Sale reports / Alabama / Roanoke Stockyards / 2019-10-30

Roanoke Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Oct 30
● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,103 head
211 vs last sale 1,314 1,103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
67 vs last sale 167 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
129 head
47 vs last sale 176 129 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady, with several fancy replacement cows that sold up to 1550.00 and a fancy replacement pair that sold up to 1890.00. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.57/cwt on 269 head.
Average price
$109.57
269 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$509
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.21
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1466119.3055620
Medium and Large 2495109.69543117
Medium and Large 3437107.99472132
One grade step is worth $11.31/cwt here — about $84 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.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale269 hd
109.57
AL average14 barns · 1,686 hd
109.36
+0.21
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,56169.681,08812
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12542.2847649
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40941.895907thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92235.1532413

Every lot, as filed

94 lots · USDA AMS · Roanoke Stockyards - Roanoke, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 3217146.78/cwt145.00–148.003195
BullsMedium and Large 2485123.61/cwt120.00–128.0060025
BullsMedium and Large 2336148.18/cwt144.00–150.0049819
BullsMedium and Large 2432128.31/cwt126.00–130.0055418
BullsMedium and Large 2373134.23/cwt130.00–138.0050115
BullsMedium and Large 2617107.72/cwt105.00–109.0066512
BullsMedium and Large 2526116.10/cwt114.00–118.0061112
BullsMedium and Large 2581110.63/cwt110.00–112.0064311
BullsMedium and Large 2275150.97/cwt148.00–154.0041511
BullsMedium and Large 2714100.73/cwt99.00–102.007198
BullsMedium and Large 2229155.64/cwt154.00–158.003565
BullsMedium and Large 2668104.49/cwt104.00–105.006984
BullsMedium and Large 276299.34/cwt98.00–100.007573
BullsMedium and Large 281894.00/cwt94.00–94.007692
BullsMedium and Large 1433134.72/cwt132.00–139.0058315
BullsMedium and Large 1386144.18/cwt140.00–148.0055713
BullsMedium and Large 1533123.07/cwt120.00–125.0065612
BullsMedium and Large 1483129.82/cwt129.00–131.0062712
BullsMedium and Large 1332153.24/cwt152.00–155.0050910
BullsMedium and Large 1282157.09/cwt156.00–158.004438
BullsMedium and Large 1566118.15/cwt117.00–120.006697
BullsMedium and Large 1617112.01/cwt111.00–114.006915
BullsMedium and Large 181597.50/cwt96.00–99.007952
BullsMedium and Large 3577105.32/cwt105.00–106.006083
BullsMedium and Large 3323131.81/cwt130.00–133.004263
BullsMedium and Large 3260138.73/cwt137.50–140.003612
SteersMedium and Large 3215148.95/cwt148.00–150.003202
SteersMedium and Large 2475128.82/cwt124.00–130.0061229
SteersMedium and Large 2575121.06/cwt120.00–122.0069618
SteersMedium and Large 2336150.09/cwt146.00–152.5050415
SteersMedium and Large 2363142.36/cwt140.00–146.0051712
SteersMedium and Large 2430137.02/cwt135.00–139.0058911
SteersMedium and Large 2521123.90/cwt123.00–125.0064610
SteersMedium and Large 2274153.74/cwt152.00–156.004218
SteersMedium and Large 2629116.15/cwt115.00–118.007316
SteersMedium and Large 2665114.00/cwt112.00–115.007583
SteersMedium and Large 2880102.00/cwt102.00–102.008981
SteersMedium and Large 1379155.68/cwt152.00–156.0059031
SteersMedium and Large 1577124.95/cwt124.00–126.0072122
SteersMedium and Large 1481134.75/cwt131.00–140.0064814
SteersMedium and Large 1426147.26/cwt145.00–152.0062710
SteersMedium and Large 1525129.65/cwt129.00–130.006819
SteersMedium and Large 1330155.50/cwt154.00–158.005138
HeifersMedium and Large 3388110.50/cwt110.00–114.0042945
HeifersMedium and Large 3476106.15/cwt104.00–108.0050521
HeifersMedium and Large 3327115.81/cwt114.00–118.0037916
HeifersMedium and Large 356799.60/cwt98.00–100.0056515
BullsMedium and Large 188095.00/cwt95.00–95.008361
CowsLean 85-90%95236.94/cwt35.00–40.003529
HeifersMedium and Large 3428110.40/cwt108.00–113.0047313
CowsLean 85-90%85531.13/cwt30.00–34.002664
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40941.89/cwt40.00–45.005907
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12042.83/cwt40.00–45.0048036
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13038.34/cwt37.00–39.004339
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16046.25/cwt46.00–47.005374
Bulls1,57770.64/cwt68.00–73.001,11410
Bulls1,48064.90/cwt64.00–66.009612
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2418.24/cwt350.00–500.0017
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3573.00/cwt510.00–600.005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3635.00/cwt620.00–650.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3415.00/cwt340.00–460.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2779.69/cwt675.00–875.0016
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2941.67/cwt875.00–1,000.003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2580.00/cwt500.00–670.007
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,237.50/cwt1,100.00–1,400.0028
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,520.00/cwt1,500.00–1,550.005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy971.43/cwt950.00–1,000.007
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2837.50/cwt775.00–900.004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,850.00/cwt1,850.00–1,850.002
SteersMedium and Large 3324142.03/cwt140.00–144.004607
SteersMedium and Large 3573110.75/cwt110.00–112.006354
SteersMedium and Large 3530118.06/cwt116.00–120.006264
SteersMedium and Large 3465120.98/cwt120.00–122.005634
SteersMedium and Large 3420130.99/cwt130.00–132.005504
HeifersMedium and Large 3526101.45/cwt100.00–102.0053411
HeifersMedium and Large 361392.53/cwt90.00–95.005676
HeifersMedium and Large 3283119.93/cwt118.00–124.003395
HeifersMedium and Large 2563102.85/cwt102.00–104.0057926
HeifersMedium and Large 2469110.82/cwt109.00–113.0052018
HeifersMedium and Large 2328123.45/cwt120.00–127.0040517
HeifersMedium and Large 2614100.01/cwt98.00–101.0061416
HeifersMedium and Large 2527106.67/cwt104.00–109.0056215
HeifersMedium and Large 2387118.44/cwt116.00–120.004589
HeifersMedium and Large 2265131.78/cwt130.00–134.003497
HeifersMedium and Large 267498.82/cwt98.00–100.006665
HeifersMedium and Large 271395.99/cwt95.00–97.006844
HeifersMedium and Large 1465116.82/cwt116.00–118.005436
HeifersMedium and Large 1422122.73/cwt121.00–125.005186
HeifersMedium and Large 1676107.26/cwt106.00–109.007254
HeifersMedium and Large 1323129.92/cwt128.00–134.004204
BullsMedium and Large 3527110.90/cwt110.00–112.005849
BullsMedium and Large 3479116.32/cwt114.00–119.005577
BullsMedium and Large 3422121.54/cwt120.00–123.005135
BullsMedium and Large 3359124.21/cwt123.00–127.004465

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.