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Roanoke Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Aug 13
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999
Feeder Cattle receipts
941 head
▼ 314 vs last sale 1,255▲ 180 vs year ago 761 · +23.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 106▼ 64 vs year ago 178 · −36.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
151 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 92▲ 78 vs year ago 73 · +106.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 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 $324.91/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −52.08 against this barn's trailing median of $376.99.
Average price
$324.91
52 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,806
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.21
vs AL average
−25.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568327.701,86021
Medium and Large 2550326.921,80017thin
Medium and Large 3545318.281,73514thin
One grade step is worth $9.42/cwt here — about $125 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 sale52 hd
324.91
—
AL average16 barns · 550 hd
331.12
−6.21
National average152 barns · 8,349 hd
350.81
−25.90
This barn, trailing median31 sales
376.99
−52.08
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—High1,716191.593,28714
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,393173.562,41923
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,162170.321,97940
CowsLean 85-90%Low978146.851,43618

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,93126
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,8679
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7506
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,3717
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,9252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,07322
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,2508
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$2,22711

Every lot

105 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,4441
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315520.29/cwt516.00–525.001,6393
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7253
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3355470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,6691
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363509.90/cwt505.00–515.001,8514
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8621
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416454.37/cwt450.00–460.001,8909
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430441.21/cwt440.00–445.001,8974
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3433428.82/cwt425.00–430.001,8574
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457408.32/cwt405.00–410.001,8663
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488392.82/cwt390.00–395.001,9175
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3495385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9062
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513384.65/cwt384.00–386.001,9738
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8542
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527373.34/cwt370.00–377.001,9686
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566361.75/cwt360.00–364.002,0488
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2576351.69/cwt350.00–354.002,0266
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3580341.70/cwt340.00–345.001,9823
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620349.50/cwt345.00–352.002,16711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623336.26/cwt332.00–341.002,0955
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3630324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,0411
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3670312.98/cwt310.00–315.002,0973
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2676327.18/cwt325.00–332.002,2125
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720320.48/cwt319.00–322.002,3074
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2723313.21/cwt310.00–318.002,2657
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3740298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,2051
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773312.93/cwt310.00–316.002,4192
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220420.00/cwt420.00–420.009243
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0131
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3310400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2403
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331407.85/cwt405.00–410.001,3509
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364406.12/cwt400.00–412.001,4788
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372421.94/cwt420.00–425.001,5705
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374387.18/cwt385.00–390.001,4487
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424377.53/cwt372.00–382.001,60111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428387.57/cwt385.00–390.001,6598
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3439367.79/cwt360.00–370.001,6157
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475354.52/cwt350.00–360.001,68423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477367.55/cwt365.00–370.001,7535
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483343.82/cwt340.00–348.001,6617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528322.88/cwt320.00–325.001,7058
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533333.08/cwt328.00–340.001,7758
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8631
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2566321.44/cwt317.00–326.001,8199
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3568312.14/cwt308.00–315.001,7736
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569326.83/cwt325.00–331.001,86020
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620311.27/cwt308.00–314.001,9303
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625322.46/cwt320.00–326.002,0158
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0461
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0591
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,4161
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3280490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,3721
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2284502.04/cwt500.00–505.001,4265
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325482.46/cwt480.00–485.001,5682
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329504.58/cwt500.00–514.001,6605
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333493.32/cwt490.00–498.001,6435
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3373462.38/cwt460.00–465.001,7256
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379476.34/cwt470.00–480.001,8054
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380493.14/cwt485.00–500.001,8746
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411446.97/cwt445.00–450.001,8375
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2432435.13/cwt430.00–440.001,8809
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3433422.57/cwt420.00–425.001,8302
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464388.04/cwt385.00–390.001,8015
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481373.56/cwt370.00–378.001,79710
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3487361.34/cwt360.00–362.001,7603
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3518337.49/cwt335.00–340.001,7482
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521352.24/cwt348.00–355.001,8359
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532360.56/cwt358.00–365.001,91812
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569348.98/cwt345.00–352.001,9869
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573332.58/cwt330.00–335.001,9064
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2589341.00/cwt340.00–342.002,0085
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625324.65/cwt320.00–330.002,0299
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628337.32/cwt336.00–341.002,1186
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2672311.31/cwt310.00–312.002,0923
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685320.48/cwt318.00–323.002,1952
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3690300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0702
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3775270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0931
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,3611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,656191.91/cwt189.00–197.003,1789
Bulls——1,780188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,3464
Bulls——1,995203.00/cwt203.00–203.004,0501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%954137.43/cwt135.00–141.001,3115
Cows—Lean 85-90%959148.72/cwt144.00–151.001,4269
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,049154.43/cwt152.00–156.001,6204
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,114163.91/cwt160.00–167.001,82613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165171.10/cwt168.00–175.001,99320
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241180.00/cwt176.00–185.002,2347
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,328177.44/cwt176.00–179.002,3569
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,403164.63/cwt162.00–167.002,3102
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,441172.14/cwt170.00–175.002,48112
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,493.75/head3,350.00–3,600.003,4948
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,959.09/head2,700.00–3,200.002,95911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,633.33/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,520.00/head2,400.00–2,700.002,5205
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,371.43/head2,200.00–2,500.002,3717
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,242.86/head2,100.00–2,400.002,2437
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,925.00/head1,750.00–2,100.001,9252
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,227.27/head2,000.00–2,400.002,22711
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,033.33/head3,000.00–3,200.003,03318
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—2,250.00/head2,150.00–2,400.002,2508

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.