Sale reports / Alabama / Roanoke Stockyards / 2021-11-17

Roanoke Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Nov 17
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,296 head
29 vs last sale 1,325 280 vs year ago 1,576 · 17.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
225 head
22 vs last sale 203 52 vs year ago 173 · +30.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
180 head
117 vs last sale 63 63 vs year ago 117 · +53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.66/cwt on 218 head.
Average price
$125.66
218 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.13
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488130.21635119
Medium and Large 2512122.6762871
Medium and Large 3484113.8655128
One grade step is worth $16.35/cwt here — about $84 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 sale218 hd
125.66
AL average15 barns · 1,862 hd
126.78
−1.13
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
BullsAverage1,65281.751,35115
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44253.9677828
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16150.0358188
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01640.3841037

Every lot, as filed

95 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
SteersMedium and Large 2425153.48/cwt150.00–157.0065212
SteersMedium and Large 3430148.00/cwt148.00–148.006363
SteersMedium and Large 3755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008311
HeifersMedium and Large 1375139.72/cwt136.00–142.005246
SteersMedium and Large 1635141.34/cwt139.00–149.008986
HeifersMedium and Large 1320141.76/cwt140.00–148.004548
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added503164.00/cwt164.00–164.0082512
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added566160.00/cwt160.00–160.009066
SteersMedium and Large 3675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008102
HeifersMedium and Large 2538121.02/cwt118.00–123.0065112
HeifersMedium and Large 2631117.45/cwt112.00–121.0074114
HeifersMedium and Large 3365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004384
HeifersMedium and Large 1569126.81/cwt125.00–129.0072211
HeifersMedium and Large 1418132.96/cwt130.00–138.0055616
HeifersMedium and Large 1474130.18/cwt127.00–134.0061737
HeifersMedium and Large 3615105.00/cwt105.00–105.006463
HeifersMedium and Large 2480122.50/cwt120.00–125.005886
HeifersMedium and Large 1524127.27/cwt124.00–132.0066730
HeifersMedium and Large 2420123.37/cwt120.00–127.005188
HeifersMedium and Large 2369131.78/cwt129.00–134.0048616
HeifersMedium and Large 1630124.61/cwt122.00–126.007858
HeifersMedium and Large 3429115.86/cwt114.00–117.004976
HeifersMedium and Large 3472113.39/cwt110.00–115.005353
HeifersMedium and Large 2678113.99/cwt113.00–115.007734
SteersMedium and Large 2532145.17/cwt140.00–147.007729
SteersMedium and Large 3737111.34/cwt110.00–114.008216
SteersMedium and Large 3466139.76/cwt139.00–140.006518
SteersMedium and Large 2379161.81/cwt160.00–163.006137
SteersMedium and Large 2745120.00/cwt120.00–120.008942
SteersMedium and Large 1526148.92/cwt148.00–152.0078313
SteersMedium and Large 2340166.00/cwt166.00–166.005643
SteersMedium and Large 2670128.00/cwt128.00–128.008582
SteersMedium and Large 1411161.39/cwt161.00–162.006635
SteersMedium and Large 2573139.32/cwt135.00–143.0079812
SteersMedium and Large 1587150.33/cwt146.00–152.0088216
SteersMedium and Large 3585129.54/cwt125.00–131.007584
SteersMedium and Large 1387164.40/cwt164.00–165.006365
SteersMedium and Large 2470145.97/cwt142.00–150.0068614
SteersMedium and Large 1688131.51/cwt130.00–133.009054
SteersMedium and Large 2622133.98/cwt132.00–135.008333
SteersMedium and Large 1467152.01/cwt151.00–156.0071014
BullsMedium and Large 1378160.99/cwt160.00–163.006096
BullsMedium and Large 1584132.26/cwt130.00–136.007728
BullsMedium and Large 1473145.72/cwt144.00–147.006897
BullsMedium and Large 1315164.00/cwt164.00–164.005172
BullsMedium and Large 1619125.42/cwt124.00–127.007767
BullsMedium and Large 1428149.50/cwt149.00–150.006404
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41656.82/cwt55.00–60.0080512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46251.82/cwt49.00–54.0075816
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15043.59/cwt41.00–46.0050116
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15054.76/cwt53.00–58.0063023
CowsLean 85-90%1,02641.94/cwt40.00–45.0043025
CowsLean 85-90%99537.14/cwt35.00–39.0037012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16949.92/cwt47.00–52.0058449
Bulls1,65281.75/cwt79.00–85.001,35115
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,040.00/cwt875.00–1,175.0020
Bred CowsSmall 1-2500.00/cwt500.00–500.008
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3581.82/cwt550.00–625.0011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,060.00/cwt750.00–1,150.0010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3675.00/cwt650.00–700.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3550.00/cwt550.00–550.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2789.58/cwt650.00–1,050.0036
Bred CowsSmall 1-2500.00/cwt500.00–500.009
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,116.18/cwt950.00–1,400.0034
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,323.33/cwt1,250.00–1,400.0015
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3800.00/cwt750.00–825.0014
BullsMedium and Large 3664107.59/cwt105.00–110.007147
BullsMedium and Large 3488130.65/cwt130.00–132.006383
BullsMedium and Large 3730101.00/cwt101.00–101.007376
BullsMedium and Large 1536137.11/cwt136.00–140.007357
BullsMedium and Large 1715118.00/cwt118.00–118.008443
BullsMedium and Large 1210170.00/cwt170.00–170.003571
BullsMedium and Large 2723108.67/cwt108.00–110.007863
BullsMedium and Large 2768101.70/cwt100.00–104.007817
BullsMedium and Large 3380140.66/cwt140.00–142.005359
BullsMedium and Large 2330154.00/cwt154.00–154.005082
BullsMedium and Large 3341149.52/cwt148.00–150.005104
BullsMedium and Large 379095.00/cwt95.00–95.007513
BullsMedium and Large 2368152.07/cwt150.00–154.005604
BullsMedium and Large 2295158.00/cwt158.00–158.004663
BullsMedium and Large 3565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006224
BullsMedium and Large 2426141.63/cwt140.00–144.006039
BullsMedium and Large 2669114.17/cwt113.00–115.007645
BullsMedium and Large 2569124.37/cwt123.00–126.007086
HeifersMedium and Large 3530112.00/cwt112.00–112.005942
HeifersMedium and Large 1665123.00/cwt123.00–123.008183
BullsMedium and Large 2477139.98/cwt138.00–142.006687
BullsMedium and Large 3425134.72/cwt130.00–137.005733
BullsMedium and Large 2512129.66/cwt129.00–130.006646
BullsMedium and Large 2623118.48/cwt117.00–120.007382
HeifersMedium and Large 2563120.62/cwt115.00–124.0067911
HeifersMedium and Large 3585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 367597.98/cwt95.00–101.006614
HeifersMedium and Large 3330130.45/cwt129.00–132.004304

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.