Sale reports / Alabama / Roanoke Stockyards / 2026-06-10

Roanoke Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Jun 10
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999
Feeder Cattle receipts
381 head
▼ 193 vs last sale 574▼ 418 vs year ago 799 · −52.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 121▼ 65 vs year ago 124 · −52.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 72▼ 19 vs year ago 54 · −35.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 9.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher. 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 $376.99/cwt on 25 head, up $0.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 31 comparable sales and sits −0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $376.99.
Average price
$376.99
▲ 0.86 vs prior sale
25 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,033
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.28
vs AL average
−23.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533389.992,0776thin
Medium and Large 2544374.102,03417thin
Medium and Large 3520362.501,8852thin
One grade step is worth $27.49/cwt here — about $192 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 sale25 hd
376.99
—
AL average16 barns · 447 hd
383.27
−6.28
National average163 barns · 8,321 hd
400.52
−23.53
This barn, trailing median31 sales
376.99
−0.00
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—Average1,636221.823,6295thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,378197.202,71811
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,205192.582,32018
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,001164.771,64910

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)—$3,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,62311
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,5205
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$4,2676
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,9004thin

Every lot

81 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275609.95/cwt605.00–615.001,6774
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317578.37/cwt575.00–580.001,8333
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2419470.98/cwt465.00–480.001,9735
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3433451.02/cwt450.00–454.001,9534
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3483438.31/cwt435.00–440.002,1173
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2543
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515447.48/cwt445.00–450.002,3052
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2101
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525433.68/cwt430.00–440.002,2777
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4142
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2576414.75/cwt410.00–420.002,3897
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3578389.03/cwt388.00–390.002,2492
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619397.52/cwt390.00–400.002,4614
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3630370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3311
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3680356.62/cwt350.00–360.002,4253
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685373.97/cwt370.00–378.002,5622
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,5731
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,4941
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6753
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370472.57/cwt470.00–475.001,7494
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7555
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3417405.35/cwt405.00–406.001,6903
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428432.85/cwt430.00–435.001,8536
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428419.93/cwt416.00–428.001,79714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470410.16/cwt408.00–412.001,9287
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3471401.98/cwt400.00–404.001,8934
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476419.42/cwt416.00–422.001,99610
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510398.03/cwt395.00–402.002,0304
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520362.50/cwt360.00–365.001,8852
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526384.34/cwt380.00–390.002,02210
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569359.47/cwt355.00–364.002,0457
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578373.91/cwt370.00–378.002,1612
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630348.65/cwt348.00–350.002,1963
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635335.74/cwt331.00–338.002,1323
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2111
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710310.99/cwt310.00–312.002,2082
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3725297.48/cwt295.00–300.002,1572
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2255550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,4033
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,6532
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,8041
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,8291
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368484.90/cwt480.00–490.001,7844
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3373472.38/cwt470.00–475.001,7624
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382503.81/cwt500.00–510.001,9259
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430481.59/cwt480.00–485.002,0713
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433468.31/cwt465.00–470.002,0286
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3433450.07/cwt440.00–455.001,9498
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467449.95/cwt445.00–455.002,1016
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473436.76/cwt430.00–440.002,0663
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473418.88/cwt415.00–425.001,9819
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528400.39/cwt400.00–402.002,1145
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530414.86/cwt410.00–420.002,1992
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2581375.46/cwt370.00–380.002,1819
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3595368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,1901
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2626356.59/cwt350.00–360.002,2325
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3633346.53/cwt345.00–348.002,1942
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2782
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3601
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3522
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1768326.50/cwt325.00–328.002,5082
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2793304.98/cwt300.00–310.002,4182
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,635217.53/cwt214.00–221.003,5574
Bulls——1,640239.00/cwt239.00–239.003,9201
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%951161.59/cwt160.00–165.001,5374
Cows—Lean 85-90%955158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,5092
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073171.33/cwt169.00–173.001,8384
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187190.65/cwt188.00–195.002,2638
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,219200.71/cwt199.00–205.002,4476
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,219184.24/cwt182.00–187.002,2464
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,337204.66/cwt204.00–206.002,7363
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,379197.08/cwt195.00–200.002,7186
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,438186.38/cwt185.00–188.002,6802
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,310.00/head3,100.00–3,550.003,3105
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,520.00/head2,400.00–2,700.002,5205
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,050.00/head1,900.00–2,200.002,0506
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—4,900.00/head4,900.00–4,900.004,9002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,950.00/head3,700.00–4,200.003,9504
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—2,900.00/head2,800.00–3,000.002,9004

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.