Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady, with few fancy replacement pairs that sold up to 1500.00. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.28/cwt on 396 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −82.21 against this barn's trailing median of $210.49.

Average price

$128.28

396 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$14.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.41

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	133.23	672	130
Medium and Large 2	487	129.27	629	176
Medium and Large 3	496	119.18	592	90

One grade step is worth $14.06/cwt here — about $80 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 $177.83, 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 sale396 hd

128.28

—

AL average15 barns · 1,945 hd

122.87

+5.41

This barn, trailing median16 sales

210.49

−82.21

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,687	75.42	1,272	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,379	55.57	766	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,169	50.63	592	94
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	969	42.30	410	45

Every lot, as filed

106 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	108.87/cwt	107.00–112.00	578	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	114.23/cwt	112.00–116.00	541	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	116.46/cwt	115.00–118.00	500	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	103.69/cwt	102.00–105.00	644	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	106.00/cwt	105.00–107.00	603	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	54.30/cwt	52.00–57.00	736	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	58.61/cwt	58.00–59.00	842	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	52.25/cwt	50.00–55.00	621	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	342	156.31/cwt	155.00–158.00	535	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	136.73/cwt	132.00–140.00	651	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	123.31/cwt	122.00–125.00	707	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	128.22/cwt	127.00–129.00	681	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	767	106.18/cwt	105.00–108.00	814	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	113.35/cwt	110.00–115.00	813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	557	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	777	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	144.54/cwt	142.00–146.00	685	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	156.30/cwt	155.00–158.00	566	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	132.26/cwt	130.00–135.00	696	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	124.08/cwt	123.00–125.00	776	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	149.89/cwt	148.00–152.00	639	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	121.86/cwt	120.00–123.00	820	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	128.86/cwt	128.00–130.00	733	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	965	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	985	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	112.34/cwt	110.00–114.00	472	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	469	108.08/cwt	105.00–111.00	507	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	118.49/cwt	117.00–122.00	400	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	115.32/cwt	114.00–117.00	438	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	567	100.91/cwt	100.00–102.00	572	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	100.84/cwt	100.00–102.00	672	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	94.67/cwt	94.00–95.00	727	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	935	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	832	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	46.72/cwt	44.00–48.00	531	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	56.34/cwt	56.00–57.00	651	6
Bulls	—	—	1,800	76.99/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,386	13
Bulls	—	—	1,429	70.31/cwt	68.00–72.00	1,005	6
Bulls	—	—	1,725	80.51/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,389	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	500.00/cwt	400.00–560.00	—	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	637.27/cwt	620.00–670.00	—	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	640.91/cwt	575.00–700.00	—	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	815.00/cwt	750.00–900.00	—	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	529.17/cwt	500.00–550.00	—	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	833.33/cwt	750.00–950.00	—	42
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,034.09/cwt	950.00–1,175.00	—	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	669.44/cwt	575.00–730.00	—	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,115.63/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	—	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	766.67/cwt	725.00–800.00	—	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,051.19/cwt	900.00–1,250.00	—	42
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	142.43/cwt	140.00–146.00	520	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	421	132.99/cwt	132.00–135.00	560	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	150.90/cwt	150.00–152.00	480	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	128.50/cwt	127.50–130.00	591	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	721	105.79/cwt	105.00–107.00	763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	584	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	696	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	625	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	125.21/cwt	123.00–130.00	541	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	111.80/cwt	109.00–114.00	646	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	118.17/cwt	117.00–120.00	614	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	104.37/cwt	104.00–105.00	697	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	108.22/cwt	107.00–110.00	681	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	130.81/cwt	130.00–132.00	470	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	100.65/cwt	100.00–102.00	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	293	155.50/cwt	155.00–156.00	456	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	143.99/cwt	140.00–147.00	612	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	152.31/cwt	148.00–154.00	574	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	123.02/cwt	120.00–125.00	647	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	150.61/cwt	148.00–154.00	496	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	110.19/cwt	107.00–113.00	693	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	662	105.10/cwt	104.00–106.00	696	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	581	116.90/cwt	116.00–118.00	679	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	278	158.20/cwt	157.00–160.00	440	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	727	100.76/cwt	100.00–102.00	733	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	768	99.67/cwt	99.00–100.00	765	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	135.36/cwt	134.00–136.00	638	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	336	157.71/cwt	156.00–162.00	530	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	129.30/cwt	127.00–132.00	670	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	141.54/cwt	140.00–145.00	590	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	149.85/cwt	148.00–152.00	577	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	121.15/cwt	118.00–124.00	456	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	780	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	93.01/cwt	92.00–94.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	618	99.60/cwt	99.00–100.00	616	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	104.41/cwt	103.00–105.00	561	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	436	135.82/cwt	132.00–138.00	592	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	143.93/cwt	140.00–147.00	530	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	129.16/cwt	125.00–132.00	625	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	758	95.50/cwt	95.00–96.00	724	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	277	151.70/cwt	150.00–154.00	420	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	322	145.14/cwt	144.00–146.00	467	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	534	114.42/cwt	112.00–117.00	611	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	635	104.49/cwt	104.00–105.00	664	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	658	99.34/cwt	98.00–100.00	654	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	134.35/cwt	130.00–138.00	504	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	457	119.59/cwt	118.00–120.00	547	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	576	108.75/cwt	106.00–111.00	626	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	124.15/cwt	123.00–127.00	525	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	878	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	39.09/cwt	36.00–41.00	374	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	44.86/cwt	42.00–47.00	440	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	890	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	899	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	843	103.00/cwt	102.00–104.00	868	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	123.15/cwt	120.00–125.00	691	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	115.88/cwt	115.00–117.00	712	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	729	105.78/cwt	105.00–107.00	771	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	776	103.89/cwt	103.00–105.00	806	9

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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