Sale reports / Alabama / Roanoke Stockyards / 2021-12-08

Roanoke Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Dec 8
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,017 head
▼ 202 vs last sale 1,219▼ 665 vs year ago 1,682 · −39.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
154 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 160▼ 161 vs year ago 315 · −51.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 80▼ 48 vs year ago 116 · −41.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 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 $128.32/cwt on 241 head.
Average price
$128.32
241 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.81
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533131.66702129
Medium and Large 2495126.7162794
Medium and Large 3538112.8560718thin
One grade step is worth $18.81/cwt here — about $95 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 sale241 hd
128.32
—
AL average16 barns · 2,403 hd
133.13
−4.81
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—High1,86081.781,52116
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45065.8095412
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12559.6167173
CowsLean 85-90%Low99845.6545636

Every lot, as filed

97 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—310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004031
HeifersMedium and Large 3—79095.00/cwt95.00–95.007512
HeifersMedium and Large 2—482126.33/cwt120.00–129.0060919
HeifersMedium and Large 1—711123.56/cwt120.00–128.008799
HeifersMedium and Large 2—613120.96/cwt116.00–125.007415
HeifersMedium and Large 2—281141.65/cwt140.00–144.003985
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478117.01/cwt116.00–118.005594
HeifersMedium and Large 2—793104.66/cwt100.00–108.008303
HeifersMedium and Large 1—771116.08/cwt111.00–119.008959
SteersMedium and Large 3—538139.20/cwt138.00–140.007495
HeifersMedium and Large 2—673117.85/cwt110.00–120.0079313
HeifersMedium and Large 2—532123.28/cwt120.00–127.0065611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—416129.94/cwt127.00–132.0054113
SteersMedium and Large 1—315182.00/cwt182.00–182.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576128.90/cwt127.00–133.007429
SteersMedium and Large 2—440162.61/cwt161.00–164.007155
HeifersMedium and Large 2—566122.15/cwt119.00–125.006918
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365139.53/cwt137.00–143.0050915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—672128.48/cwt126.00–131.0086314
SteersMedium and Large 2—658136.69/cwt133.00–142.008997
SteersMedium and Large 3—717127.40/cwt124.00–130.009135
SteersMedium and Large 1—412174.66/cwt172.00–176.007203
SteersMedium and Large 3—410154.05/cwt150.00–158.006324
SteersMedium and Large 3—578135.31/cwt134.00–136.007823
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—668154.29/cwt154.00–156.001,0317
SteersMedium and Large 2—628139.10/cwt134.00–142.008746
SteersMedium and Large 2—525147.94/cwt145.00–150.007775
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—730155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1324
SteersMedium and Large 2—478149.63/cwt148.00–151.0071510
SteersMedium and Large 3—688129.21/cwt128.00–130.008895
SteersMedium and Large 3—615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008005
SteersMedium and Large 1—573152.67/cwt151.00–154.008759
SteersMedium and Large 1—679149.88/cwt149.00–151.001,0188
SteersMedium and Large 1—473159.62/cwt159.00–160.007555
SteersMedium and Large 1—624151.00/cwt150.00–153.009424
SteersMedium and Large 2—340172.67/cwt170.00–178.005873
SteersMedium and Large 2—568142.54/cwt139.00–148.0081014
SteersMedium and Large 1—733148.97/cwt147.00–151.001,0922
SteersMedium and Large 1—545154.00/cwt154.00–154.008392
SteersMedium and Large 1—900130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1701
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—910139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2651
SteersMedium and Large 1—374176.85/cwt174.00–180.006617
BullsMedium and Large 2—527142.26/cwt140.00–146.007508
BullsMedium and Large 1—367176.34/cwt172.00–180.0064714
BullsMedium and Large 1—661137.41/cwt130.00–142.009087
BullsMedium and Large 1—322178.79/cwt177.00–180.005765
BullsMedium and Large 1—215190.00/cwt190.00–190.004091
BullsMedium and Large 1—420175.14/cwt170.00–178.007364
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10254.80/cwt51.00–57.0060426
CowsLean 85-90%—98941.68/cwt40.00–44.0041211
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00247.40/cwt45.00–50.0047525
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46070.30/cwt69.00–73.001,0263
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12765.97/cwt65.00–69.0074312
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14261.00/cwt58.00–64.0069735
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44764.30/cwt62.00–67.009309
Bulls——1,99087.60/cwt87.00–89.001,7433
Bulls——1,71077.69/cwt76.00–79.001,3284
Bulls——1,88381.65/cwt80.00–85.001,5379
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——625.00/cwt550.00–725.00—7
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——585.71/cwt550.00–625.00—7
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——892.86/cwt750.00–1,050.00—7
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——615.63/cwt550.00–700.00—8
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.00—1
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——550.00/cwt550.00–550.00—1
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——650.00/cwt650.00–650.00—2
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,550.00/cwt1,550.00–1,550.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——741.30/cwt650.00–850.00—23
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——931.25/cwt775.00–1,075.00—8
BullsMedium and Large 2—370167.47/cwt165.00–170.006202
BullsMedium and Large 3—429153.46/cwt150.00–158.006588
BullsMedium and Large 3—568127.50/cwt125.00–130.007248
BullsMedium and Large 1—545149.00/cwt148.00–150.008124
HeifersMedium and Large 3—735101.00/cwt101.00–101.007422
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415121.24/cwt120.00–123.005035
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426137.55/cwt134.00–142.0058621
HeifersMedium and Large 3—670105.00/cwt105.00–105.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379133.30/cwt132.00–134.005056
BullsMedium and Large 2—626130.57/cwt128.00–134.008177
HeifersMedium and Large 3—555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535129.74/cwt128.00–134.0069419
HeifersMedium and Large 2—336139.00/cwt136.00–140.0046711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—322143.88/cwt142.00–146.004639
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471132.39/cwt130.00–136.0062411
BullsMedium and Large 3—522131.94/cwt130.00–135.006896
BullsMedium and Large 2—574135.10/cwt132.00–138.007757
BullsMedium and Large 2—776119.49/cwt118.00–120.009274
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632128.50/cwt126.00–132.0081213
BullsMedium and Large 2—317170.65/cwt168.00–172.005413
BullsMedium and Large 2—470149.12/cwt144.00–155.007016
BullsMedium and Large 3—793103.32/cwt101.00–108.008193
BullsMedium and Large 3—629120.73/cwt118.00–122.007594
BullsMedium and Large 2—423165.81/cwt160.00–168.007018
BullsMedium and Large 2—727122.00/cwt116.00–125.008876
BullsMedium and Large 3—664113.16/cwt110.00–118.007515
BullsMedium and Large 3—736112.80/cwt109.00–115.008305
BullsMedium and Large 3—473138.21/cwt131.00–148.006548
BullsMedium and Large 1—557144.79/cwt142.00–148.008065

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.