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
Bulls—Average1,65281.751,35115
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 2—425153.48/cwt150.00–157.0065212
SteersMedium and Large 3—430148.00/cwt148.00–148.006363
SteersMedium and Large 3—755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375139.72/cwt136.00–142.005246
SteersMedium and Large 1—635141.34/cwt139.00–149.008986
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320141.76/cwt140.00–148.004548
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—503164.00/cwt164.00–164.0082512
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—566160.00/cwt160.00–160.009066
SteersMedium and Large 3—675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008102
HeifersMedium and Large 2—538121.02/cwt118.00–123.0065112
HeifersMedium and Large 2—631117.45/cwt112.00–121.0074114
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004384
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569126.81/cwt125.00–129.0072211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418132.96/cwt130.00–138.0055616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474130.18/cwt127.00–134.0061737
HeifersMedium and Large 3—615105.00/cwt105.00–105.006463
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480122.50/cwt120.00–125.005886
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524127.27/cwt124.00–132.0066730
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420123.37/cwt120.00–127.005188
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369131.78/cwt129.00–134.0048616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630124.61/cwt122.00–126.007858
HeifersMedium and Large 3—429115.86/cwt114.00–117.004976
HeifersMedium and Large 3—472113.39/cwt110.00–115.005353
HeifersMedium and Large 2—678113.99/cwt113.00–115.007734
SteersMedium and Large 2—532145.17/cwt140.00–147.007729
SteersMedium and Large 3—737111.34/cwt110.00–114.008216
SteersMedium and Large 3—466139.76/cwt139.00–140.006518
SteersMedium and Large 2—379161.81/cwt160.00–163.006137
SteersMedium and Large 2—745120.00/cwt120.00–120.008942
SteersMedium and Large 1—526148.92/cwt148.00–152.0078313
SteersMedium and Large 2—340166.00/cwt166.00–166.005643
SteersMedium and Large 2—670128.00/cwt128.00–128.008582
SteersMedium and Large 1—411161.39/cwt161.00–162.006635
SteersMedium and Large 2—573139.32/cwt135.00–143.0079812
SteersMedium and Large 1—587150.33/cwt146.00–152.0088216
SteersMedium and Large 3—585129.54/cwt125.00–131.007584
SteersMedium and Large 1—387164.40/cwt164.00–165.006365
SteersMedium and Large 2—470145.97/cwt142.00–150.0068614
SteersMedium and Large 1—688131.51/cwt130.00–133.009054
SteersMedium and Large 2—622133.98/cwt132.00–135.008333
SteersMedium and Large 1—467152.01/cwt151.00–156.0071014
BullsMedium and Large 1—378160.99/cwt160.00–163.006096
BullsMedium and Large 1—584132.26/cwt130.00–136.007728
BullsMedium and Large 1—473145.72/cwt144.00–147.006897
BullsMedium and Large 1—315164.00/cwt164.00–164.005172
BullsMedium and Large 1—619125.42/cwt124.00–127.007767
BullsMedium and Large 1—428149.50/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
Bulls——1,65281.75/cwt79.00–85.001,35115
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,040.00/cwt875.00–1,175.00—20
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——500.00/cwt500.00–500.00—8
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——581.82/cwt550.00–625.00—11
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,060.00/cwt750.00–1,150.00—10
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——675.00/cwt650.00–700.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——550.00/cwt550.00–550.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——789.58/cwt650.00–1,050.00—36
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——500.00/cwt500.00–500.00—9
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,116.18/cwt950.00–1,400.00—34
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,323.33/cwt1,250.00–1,400.00—15
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3——800.00/cwt750.00–825.00—14
BullsMedium and Large 3—664107.59/cwt105.00–110.007147
BullsMedium and Large 3—488130.65/cwt130.00–132.006383
BullsMedium and Large 3—730101.00/cwt101.00–101.007376
BullsMedium and Large 1—536137.11/cwt136.00–140.007357
BullsMedium and Large 1—715118.00/cwt118.00–118.008443
BullsMedium and Large 1—210170.00/cwt170.00–170.003571
BullsMedium and Large 2—723108.67/cwt108.00–110.007863
BullsMedium and Large 2—768101.70/cwt100.00–104.007817
BullsMedium and Large 3—380140.66/cwt140.00–142.005359
BullsMedium and Large 2—330154.00/cwt154.00–154.005082
BullsMedium and Large 3—341149.52/cwt148.00–150.005104
BullsMedium and Large 3—79095.00/cwt95.00–95.007513
BullsMedium and Large 2—368152.07/cwt150.00–154.005604
BullsMedium and Large 2—295158.00/cwt158.00–158.004663
BullsMedium and Large 3—565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006224
BullsMedium and Large 2—426141.63/cwt140.00–144.006039
BullsMedium and Large 2—669114.17/cwt113.00–115.007645
BullsMedium and Large 2—569124.37/cwt123.00–126.007086
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530112.00/cwt112.00–112.005942
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665123.00/cwt123.00–123.008183
BullsMedium and Large 2—477139.98/cwt138.00–142.006687
BullsMedium and Large 3—425134.72/cwt130.00–137.005733
BullsMedium and Large 2—512129.66/cwt129.00–130.006646
BullsMedium and Large 2—623118.48/cwt117.00–120.007382
HeifersMedium and Large 2—563120.62/cwt115.00–124.0067911
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 3—67597.98/cwt95.00–101.006614
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330130.45/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.