Sale reports / Alabama / Roanoke Stockyards / 2022-03-02

Roanoke Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Mar 2
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999
Feeder Cattle receipts
717 head
▲ 335 vs last sale 382▼ 71 vs year ago 788 · −9.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 104▲ 50 vs year ago 110 · +45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 131▲ 10 vs year ago 42 · +23.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher, boning cows sold up to 95.00 cwt, slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $155.80/cwt on 183 head.
Average price
$155.80
183 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.06
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1501158.1479293
Medium and Large 2453154.0769863
Medium and Large 3395151.7859927
One grade step is worth $6.36/cwt here — about $193 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 sale183 hd
155.80
—
AL average16 barns · 1,407 hd
149.74
+6.06
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—Low1,489104.401,55412
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53986.541,33227
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17681.8396282
CowsLean 85-90%High92459.9555416

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 1—373169.45/cwt166.00–175.0063214
SteersMedium and Large 3—242188.68/cwt188.00–190.004573
SteersMedium and Large 1—479178.36/cwt176.00–181.008545
SteersMedium and Large 1—425185.49/cwt182.00–190.007889
SteersMedium and Large 1—722153.95/cwt153.00–154.001,11220
SteersMedium and Large 1—672157.01/cwt155.00–158.001,0553
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675149.51/cwt149.00–150.001,0092
SteersMedium and Large 1—624159.17/cwt158.00–160.009935
HeifersMedium and Large 1—536156.01/cwt151.00–158.0083613
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576151.70/cwt149.00–156.0087410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432161.04/cwt158.00–168.0069615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0221
HeifersMedium and Large 2—576146.18/cwt144.00–147.008426
HeifersMedium and Large 2—485150.38/cwt150.00–152.007295
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327165.10/cwt160.00–169.0054011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422154.65/cwt150.00–157.0065318
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518149.16/cwt148.00–150.007736
HeifersMedium and Large 2—629140.73/cwt138.00–144.008858
HeifersMedium and Large 3—283159.04/cwt158.00–160.004504
HeifersMedium and Large 1—343172.68/cwt170.00–174.005923
HeifersMedium and Large 3—339157.43/cwt156.00–158.005347
HeifersMedium and Large 3—386151.47/cwt150.00–156.005858
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425148.00/cwt148.00–148.006292
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568140.50/cwt140.00–141.007984
SteersMedium and Large 3—585150.00/cwt150.00–150.008781
SteersMedium and Large 3—295188.00/cwt188.00–188.005551
SteersMedium and Large 1—833147.54/cwt145.00–150.001,2292
SteersMedium and Large 1—285206.62/cwt203.00–210.005892
SteersMedium and Large 2—690153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0561
SteersMedium and Large 1—320199.21/cwt198.00–202.006375
SteersMedium and Large 3—415164.00/cwt164.00–164.006812
SteersMedium and Large 2—424177.92/cwt176.00–180.007547
SteersMedium and Large 2—470169.48/cwt168.00–170.007974
SteersMedium and Large 2—368181.36/cwt180.00–182.006673
SteersMedium and Large 1—372190.91/cwt188.00–195.007108
SteersMedium and Large 3—690140.00/cwt140.00–140.009661
SteersMedium and Large 1—570166.30/cwt162.00–172.009483
SteersMedium and Large 1—530172.79/cwt170.00–178.0091612
SteersMedium and Large 2—517163.04/cwt160.00–167.008433
SteersMedium and Large 2—280193.00/cwt193.00–193.005401
SteersMedium and Large 2—560159.13/cwt155.00–160.008916
SteersMedium and Large 2—343191.99/cwt190.00–194.006596
BullsMedium and Large 1—655139.00/cwt139.00–139.009102
BullsMedium and Large 1—368187.41/cwt182.00–192.0069020
BullsMedium and Large 1—479169.96/cwt166.00–173.0081412
BullsMedium and Large 1—516163.40/cwt160.00–169.008439
BullsMedium and Large 1—705135.00/cwt135.00–135.009521
BullsMedium and Large 1—295204.00/cwt204.00–204.006021
CowsLean 85-90%—95167.41/cwt65.00–69.006417
CowsLean 85-90%—88158.04/cwt55.00–60.005114
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56587.00/cwt86.00–88.001,36212
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13673.95/cwt71.00–77.0084028
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20888.66/cwt86.00–91.001,07132
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18081.92/cwt79.00–85.0096722
CowsLean 85-90%—92051.02/cwt50.00–53.004695
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49191.39/cwt89.00–95.001,3638
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55080.21/cwt79.00–83.001,2437
Bulls——1,39392.25/cwt90.00–94.001,2854
Bulls——1,597113.62/cwt110.00–116.001,8155
Bulls——1,435105.25/cwt104.00–107.001,5103
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——808.33/cwt750.00–850.00—6
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,032.14/cwt925.00–1,100.00—7
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——847.22/cwt775.00–950.00—9
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——600.00/cwt600.00–600.00—1
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2——625.00/cwt550.00–750.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,083.33/cwt1,000.00–1,150.00—3
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,287.50/cwt1,150.00–1,400.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.00—1
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——600.00/cwt600.00–600.00—2
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,087.50/cwt1,000.00–1,200.00—8
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.00—2
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——725.00/cwt725.00–725.00—1
BullsMedium and Large 2—330184.13/cwt180.00–188.006086
BullsMedium and Large 2—770116.00/cwt116.00–116.008931
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470145.00/cwt145.00–145.006822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371161.89/cwt158.00–165.006019
HeifersMedium and Large 1—609151.34/cwt147.00–155.0092217
HeifersMedium and Large 1—484157.83/cwt155.00–160.0076418
BullsMedium and Large 2—518157.00/cwt156.00–158.008134
BullsMedium and Large 2—465160.34/cwt160.00–161.007466
BullsMedium and Large 2—422169.34/cwt168.00–170.007156
BullsMedium and Large 1—624147.31/cwt145.00–149.009197
BullsMedium and Large 1—321193.17/cwt190.00–200.0062010
BullsMedium and Large 1—422176.92/cwt172.00–180.0074717
BullsMedium and Large 3—382159.34/cwt158.00–160.006093
BullsMedium and Large 3—329176.25/cwt175.00–178.005804
BullsMedium and Large 3—535140.98/cwt140.00–142.007544
BullsMedium and Large 3—575137.33/cwt134.00–140.007906
BullsMedium and Large 2—680131.99/cwt130.00–134.008982
BullsMedium and Large 2—717123.33/cwt120.00–125.008843
BullsMedium and Large 2—576146.97/cwt142.00–150.0084710
BullsMedium and Large 2—374176.24/cwt170.00–180.0065910
BullsMedium and Large 3—715116.00/cwt116.00–116.008291
BullsMedium and Large 3—420157.04/cwt156.00–158.006604
BullsMedium and Large 1—577157.38/cwt154.00–160.009085
BullsMedium and Large 2—287190.65/cwt188.00–192.005473
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.00—1

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.