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Roanoke Stockyards

Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

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

● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999

← Oct 1Oct 8Oct 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

809 head

▲ 69 vs last sale 740▲ 85 vs year ago 724 · +11.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

127 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 148▲ 24 vs year ago 103 · +23.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

117 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 102▲ 56 vs year ago 61 · +91.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bull sold 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $367.22/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 12 of 31 comparable sales and sits −19.77 against this barn's trailing median of $386.99.

Average price

$367.22

42 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,036

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$23.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.20

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	380.19	2,069	9thin
Medium and Large 2	558	367.13	2,048	22
Medium and Large 3	556	356.77	1,983	11thin

One grade step is worth $23.42/cwt here — about $86 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale42 hd

367.22

—

AL average14 barns · 439 hd

357.01

+10.20

This barn, trailing median31 sales

386.99

−19.77

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

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $443.38, low $322.17, median $386.99 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,742	195.13	3,399	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,363	162.16	2,209	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,171	159.61	1,869	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	977	144.92	1,417	18

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,789	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,400	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,200	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,033	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,279	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,700	14

Every lot

95 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,272	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,763	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,869	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	438	422.54/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,851	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	438.79/cwt	438.00–440.00	2,010	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	418.80/cwt	418.00–420.00	2,123	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,235	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,165	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,142	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	349.49/cwt	349.00–350.00	2,359	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	705	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,242	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	332.51/cwt	332.00–333.00	2,421	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,542	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,504	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,243	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	230	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,093	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	283	451.53/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,278	6
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	285	442.54/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,261	6
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	470.73/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,346	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	451.98/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,392	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	310	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,333	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	442.05/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,432	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	377.47/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,397	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	395.87/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,492	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	408.35/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,544	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	396.99/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,640	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	387.47/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,647	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	432	373.44/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,613	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	355.96/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,673	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	487	342.79/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,669	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	349.99/cwt	348.00–352.00	1,781	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	510	323.48/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,650	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	338.43/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,824	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	336.44/cwt	334.00–339.00	1,911	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	327.12/cwt	324.00–331.00	1,884	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	326.33/cwt	325.00–328.00	2,033	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	313.74/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,995	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,190	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	205	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,251	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	220	574.89/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,265	4
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	278	502.44/cwt	500.00–508.00	1,397	6
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	283	518.29/cwt	515.00–520.00	1,467	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	515.82/cwt	510.00–520.00	1,676	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	499.10/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,687	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,666	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,588	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	472.55/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,763	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	442.97/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,701	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	419	418.50/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,754	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	439	429.63/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,886	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	401.76/cwt	400.00–408.00	1,876	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	472	383.90/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,812	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	416.62/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,012	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	382.38/cwt	380.00–388.00	1,977	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	536	361.52/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,938	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	370.41/cwt	366.00–376.00	2,004	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	567	354.06/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,008	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	364.40/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,084	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	377.45/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,182	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	359.96/cwt	358.00–362.00	2,261	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	344.30/cwt	338.00–348.00	2,179	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,051	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	343.99/cwt	340.00–348.00	2,270	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	332.53/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,205	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,345	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	725	294.86/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,138	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	770	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,156	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,668	186.49/cwt	186.00–187.00	3,111	2
Bulls	—	—	1,733	193.46/cwt	190.00–197.00	3,353	7
Bulls	—	—	1,812	204.78/cwt	204.00–206.00	3,711	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	963	152.96/cwt	152.00–154.00	1,473	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	977	145.86/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,425	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	986	138.08/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,361	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,143	161.06/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,841	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,179	154.91/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,826	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,234	166.62/cwt	165.00–169.00	2,056	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,315	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,025	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,353	162.63/cwt	159.00–166.00	2,200	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	168.45/cwt	168.00–169.00	2,439	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	4,133.33/head	4,000.00–4,300.00	4,133	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	3,616.67/head	3,400.00–3,900.00	3,617	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	—	2,700.00/head	2,600.00–2,850.00	2,700	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	—	2,360.00/head	2,100.00–2,800.00	2,360	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	3,330.00/head	3,250.00–3,400.00	3,330	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,671.43/head	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,671	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	2,400.00/head	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,400	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,250.00/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,250	2
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	4
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	1,850.00/head	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,850	2
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1

