Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold sharply lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher, with few classes that sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $134.56/cwt on 237 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −75.93 against this barn's trailing median of $210.49.

Average price

$134.56

237 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$21.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.75

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	484	146.04	707	76
Medium and Large 2	516	131.34	677	112
Medium and Large 3	504	124.13	625	49

One grade step is worth $21.90/cwt here — about $82 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 sale237 hd

134.56

—

AL average15 barns · 1,366 hd

130.81

+3.75

This barn, trailing median16 sales

210.49

−75.93

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	1,536	70.08	1,076	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,482	53.32	790	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,163	49.27	573	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	972	39.12	380	22

Every lot, as filed

121 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 1	—	324	139.36/cwt	138.00–142.00	452	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	112.01/cwt	110.00–113.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	121.30/cwt	120.00–124.00	443	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	106.98/cwt	106.00–108.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	132.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	223	139.03/cwt	138.00–140.00	310	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	127.01/cwt	125.00–128.00	563	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	129.99/cwt	126.00–132.00	485	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	123.18/cwt	120.00–125.00	578	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	133.63/cwt	132.00–136.00	433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	109.26/cwt	108.00–110.00	634	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	115.78/cwt	110.00–119.00	614	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	165.61/cwt	164.00–167.00	528	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	134.00/cwt	132.00–138.00	643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	152.62/cwt	150.00–155.00	488	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	142.95/cwt	142.00–145.00	608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	152.31/cwt	150.00–156.00	661	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	128.21/cwt	127.00–129.00	814	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	287	170.03/cwt	168.00–172.00	488	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	928	101.50/cwt	101.00–102.00	942	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,115	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	128.30/cwt	125.00–130.00	684	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	160.74/cwt	159.00–162.00	617	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	138.37/cwt	135.00–141.00	739	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	159.92/cwt	158.00–162.00	684	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	167.41/cwt	164.00–172.00	633	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	174.65/cwt	172.00–178.00	590	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	146.20/cwt	144.00–149.00	692	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	121.78/cwt	120.00–124.00	810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	128.99/cwt	127.00–130.00	867	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	132.50/cwt	132.00–133.00	835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	183.25/cwt	182.00–186.00	541	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	155.02/cwt	150.00–158.00	727	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,085	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	125.60/cwt	125.00–126.00	898	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	146.78/cwt	145.00–149.00	768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	135.50/cwt	134.00–137.00	770	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	537.50/cwt	500.00–575.00	—	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	861.36/cwt	775.00–950.00	—	44
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	685.00/cwt	625.00–740.00	—	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	965.00/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	—	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	890.91/cwt	800.00–1,025.00	—	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	—	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	473.89/cwt	400.00–560.00	—	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	621.25/cwt	600.00–685.00	—	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	716.67/cwt	700.00–750.00	—	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	120.23/cwt	119.00–122.00	761	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	964	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	890	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	845	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	161.05/cwt	158.00–164.00	620	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	289	179.57/cwt	177.50–182.50	519	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	—	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	779	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	888	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	860	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	589	113.41/cwt	110.00–115.00	668	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	119.67/cwt	118.00–120.00	632	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	122.80/cwt	120.00–125.00	589	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	131.43/cwt	130.00–133.00	552	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	139.61/cwt	138.00–142.00	521	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	684	104.74/cwt	104.00–106.00	716	4
Bulls	—	—	1,555	70.05/cwt	68.00–72.00	1,089	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	149.73/cwt	148.00–151.00	487	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	265	158.96/cwt	158.00–160.00	421	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	722	98.98/cwt	97.00–100.00	715	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	810	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	119.53/cwt	118.00–120.00	683	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	151.14/cwt	148.00–154.00	567	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	662	109.66/cwt	109.00–110.00	726	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	436	141.33/cwt	138.00–144.00	616	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	158.96/cwt	155.00–162.00	523	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	136.25/cwt	134.00–138.00	665	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	109.51/cwt	108.00–110.00	679	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	144.99/cwt	140.00–149.00	696	12
Bulls	—	—	1,535	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,151	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	125.99/cwt	123.00–128.00	663	16
Bulls	—	—	1,423	62.87/cwt	60.00–65.00	895	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	284	166.79/cwt	164.00–170.00	474	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	617	114.96/cwt	112.00–117.00	709	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	114.75/cwt	114.00–116.00	778	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	231	178.05/cwt	175.00–180.00	411	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	933	91.52/cwt	90.00–93.00	854	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	815	95.50/cwt	95.00–96.00	778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	122.55/cwt	120.00–126.00	637	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	131.55/cwt	129.00–134.00	564	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	136.18/cwt	134.00–138.00	515	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	583	101.96/cwt	100.00–104.00	594	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	126.88/cwt	125.00–130.00	396	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	745	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	111.80/cwt	110.00–115.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	105.62/cwt	104.00–107.00	764	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	117.02/cwt	114.00–120.00	667	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	49.58/cwt	47.00–52.00	578	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	39.84/cwt	38.00–43.00	388	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	127.42/cwt	126.00–131.00	626	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	137.73/cwt	136.00–140.00	369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	692	101.67/cwt	100.00–105.00	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	782	97.32/cwt	96.00–98.00	761	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	52.77/cwt	50.00–55.00	732	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	44.27/cwt	44.00–45.00	413	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	58.91/cwt	57.00–61.00	1,019	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	47.73/cwt	47.00–48.00	672	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	53.93/cwt	53.00–55.00	620	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	45.26/cwt	45.00–46.00	522	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	103.59/cwt	102.00–105.00	751	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	743	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	825	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	132.72/cwt	130.00–137.00	682	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	332	170.26/cwt	168.00–175.00	565	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	436	153.07/cwt	149.00–158.00	667	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	345	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	850	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	963	1

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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