Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.77/cwt on 306 head.

Average price

$115.77

306 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$17.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.84

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	469	125.90	590	91
Medium and Large 2	488	115.26	563	90
Medium and Large 3	489	108.75	532	125

One grade step is worth $17.15/cwt here — about $59 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 sale306 hd

115.77

—

AL average10 barns · 1,224 hd

114.93

+0.84

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	—	Low	1,600	75.43	1,207	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,180	54.87	647	64
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,504	49.05	738	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	958	43.04	412	48

Every lot, as filed

116 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 1	—	505	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	142.30/cwt	140.00–145.00	595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	118.15/cwt	117.00–120.00	626	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	113.60/cwt	112.00–115.00	649	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	161.55/cwt	160.00–164.00	517	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	125.49/cwt	122.00–126.00	840	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	141.51/cwt	140.00–142.00	669	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	119.46/cwt	118.00–123.00	696	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	882	101.04/cwt	95.00–105.00	891	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	339	158.38/cwt	156.00–160.00	537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	98.48/cwt	97.00–99.00	752	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	123.68/cwt	121.00–126.00	602	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	105.20/cwt	105.00–106.00	754	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	125.47/cwt	124.00–128.00	661	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	286	144.66/cwt	138.00–150.00	414	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	128.57/cwt	125.00–132.00	608	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	161.28/cwt	160.00–164.00	444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	139.13/cwt	136.00–143.00	476	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	107.52/cwt	106.00–110.00	725	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	134.61/cwt	129.00–137.00	577	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	833	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	145.43/cwt	144.00–148.00	542	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	132.29/cwt	128.00–136.00	516	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	113.65/cwt	113.00–116.00	703	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	758	107.34/cwt	106.00–108.00	814	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	114.00/cwt	113.00–115.00	824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	121.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	469	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	130.34/cwt	129.00–134.00	413	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	121.57/cwt	119.00–122.00	868	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	126.38/cwt	126.00–128.00	532	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	145.95/cwt	144.00–150.00	426	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	110.65/cwt	108.00–113.00	684	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	233	176.32/cwt	175.00–177.50	411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	136.98/cwt	136.00–138.00	637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	154.71/cwt	153.00–158.00	588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	145.71/cwt	145.00–148.00	638	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	743	109.67/cwt	109.00–110.00	815	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,015.00/cwt	900.00–1,275.00	—	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	—	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	900.00/cwt	875.00–925.00	—	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	125.87/cwt	125.00–127.00	797	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	738	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	857.22/cwt	790.00–975.00	—	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	512.50/cwt	500.00–525.00	—	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	388	130.54/cwt	128.00–134.00	506	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	112.03/cwt	111.00–113.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	387	149.36/cwt	148.00–150.00	578	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	642.50/cwt	600.00–765.00	—	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	110.24/cwt	109.00–112.00	579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	98.82/cwt	96.00–100.00	620	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	619.55/cwt	550.00–730.00	—	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	—	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	850	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	223	146.97/cwt	146.00–148.00	328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	626	102.05/cwt	100.00–105.00	639	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	584	102.48/cwt	100.00–105.00	598	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	835	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	125.96/cwt	124.00–127.00	539	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	481	109.64/cwt	108.00–111.00	527	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	282	128.60/cwt	128.00–130.00	363	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	48.39/cwt	47.00–51.00	612	12
Bulls	—	—	1,258	66.60/cwt	62.00–72.00	838	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	842	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	50.73/cwt	49.00–54.00	491	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	59.35/cwt	58.00–62.00	725	20
Bulls	—	—	1,450	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,247	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	44.88/cwt	43.00–46.00	683	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	927	38.68/cwt	37.00–41.00	359	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	132.06/cwt	130.00–136.00	572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	106.57/cwt	105.00–108.00	561	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	44.15/cwt	42.00–47.00	431	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	54.50/cwt	52.00–57.00	611	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	50.04/cwt	48.00–53.00	744	11
Bulls	—	—	1,768	77.70/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,374	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	107.61/cwt	105.00–110.00	619	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	393	116.41/cwt	114.00–118.00	457	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	378	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	111.39/cwt	110.00–115.00	486	32
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	673	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	734	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	110.01/cwt	109.00–114.00	584	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	235	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	763	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	329	141.32/cwt	138.00–144.00	465	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	100.99/cwt	98.00–102.00	686	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	104.82/cwt	103.00–106.00	650	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	723	105.75/cwt	104.00–107.00	765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	124.89/cwt	120.00–128.00	597	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	110.66/cwt	110.00–112.00	692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	115.50/cwt	112.00–117.00	662	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	137.88/cwt	136.00–140.00	582	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	136.25/cwt	135.00–140.00	361	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	782	100.66/cwt	100.00–102.00	787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	280	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	406	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	489	115.69/cwt	111.00–120.00	566	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	716	94.93/cwt	90.00–97.00	680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	121.14/cwt	119.00–124.00	758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	132.97/cwt	130.00–137.00	621	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	684	106.16/cwt	105.00–109.00	726	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	109.50/cwt	108.00–110.00	693	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	119.47/cwt	117.00–120.00	510	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	773	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	127.40/cwt	125.00–128.00	692	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	122.19/cwt	120.00–125.00	687	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	109.01/cwt	107.00–110.00	637	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	115.13/cwt	114.00–118.00	562	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	112.15/cwt	110.00–113.00	873	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	118.82/cwt	115.00–122.00	638	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	139.92/cwt	137.00–145.00	536	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	148.84/cwt	148.00–150.00	511	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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