Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher, bulls sold 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.63/cwt on 203 head.

Average price

$129.63

203 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$6.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	599	131.17	786	118
Medium and Large 2	526	128.56	677	61
Medium and Large 3	479	124.79	597	24

One grade step is worth $6.38/cwt here — about $188 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 sale203 hd

129.63

—

AL average11 barns · 761 hd

130.74

−1.10

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	1,568	96.68	1,516	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,120	77.09	863	113
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,427	75.86	1,082	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	960	63.82	612	27

Every lot, as filed

111 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	833	96.52/cwt	95.00–98.00	804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	111.35/cwt	110.00–112.00	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	131.55/cwt	129.00–134.00	614	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	754	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	141.51/cwt	140.00–144.00	533	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	127.91/cwt	125.00–130.00	682	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	138.80/cwt	137.00–140.00	586	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	123.75/cwt	122.00–125.00	721	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	663	105.98/cwt	104.00–108.00	703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	133.00/cwt	132.00–135.00	472	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	542	119.01/cwt	117.00–120.00	645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	124.79/cwt	124.00–126.00	603	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	639	110.19/cwt	110.00–111.00	704	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	142.01/cwt	140.00–144.00	440	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	—	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,012.31/cwt	850.00–1,200.00	—	78
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,350.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,400.00	—	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	69.89/cwt	67.00–73.00	670	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	62.98/cwt	60.00–65.00	617	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	288	160.68/cwt	160.00–162.00	463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	114.00/cwt	112.00–115.00	490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	618	95.35/cwt	95.00–96.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	103.00/cwt	102.00–104.00	530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	685	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	588	99.81/cwt	99.00–100.00	587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	121.38/cwt	120.00–124.00	388	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	115.64/cwt	115.00–118.00	445	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	575	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	788	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	704	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	857	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	814	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	928	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	530	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	758	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	770	80.51/cwt	80.00–81.00	620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	115.32/cwt	114.00–118.00	541	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	921	56.40/cwt	54.00–59.00	519	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	77.94/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,109	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	67.81/cwt	65.00–72.00	973	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	82.51/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,180	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	77.42/cwt	74.00–80.00	868	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	82.82/cwt	81.00–86.00	959	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,069	69.15/cwt	66.00–73.00	739	28
Bulls	—	—	1,758	97.27/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,710	8
Bulls	—	—	1,538	102.74/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,580	4
Bulls	—	—	1,216	89.46/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,088	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	627.50/cwt	510.00–740.00	—	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	723.33/cwt	700.00–750.00	—	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	615.00/cwt	610.00–620.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	960.00/cwt	850.00–1,075.00	—	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,150.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,200.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	772.78/cwt	700.00–800.00	—	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,248.08/cwt	1,175.00–1,300.00	—	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,390.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,425.00	—	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	111.76/cwt	110.00–114.00	598	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	118.62/cwt	117.00–120.00	492	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	121.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	462	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	108.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	632	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	100.90/cwt	100.00–103.00	631	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	96.18/cwt	94.00–100.00	658	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	85.68/cwt	85.00–87.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	90.00/cwt	88.00–92.00	663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	596	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	700	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	115.21/cwt	115.00–118.00	593	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	106.40/cwt	105.00–109.00	667	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	103.49/cwt	102.00–105.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	125.61/cwt	124.00–128.00	471	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,048.00/cwt	995.00–1,125.00	—	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	—	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	737.50/cwt	650.00–825.00	—	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	725	93.03/cwt	92.00–94.00	674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	845	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	131.84/cwt	128.00–136.00	551	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	534	123.23/cwt	122.00–124.00	658	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	142.03/cwt	140.00–145.00	447	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	619	112.71/cwt	110.00–115.00	698	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	116.15/cwt	115.00–117.00	652	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	126.35/cwt	125.00–128.00	609	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	139.71/cwt	138.00–141.00	538	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	272	154.37/cwt	150.00–158.00	420	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	764	97.23/cwt	95.00–99.00	743	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	720	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	722	102.01/cwt	100.00–103.00	737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	880	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	815	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	128.00/cwt	127.00–130.00	675	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	140.68/cwt	140.00–142.00	591	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	149.63/cwt	148.00–152.00	491	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	124.80/cwt	124.00–126.00	708	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	137.43/cwt	135.00–139.00	650	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	147.26/cwt	146.00–148.00	564	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	543	114.85/cwt	114.00–116.00	624	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	101.35/cwt	100.00–104.00	628	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	117.49/cwt	117.00–119.00	556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	286	139.17/cwt	138.00–140.00	398	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	443	122.51/cwt	120.00–125.00	543	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	133.43/cwt	132.00–135.00	440	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	755	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	680	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	683	97.30/cwt	95.00–100.00	665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	572	109.99/cwt	108.00–111.00	629	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	138.90/cwt	138.00–141.00	678	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	136.67/cwt	134.00–139.00	727	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	119.81/cwt	115.00–122.00	820	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	124.78/cwt	124.00–128.00	795	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	114.25/cwt	114.00–115.00	841	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	129.01/cwt	128.00–130.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	144.67/cwt	144.00–145.00	596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	107.46/cwt	105.00–110.00	519	6

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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