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
Bulls—Average1,56169.681,08812
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 3—217146.78/cwt145.00–148.003195
BullsMedium and Large 2—485123.61/cwt120.00–128.0060025
BullsMedium and Large 2—336148.18/cwt144.00–150.0049819
BullsMedium and Large 2—432128.31/cwt126.00–130.0055418
BullsMedium and Large 2—373134.23/cwt130.00–138.0050115
BullsMedium and Large 2—617107.72/cwt105.00–109.0066512
BullsMedium and Large 2—526116.10/cwt114.00–118.0061112
BullsMedium and Large 2—581110.63/cwt110.00–112.0064311
BullsMedium and Large 2—275150.97/cwt148.00–154.0041511
BullsMedium and Large 2—714100.73/cwt99.00–102.007198
BullsMedium and Large 2—229155.64/cwt154.00–158.003565
BullsMedium and Large 2—668104.49/cwt104.00–105.006984
BullsMedium and Large 2—76299.34/cwt98.00–100.007573
BullsMedium and Large 2—81894.00/cwt94.00–94.007692
BullsMedium and Large 1—433134.72/cwt132.00–139.0058315
BullsMedium and Large 1—386144.18/cwt140.00–148.0055713
BullsMedium and Large 1—533123.07/cwt120.00–125.0065612
BullsMedium and Large 1—483129.82/cwt129.00–131.0062712
BullsMedium and Large 1—332153.24/cwt152.00–155.0050910
BullsMedium and Large 1—282157.09/cwt156.00–158.004438
BullsMedium and Large 1—566118.15/cwt117.00–120.006697
BullsMedium and Large 1—617112.01/cwt111.00–114.006915
BullsMedium and Large 1—81597.50/cwt96.00–99.007952
BullsMedium and Large 3—577105.32/cwt105.00–106.006083
BullsMedium and Large 3—323131.81/cwt130.00–133.004263
BullsMedium and Large 3—260138.73/cwt137.50–140.003612
SteersMedium and Large 3—215148.95/cwt148.00–150.003202
SteersMedium and Large 2—475128.82/cwt124.00–130.0061229
SteersMedium and Large 2—575121.06/cwt120.00–122.0069618
SteersMedium and Large 2—336150.09/cwt146.00–152.5050415
SteersMedium and Large 2—363142.36/cwt140.00–146.0051712
SteersMedium and Large 2—430137.02/cwt135.00–139.0058911
SteersMedium and Large 2—521123.90/cwt123.00–125.0064610
SteersMedium and Large 2—274153.74/cwt152.00–156.004218
SteersMedium and Large 2—629116.15/cwt115.00–118.007316
SteersMedium and Large 2—665114.00/cwt112.00–115.007583
SteersMedium and Large 2—880102.00/cwt102.00–102.008981
SteersMedium and Large 1—379155.68/cwt152.00–156.0059031
SteersMedium and Large 1—577124.95/cwt124.00–126.0072122
SteersMedium and Large 1—481134.75/cwt131.00–140.0064814
SteersMedium and Large 1—426147.26/cwt145.00–152.0062710
SteersMedium and Large 1—525129.65/cwt129.00–130.006819
SteersMedium and Large 1—330155.50/cwt154.00–158.005138
HeifersMedium and Large 3—388110.50/cwt110.00–114.0042945
HeifersMedium and Large 3—476106.15/cwt104.00–108.0050521
HeifersMedium and Large 3—327115.81/cwt114.00–118.0037916
HeifersMedium and Large 3—56799.60/cwt98.00–100.0056515
BullsMedium and Large 1—88095.00/cwt95.00–95.008361
CowsLean 85-90%—95236.94/cwt35.00–40.003529
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428110.40/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
Bulls——1,57770.64/cwt68.00–73.001,11410
Bulls——1,48064.90/cwt64.00–66.009612
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2——418.24/cwt350.00–500.00—17
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——573.00/cwt510.00–600.00—5
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——635.00/cwt620.00–650.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——415.00/cwt340.00–460.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——779.69/cwt675.00–875.00—16
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——941.67/cwt875.00–1,000.00—3
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——580.00/cwt500.00–670.00—7
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,237.50/cwt1,100.00–1,400.00—28
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,520.00/cwt1,500.00–1,550.00—5
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——971.43/cwt950.00–1,000.00—7
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——837.50/cwt775.00–900.00—4
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,850.00/cwt1,850.00–1,850.00—2
SteersMedium and Large 3—324142.03/cwt140.00–144.004607
SteersMedium and Large 3—573110.75/cwt110.00–112.006354
SteersMedium and Large 3—530118.06/cwt116.00–120.006264
SteersMedium and Large 3—465120.98/cwt120.00–122.005634
SteersMedium and Large 3—420130.99/cwt130.00–132.005504
HeifersMedium and Large 3—526101.45/cwt100.00–102.0053411
HeifersMedium and Large 3—61392.53/cwt90.00–95.005676
HeifersMedium and Large 3—283119.93/cwt118.00–124.003395
HeifersMedium and Large 2—563102.85/cwt102.00–104.0057926
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469110.82/cwt109.00–113.0052018
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328123.45/cwt120.00–127.0040517
HeifersMedium and Large 2—614100.01/cwt98.00–101.0061416
HeifersMedium and Large 2—527106.67/cwt104.00–109.0056215
HeifersMedium and Large 2—387118.44/cwt116.00–120.004589
HeifersMedium and Large 2—265131.78/cwt130.00–134.003497
HeifersMedium and Large 2—67498.82/cwt98.00–100.006665
HeifersMedium and Large 2—71395.99/cwt95.00–97.006844
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465116.82/cwt116.00–118.005436
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422122.73/cwt121.00–125.005186
HeifersMedium and Large 1—676107.26/cwt106.00–109.007254
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323129.92/cwt128.00–134.004204
BullsMedium and Large 3—527110.90/cwt110.00–112.005849
BullsMedium and Large 3—479116.32/cwt114.00–119.005577
BullsMedium and Large 3—422121.54/cwt120.00–123.005135
BullsMedium and Large 3—359124.21/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.