Sale reports / Alabama / Roanoke Stockyards / 2022-04-13

Roanoke Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Apr 13
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999
Feeder Cattle receipts
775 head
▲ 261 vs last sale 514▲ 195 vs year ago 580 · +33.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 148▼ 28 vs year ago 170 · −16.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 66▼ 35 vs year ago 65 · −53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady, feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 6.00 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 $143.44/cwt on 167 head.
Average price
$143.44
167 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.53
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520147.5076879
Medium and Large 2488142.3669464
Medium and Large 3502132.9966724
One grade step is worth $14.51/cwt here — about $101 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 sale167 hd
143.44
—
AL average13 barns · 1,324 hd
143.98
−0.53
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—Low1,648105.701,74219
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11776.8385852
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47876.721,13414
CowsLean 85-90%Average98760.5859821

Every lot, as filed

91 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—329141.95/cwt140.00–145.004675
HeifersMedium and Large 3—755118.00/cwt118.00–118.008912
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575128.00/cwt128.00–128.007362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—285158.00/cwt158.00–158.004501
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005955
SteersMedium and Large 1—360183.00/cwt183.00–183.006591
HeifersMedium and Large 2—788121.00/cwt120.00–122.009532
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478133.97/cwt132.00–136.006404
HeifersMedium and Large 2—387149.33/cwt148.00–152.005789
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527147.00/cwt144.00–151.0077518
HeifersMedium and Large 1—310162.00/cwt162.00–162.005022
SteersMedium and Large 3—315170.00/cwt170.00–170.005361
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520139.49/cwt138.00–140.007254
HeifersMedium and Large 2—583135.44/cwt130.00–138.007909
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426148.21/cwt142.00–150.0063111
SteersMedium and Large 3—680141.68/cwt141.00–143.009636
SteersMedium and Large 3—527153.63/cwt152.00–155.008105
SteersMedium and Large 2—636150.40/cwt150.00–151.009575
SteersMedium and Large 1—575167.93/cwt164.00–172.009664
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472143.12/cwt140.00–147.0067611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475150.00/cwt148.00–152.0071313
SteersMedium and Large 2—520162.43/cwt160.00–165.008458
SteersMedium and Large 2—573159.51/cwt157.00–160.009146
SteersMedium and Large 2—775144.01/cwt142.00–145.001,1163
SteersMedium and Large 3—718138.56/cwt136.00–143.009955
SteersMedium and Large 3—757136.67/cwt135.00–140.001,0353
SteersMedium and Large 3—565152.50/cwt152.00–153.008622
SteersMedium and Large 2—423170.00/cwt168.00–172.007198
SteersMedium and Large 1—533170.28/cwt168.00–175.009083
SteersMedium and Large 1—665154.49/cwt153.00–156.001,0272
SteersMedium and Large 3—415162.00/cwt162.00–162.006722
SteersMedium and Large 2—374174.43/cwt170.00–176.006529
SteersMedium and Large 2—478167.01/cwt165.00–168.007983
SteersMedium and Large 2—327174.68/cwt173.00–178.005713
SteersMedium and Large 1—415177.17/cwt175.00–181.007356
SteersMedium and Large 1—614157.61/cwt157.00–158.009685
SteersMedium and Large 1—471173.05/cwt170.00–176.008155
SteersMedium and Large 2—714147.32/cwt145.00–149.001,0526
SteersMedium and Large 2—667149.67/cwt149.00–150.009983
BullsMedium and Large 2—472159.02/cwt153.00–164.007516
BullsMedium and Large 1—520162.04/cwt160.00–166.008433
BullsMedium and Large 1—580151.29/cwt150.00–154.008776
BullsMedium and Large 1—464169.59/cwt166.00–171.007875
BullsMedium and Large 1—369183.53/cwt180.00–188.006775
BullsMedium and Large 1—331185.56/cwt184.00–189.006147
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01561.12/cwt59.00–63.006207
CowsLean 85-90%—92155.24/cwt54.00–56.005097
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47876.72/cwt75.00–78.001,13414
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21484.15/cwt82.00–88.001,0226
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02465.39/cwt64.00–68.006707
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15979.08/cwt76.00–82.0091724
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04472.39/cwt70.00–75.0075622
Bulls——1,701101.22/cwt98.00–103.001,7224
Bulls——1,580110.91/cwt110.00–112.001,7522
Bulls——1,642106.28/cwt104.00–109.001,74513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——800.00/cwt800.00–800.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——775.00/cwt775.00–775.00—1
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——525.00/cwt525.00–525.00—1
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,137.50/cwt1,050.00–1,250.00—12
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3——875.00/cwt800.00–950.00—12
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——941.67/cwt875.00–1,000.00—3
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,485.00/cwt1,400.00–1,675.00—10
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——725.00/cwt725.00–725.00—1
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——718.75/cwt675.00–775.00—8
BullsMedium and Large 1—420174.34/cwt172.00–180.007326
BullsMedium and Large 3—567133.04/cwt130.00–135.007545
BullsMedium and Large 2—531150.01/cwt148.00–154.007975
BullsMedium and Large 3—478147.64/cwt140.00–150.0070610
BullsMedium and Large 2—419166.77/cwt162.00–171.0069910
BullsMedium and Large 3—380156.00/cwt150.00–160.005935
BullsMedium and Large 3—413151.52/cwt148.00–155.006264
BullsMedium and Large 2—275180.00/cwt180.00–180.004951
BullsMedium and Large 2—376173.03/cwt170.00–175.006515
BullsMedium and Large 2—628132.45/cwt130.00–135.008324
BullsMedium and Large 2—665130.00/cwt130.00–130.008652
BullsMedium and Large 3—527142.07/cwt140.00–145.007495
BullsMedium and Large 2—569141.97/cwt140.00–145.008085
BullsMedium and Large 1—705132.00/cwt132.00–132.009312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633139.77/cwt136.00–143.0088513
BullsMedium and Large 2—330177.30/cwt174.00–180.005853
BullsMedium and Large 1—633147.55/cwt145.00–150.009344
BullsMedium and Large 1—755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009063
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580143.12/cwt140.00–150.0083015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380158.00/cwt158.00–158.006002
HeifersMedium and Large 3—522131.35/cwt130.00–132.006863
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430154.31/cwt152.00–158.0066415
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690138.00/cwt138.00–138.009521
HeifersMedium and Large 2—329152.10/cwt150.00–155.005007
HeifersMedium and Large 3—710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008523
HeifersMedium and Large 2—624132.48/cwt130.00–135.008278
HeifersMedium and Large 2—683130.49/cwt129.00–132.008912

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.