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
BullsHigh1,86081.781,52116
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 3310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004031
HeifersMedium and Large 379095.00/cwt95.00–95.007512
HeifersMedium and Large 2482126.33/cwt120.00–129.0060919
HeifersMedium and Large 1711123.56/cwt120.00–128.008799
HeifersMedium and Large 2613120.96/cwt116.00–125.007415
HeifersMedium and Large 2281141.65/cwt140.00–144.003985
HeifersMedium and Large 3478117.01/cwt116.00–118.005594
HeifersMedium and Large 2793104.66/cwt100.00–108.008303
HeifersMedium and Large 1771116.08/cwt111.00–119.008959
SteersMedium and Large 3538139.20/cwt138.00–140.007495
HeifersMedium and Large 2673117.85/cwt110.00–120.0079313
HeifersMedium and Large 2532123.28/cwt120.00–127.0065611
HeifersMedium and Large 2416129.94/cwt127.00–132.0054113
SteersMedium and Large 1315182.00/cwt182.00–182.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 1576128.90/cwt127.00–133.007429
SteersMedium and Large 2440162.61/cwt161.00–164.007155
HeifersMedium and Large 2566122.15/cwt119.00–125.006918
HeifersMedium and Large 1365139.53/cwt137.00–143.0050915
HeifersMedium and Large 1672128.48/cwt126.00–131.0086314
SteersMedium and Large 2658136.69/cwt133.00–142.008997
SteersMedium and Large 3717127.40/cwt124.00–130.009135
SteersMedium and Large 1412174.66/cwt172.00–176.007203
SteersMedium and Large 3410154.05/cwt150.00–158.006324
SteersMedium and Large 3578135.31/cwt134.00–136.007823
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added668154.29/cwt154.00–156.001,0317
SteersMedium and Large 2628139.10/cwt134.00–142.008746
SteersMedium and Large 2525147.94/cwt145.00–150.007775
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added730155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1324
SteersMedium and Large 2478149.63/cwt148.00–151.0071510
SteersMedium and Large 3688129.21/cwt128.00–130.008895
SteersMedium and Large 3615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008005
SteersMedium and Large 1573152.67/cwt151.00–154.008759
SteersMedium and Large 1679149.88/cwt149.00–151.001,0188
SteersMedium and Large 1473159.62/cwt159.00–160.007555
SteersMedium and Large 1624151.00/cwt150.00–153.009424
SteersMedium and Large 2340172.67/cwt170.00–178.005873
SteersMedium and Large 2568142.54/cwt139.00–148.0081014
SteersMedium and Large 1733148.97/cwt147.00–151.001,0922
SteersMedium and Large 1545154.00/cwt154.00–154.008392
SteersMedium and Large 1900130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1701
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added910139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2651
SteersMedium and Large 1374176.85/cwt174.00–180.006617
BullsMedium and Large 2527142.26/cwt140.00–146.007508
BullsMedium and Large 1367176.34/cwt172.00–180.0064714
BullsMedium and Large 1661137.41/cwt130.00–142.009087
BullsMedium and Large 1322178.79/cwt177.00–180.005765
BullsMedium and Large 1215190.00/cwt190.00–190.004091
BullsMedium and Large 1420175.14/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
Bulls1,99087.60/cwt87.00–89.001,7433
Bulls1,71077.69/cwt76.00–79.001,3284
Bulls1,88381.65/cwt80.00–85.001,5379
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2625.00/cwt550.00–725.007
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3585.71/cwt550.00–625.007
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2892.86/cwt750.00–1,050.007
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3615.63/cwt550.00–700.008
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.001
Bred CowsSmall 1-2550.00/cwt550.00–550.001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2650.00/cwt650.00–650.002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,550.00/cwt1,550.00–1,550.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2741.30/cwt650.00–850.0023
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2931.25/cwt775.00–1,075.008
BullsMedium and Large 2370167.47/cwt165.00–170.006202
BullsMedium and Large 3429153.46/cwt150.00–158.006588
BullsMedium and Large 3568127.50/cwt125.00–130.007248
BullsMedium and Large 1545149.00/cwt148.00–150.008124
HeifersMedium and Large 3735101.00/cwt101.00–101.007422
HeifersMedium and Large 3415121.24/cwt120.00–123.005035
HeifersMedium and Large 1426137.55/cwt134.00–142.0058621
HeifersMedium and Large 3670105.00/cwt105.00–105.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 2379133.30/cwt132.00–134.005056
BullsMedium and Large 2626130.57/cwt128.00–134.008177
HeifersMedium and Large 3555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 1535129.74/cwt128.00–134.0069419
HeifersMedium and Large 2336139.00/cwt136.00–140.0046711
HeifersMedium and Large 1322143.88/cwt142.00–146.004639
HeifersMedium and Large 1471132.39/cwt130.00–136.0062411
BullsMedium and Large 3522131.94/cwt130.00–135.006896
BullsMedium and Large 2574135.10/cwt132.00–138.007757
BullsMedium and Large 2776119.49/cwt118.00–120.009274
HeifersMedium and Large 1632128.50/cwt126.00–132.0081213
BullsMedium and Large 2317170.65/cwt168.00–172.005413
BullsMedium and Large 2470149.12/cwt144.00–155.007016
BullsMedium and Large 3793103.32/cwt101.00–108.008193
BullsMedium and Large 3629120.73/cwt118.00–122.007594
BullsMedium and Large 2423165.81/cwt160.00–168.007018
BullsMedium and Large 2727122.00/cwt116.00–125.008876
BullsMedium and Large 3664113.16/cwt110.00–118.007515
BullsMedium and Large 3736112.80/cwt109.00–115.008305
BullsMedium and Large 3473138.21/cwt131.00–148.006548
BullsMedium and Large 1557144.79/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.