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
239214189164median 210.4901/2802/2505/0607/1509/16
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 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
Bulls—Average1,54378.651,2149thin
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 3—471110.87/cwt110.00–112.005227
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633119.29/cwt115.00–124.0075514
HeifersMedium and Large 2—481115.60/cwt115.00–116.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 1—760111.75/cwt111.00–112.008494
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380122.00/cwt122.00–122.004643
HeifersMedium and Large 2—308125.50/cwt125.00–126.003874
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523113.20/cwt110.00–116.0059210
HeifersMedium and Large 3—676104.40/cwt102.00–105.0070610
SteersMedium and Large 1—641137.80/cwt135.00–140.008835
HeifersMedium and Large 2—413120.70/cwt116.00–122.0049837
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471123.34/cwt121.00–127.0058119
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567121.96/cwt118.00–124.0069244
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428112.31/cwt111.00–114.004819
HeifersMedium and Large 2—780106.45/cwt105.00–107.008307
SteersMedium and Large 2—783115.28/cwt115.00–116.009037
SteersMedium and Large 2—475144.11/cwt140.00–147.006855
SteersMedium and Large 3—525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006833
SteersMedium and Large 1—569141.21/cwt140.00–142.008035
HeifersMedium and Large 2—678111.00/cwt110.00–112.0075312
SteersMedium and Large 1—495149.00/cwt149.00–149.007382
SteersMedium and Large 2—365151.32/cwt150.00–152.005526
SteersMedium and Large 2—575133.00/cwt133.00–133.007652
SteersMedium and Large 2—615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007691
SteersMedium and Large 3—575127.00/cwt126.00–128.007304
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675116.00/cwt114.00–118.007836
SteersMedium and Large 3—382142.56/cwt142.00–144.005457
SteersMedium and Large 1—705128.00/cwt128.00–128.009023
SteersMedium and Large 2—723117.97/cwt115.00–120.008535
SteersMedium and Large 1—426155.77/cwt154.00–157.006645
SteersMedium and Large 1—793118.50/cwt118.00–119.009404
SteersMedium and Large 1—523145.77/cwt144.00–147.007625
SteersMedium and Large 1—371159.16/cwt158.00–160.005907
BullsMedium and Large 2—421141.03/cwt135.00–145.0059415
BullsMedium and Large 2—538129.83/cwt125.00–133.0069813
BullsMedium and Large 1—627122.33/cwt116.00–125.0076724
BullsMedium and Large 1—577130.39/cwt127.00–132.0075211
BullsMedium and Large 1—533138.22/cwt135.00–140.0073736
BullsMedium and Large 1—467143.60/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
Bulls——1,68081.65/cwt81.00–82.001,3723
Bulls——1,47577.15/cwt75.00–78.001,1386
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2——735.00/cwt725.00–775.00—5
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——575.00/cwt575.00–575.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——739.29/cwt650.00–800.00—7
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——825.00/cwt750.00–950.00—8
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——700.00/cwt625.00–775.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.00—1
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,300.00/cwt1,225.00–1,375.00—4
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——725.00/cwt700.00–750.00—6
BullsMedium and Large 1—710113.00/cwt113.00–113.008022
BullsMedium and Large 3—633105.96/cwt105.00–108.006716
BullsMedium and Large 3—379137.81/cwt135.00–142.0052211
BullsMedium and Large 2—632111.66/cwt111.00–112.007063
BullsMedium and Large 3—575114.00/cwt114.00–114.006562
BullsMedium and Large 3—528120.17/cwt120.00–121.0063412
BullsMedium and Large 1—417151.77/cwt148.00–156.0063317
BullsMedium and Large 1—765110.00/cwt110.00–110.008423
BullsMedium and Large 3—675102.00/cwt102.00–102.006894
BullsMedium and Large 2—468133.98/cwt130.00–138.0062714
BullsMedium and Large 3—332141.12/cwt140.00–144.004697
BullsMedium and Large 3—470126.48/cwt125.00–128.005944
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518122.41/cwt120.00–125.0063426
BullsMedium and Large 2—684108.29/cwt105.00–111.007419
BullsMedium and Large 2—577121.08/cwt118.00–125.0069910
BullsMedium and Large 3—417129.77/cwt128.00–130.005419
BullsMedium and Large 2—373146.68/cwt144.00–148.005476
BullsMedium and Large 1—677113.79/cwt112.00–115.007705
HeifersMedium and Large 3—340120.00/cwt120.00–120.004082
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423124.47/cwt123.00–125.005274
HeifersMedium and Large 3—362114.43/cwt112.00–116.004149
BullsMedium and Large 2—735105.00/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.