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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 809Last week 740Year ago 724

Slaughter CattleReceipts 127Last week 148Year ago 103

Replacement CattleReceipts 117Last week 102Year ago 61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	220	570.00–580.00	574.89
3	250–300	283	515.00–520.00	518.29
6	300–350	338	495.00–505.00	499.10
5	350–400	384	440.00–445.00	442.97
10	400–450	439	425.00–435.00	429.63
7	450–500	467	400.00–408.00	401.76
10	500–550	541	366.00–376.00	370.41
12	550–600	572	360.00–370.00	364.40
8	600–650	633	338.00–348.00	344.30
2	650–700	663	330.00–335.00	332.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	278	500.00–508.00	502.44
3	300–350	340	490.00	490.00
3	350–400	365	435.00	435.00
7	400–450	419	415.00–420.00	418.50
10	450–500	472	380.00–390.00	383.90
4	500–550	536	360.00–362.00	361.52
7	550–600	567	350.00–358.00	354.06
2	600–650	645	318.00	318.00
2	700–750	725	290.00–300.00	294.86
1	750–800	770	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	610.00	610.00
5	300–350	325	510.00–520.00	515.82
4	350–400	373	470.00–475.00	472.55
6	450–500	483	410.00–420.00	416.62
5	500–550	517	380.00–388.00	382.38
4	550–600	578	375.00–380.00	377.45
2	600–650	628	358.00–362.00	359.96
3	650–700	660	340.00–348.00	343.99
1	700–750	715	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	475.00	475.00
6	250–300	283	450.00–455.00	451.53
7	300–350	324	435.00–445.00	442.05
7	350–400	377	390.00–400.00	395.87
6	400–450	425	385.00–390.00	387.47
12	450–500	470	350.00–360.00	355.96
7	500–550	539	335.00–340.00	338.43
10	550–600	576	324.00–331.00	327.12
4	600–650	636	310.00–315.00	313.74
1	750–800	755	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	565.00	565.00
7	250–300	286	465.00–475.00	470.73
5	300–350	308	450.00–455.00	451.98
3	350–400	378	405.00–410.00	408.35
5	400–450	413	395.00–400.00	396.99
7	500–550	509	348.00–352.00	349.99
4	550–600	568	334.00–339.00	336.44
6	600–650	623	325.00–328.00	326.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	285	440.00–445.00	442.54
2	300–350	310	430.00	430.00
4	350–400	370	375.00–380.00	377.47
6	400–450	432	370.00–380.00	373.44
10	450–500	487	340.00–348.00	342.79
7	500–550	510	320.00–330.00	323.48
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	660	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	530.00	530.00
2	350–400	390	450.00	450.00
2	500–550	545	410.00	410.00
2	600–650	630	340.00	340.00
2	750–800	790	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	420.00–425.00	422.54
2	550–600	565	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	705	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	420	445.00	445.00
5	450–500	458	438.00–440.00	438.79
5	500–550	507	418.00–420.00	418.80
2	600–650	615	352.00	352.00
2	650–700	675	349.00–350.00	349.49
2	700–750	728	332.00–333.00	332.51
1	750–800	775	328.00	328.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	154.00	154.00
8	—	1,353	159.00–166.00	162.63
2	—	1,448	168.00–169.00	168.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,179	152.00–157.00	154.91
8	—	1,234	165.00–169.00	166.62
23	—	1,143	158.00–164.00	161.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	986	135.00–140.00	138.08
2	—	963	152.00–154.00	152.96
12	—	977	142.00–148.00	145.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,733	190.00–197.00	193.46
3	—	1,812	204.00–206.00	204.78
2	—	1,668	186.00–187.00	186.49

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	—	2,100.00–2,800.00	2,360.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	2,600.00–2,850.00	2,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	3,400.00–3,900.00	3,616.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	4,000.00–4,300.00	4,133.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,600.00	1,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,671.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,600.00	2,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	3,250.00–3,400.00	3,330.00

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.