Sale reports / Alabama / Roanoke Stockyards / 2021-10-13

Roanoke Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Oct 13
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,100 head
531 vs last sale 569 409 vs year ago 691 · +59.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
217 head
79 vs last sale 138 109 vs year ago 108 · +100.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
45 vs last sale 90 145 vs year ago 190 · 76.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady, feeder bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.61/cwt on 240 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits 79.87 against this barn's trailing median of $210.49.
Average price
$130.61
240 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$683
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.26
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547134.48736112
Medium and Large 2522128.6967273
Medium and Large 3475125.3059555
One grade step is worth $9.18/cwt here — about $141 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
239217195173median 210.4901/0702/1104/0105/2708/12
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 sale240 hd
130.61
AL average15 barns · 1,615 hd
129.36
+1.26
This barn, trailing median16 sales
210.49
−79.87
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
BullsAverage1,54378.651,2149thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13956.89648127
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44655.9280832
CowsLean 85-90%Average96745.3043835

Every lot, as filed

77 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3471110.87/cwt110.00–112.005227
HeifersMedium and Large 1633119.29/cwt115.00–124.0075514
HeifersMedium and Large 2481115.60/cwt115.00–116.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 1760111.75/cwt111.00–112.008494
HeifersMedium and Large 2380122.00/cwt122.00–122.004643
HeifersMedium and Large 2308125.50/cwt125.00–126.003874
HeifersMedium and Large 2523113.20/cwt110.00–116.0059210
HeifersMedium and Large 3676104.40/cwt102.00–105.0070610
SteersMedium and Large 1641137.80/cwt135.00–140.008835
HeifersMedium and Large 2413120.70/cwt116.00–122.0049837
HeifersMedium and Large 1471123.34/cwt121.00–127.0058119
HeifersMedium and Large 1567121.96/cwt118.00–124.0069244
HeifersMedium and Large 3428112.31/cwt111.00–114.004819
HeifersMedium and Large 2780106.45/cwt105.00–107.008307
SteersMedium and Large 2783115.28/cwt115.00–116.009037
SteersMedium and Large 2475144.11/cwt140.00–147.006855
SteersMedium and Large 3525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006833
SteersMedium and Large 1569141.21/cwt140.00–142.008035
HeifersMedium and Large 2678111.00/cwt110.00–112.0075312
SteersMedium and Large 1495149.00/cwt149.00–149.007382
SteersMedium and Large 2365151.32/cwt150.00–152.005526
SteersMedium and Large 2575133.00/cwt133.00–133.007652
SteersMedium and Large 2615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007691
SteersMedium and Large 3575127.00/cwt126.00–128.007304
HeifersMedium and Large 1675116.00/cwt114.00–118.007836
SteersMedium and Large 3382142.56/cwt142.00–144.005457
SteersMedium and Large 1705128.00/cwt128.00–128.009023
SteersMedium and Large 2723117.97/cwt115.00–120.008535
SteersMedium and Large 1426155.77/cwt154.00–157.006645
SteersMedium and Large 1793118.50/cwt118.00–119.009404
SteersMedium and Large 1523145.77/cwt144.00–147.007625
SteersMedium and Large 1371159.16/cwt158.00–160.005907
BullsMedium and Large 2421141.03/cwt135.00–145.0059415
BullsMedium and Large 2538129.83/cwt125.00–133.0069813
BullsMedium and Large 1627122.33/cwt116.00–125.0076724
BullsMedium and Large 1577130.39/cwt127.00–132.0075211
BullsMedium and Large 1533138.22/cwt135.00–140.0073736
BullsMedium and Large 1467143.60/cwt140.00–150.0067114
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33060.99/cwt59.00–62.008115
CowsLean 85-90%1,01248.30/cwt45.00–50.0048920
CowsLean 85-90%90841.30/cwt40.00–43.0037515
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46754.98/cwt53.00–58.0080727
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14658.38/cwt56.00–61.0066956
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12653.27/cwt51.00–55.0060053
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15862.90/cwt62.00–66.0072818
Bulls1,68081.65/cwt81.00–82.001,3723
Bulls1,47577.15/cwt75.00–78.001,1386
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2735.00/cwt725.00–775.005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3575.00/cwt575.00–575.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2739.29/cwt650.00–800.007
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2825.00/cwt750.00–950.008
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2700.00/cwt625.00–775.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,300.00/cwt1,225.00–1,375.004
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2725.00/cwt700.00–750.006
BullsMedium and Large 1710113.00/cwt113.00–113.008022
BullsMedium and Large 3633105.96/cwt105.00–108.006716
BullsMedium and Large 3379137.81/cwt135.00–142.0052211
BullsMedium and Large 2632111.66/cwt111.00–112.007063
BullsMedium and Large 3575114.00/cwt114.00–114.006562
BullsMedium and Large 3528120.17/cwt120.00–121.0063412
BullsMedium and Large 1417151.77/cwt148.00–156.0063317
BullsMedium and Large 1765110.00/cwt110.00–110.008423
BullsMedium and Large 3675102.00/cwt102.00–102.006894
BullsMedium and Large 2468133.98/cwt130.00–138.0062714
BullsMedium and Large 3332141.12/cwt140.00–144.004697
BullsMedium and Large 3470126.48/cwt125.00–128.005944
HeifersMedium and Large 1518122.41/cwt120.00–125.0063426
BullsMedium and Large 2684108.29/cwt105.00–111.007419
BullsMedium and Large 2577121.08/cwt118.00–125.0069910
BullsMedium and Large 3417129.77/cwt128.00–130.005419
BullsMedium and Large 2373146.68/cwt144.00–148.005476
BullsMedium and Large 1677113.79/cwt112.00–115.007705
HeifersMedium and Large 3340120.00/cwt120.00–120.004082
HeifersMedium and Large 1423124.47/cwt123.00–125.005274
HeifersMedium and Large 3362114.43/cwt112.00–116.004149
BullsMedium and Large 2735105.00/cwt105.00–105.007723

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.