3,750.003,7006
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,362.50/head3,200.00–3,500.003,3638
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—2,416.67/head2,350.00–2,500.002,4176
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,135.71/head1,950.00–2,350.002,1367

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.