Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower, bulls sold 5.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.31/cwt on 164 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −83.17 against this barn's trailing median of $210.49.

Average price

$127.31

164 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$5.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.21

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	129.36	682	73
Medium and Large 2	488	126.21	616	65
Medium and Large 3	445	124.33	553	26

One grade step is worth $5.03/cwt here — about $129 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

16 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $224.63, low $186.73, median $210.49 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale164 hd

127.31

—

AL average16 barns · 1,623 hd

125.11

+2.21

This barn, trailing median16 sales

210.49

−83.17

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	—	High	1,563	78.97	1,234	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,446	55.21	798	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,111	52.84	587	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	932	48.16	449	23

Every lot, as filed

75 lots · USDA AMS · Roanoke Stockyards - Roanoke, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	48.93/cwt	48.00–50.00	535	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	53.62/cwt	52.00–56.00	598	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	55.21/cwt	52.00–57.00	798	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	867	43.69/cwt	42.00–46.00	379	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	50.11/cwt	48.00–54.00	482	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	326	159.21/cwt	155.00–162.00	519	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	129.26/cwt	127.00–132.00	693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	110.24/cwt	109.00–112.00	786	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	773	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	831	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	738	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	138.64/cwt	137.00–140.00	591	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	103.01/cwt	100.00–105.00	597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	127.00/cwt	125.00–130.00	432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	369	121.67/cwt	120.00–124.00	449	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	117.89/cwt	115.00–120.00	499	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	117.33/cwt	117.00–118.00	859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	128.75/cwt	128.00–130.00	815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	131.04/cwt	129.00–134.00	747	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	126.86/cwt	120.00–127.50	856	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	115.98/cwt	115.00–118.00	788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	113.22/cwt	110.00–115.00	830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	120.97/cwt	120.00–124.00	760	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	133.78/cwt	133.00–134.00	631	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	131.45/cwt	130.00–133.00	681	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	125.44/cwt	124.00–127.00	725	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	113.65/cwt	113.00–115.00	714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	688	110.67/cwt	110.00–112.00	761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	122.94/cwt	118.00–125.00	637	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,078.57/cwt	925.00–1,225.00	—	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	808.57/cwt	700.00–850.00	—	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	737.50/cwt	700.00–775.00	—	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,069.44/cwt	950.00–1,250.00	—	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	883.33/cwt	850.00–925.00	—	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	610.71/cwt	600.00–650.00	—	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	—	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	555.00/cwt	505.00–620.00	—	7
Bulls	—	—	1,405	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,166	1
Bulls	—	—	1,230	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	923	2
Bulls	—	—	1,614	79.21/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,278	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	113.87/cwt	112.00–116.00	762	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	479	133.02/cwt	132.00–134.00	637	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	123.45/cwt	120.00–127.00	701	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	144.52/cwt	143.00–146.00	556	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	116.51/cwt	116.00–117.00	682	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	828	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	386	136.83/cwt	135.00–139.00	528	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	631	111.83/cwt	110.00–114.00	706	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	128.96/cwt	125.00–131.00	609	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	122.22/cwt	119.00–126.00	640	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	132.05/cwt	129.00–135.00	557	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	109.51/cwt	109.00–110.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	112.67/cwt	110.00–114.00	597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	335	137.03/cwt	135.00–139.00	459	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	131.54/cwt	130.00–133.00	487	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	125.05/cwt	122.00–126.00	548	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	481	121.58/cwt	120.00–124.00	585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	111.25/cwt	110.00–112.00	684	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	662	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	119.10/cwt	118.00–120.00	623	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	123.21/cwt	121.00–126.00	588	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	109.25/cwt	108.00–110.00	645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	102.01/cwt	100.00–104.00	699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	128.00/cwt	127.00–129.00	470	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	113.59/cwt	112.00–115.00	601	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	119.71/cwt	118.00–121.00	549	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	124.10/cwt	122.00–126.00	546	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	683	96.96/cwt	95.00–99.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	713	91.00/cwt	90.00–92.00	649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	113.00/cwt	110.00–115.00	531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	522	107.64/cwt	105.00–110.00	562	3

How this sale compares

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.

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