Sale reports / Alabama / Roanoke Stockyards / 2022-05-04

Roanoke Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, May 4
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999
Feeder Cattle receipts
634 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 536▲ 300 vs year ago 334 · +89.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 117▲ 69 vs year ago 101 · +68.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
113 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 94▲ 10 vs year ago 103 · +9.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 6.00 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 $143.83/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$143.83
169 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$738
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.00
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528146.21772106
Medium and Large 2483142.5768849
Medium and Large 3503130.2265514thin
One grade step is worth $15.99/cwt here — about $117 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 sale169 hd
143.83
—
AL average15 barns · 1,347 hd
140.83
+3.00
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—High1,68895.401,61021
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57171.021,11616
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03670.9973572
CowsLean 85-90%Low92056.8152325

Every lot, as filed

90 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—425153.53/cwt150.00–159.0065323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—332159.34/cwt158.00–161.005293
BullsMedium and Large 2—577137.07/cwt134.00–142.0079114
BullsMedium and Large 2—478151.51/cwt150.00–158.007248
HeifersMedium and Large 2—388149.66/cwt149.00–150.005816
HeifersMedium and Large 3—558124.52/cwt120.00–129.006952
HeifersMedium and Large 3—668115.99/cwt115.00–117.007753
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570139.36/cwt132.00–141.007948
HeifersMedium and Large 3—345146.00/cwt146.00–146.005041
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675129.49/cwt128.00–131.008744
HeifersMedium and Large 2—710119.50/cwt119.00–120.008482
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474143.58/cwt138.00–148.0068114
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526140.84/cwt136.00–145.007415
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005114
HeifersMedium and Large 2—283156.97/cwt156.00–158.004442
HeifersMedium and Large 2—633128.19/cwt125.00–132.008114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529150.67/cwt148.00–155.0079710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478151.97/cwt149.00–156.0072630
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560144.01/cwt142.00–149.008065
HeifersMedium and Large 1—711129.40/cwt122.00–131.0092025
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415145.20/cwt142.00–148.006034
HeifersMedium and Large 2—331153.03/cwt151.00–156.005074
SteersMedium and Large 3—430160.00/cwt160.00–160.006883
SteersMedium and Large 3—465150.00/cwt150.00–150.006982
SteersMedium and Large 1—610155.00/cwt155.00–155.009461
SteersMedium and Large 1—423178.66/cwt175.00–181.007563
SteersMedium and Large 1—785143.48/cwt140.00–147.001,1262
SteersMedium and Large 1—535169.03/cwt168.00–174.0090414
SteersMedium and Large 1—735150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1031
SteersMedium and Large 2—478162.51/cwt160.00–165.007774
SteersMedium and Large 2—380175.00/cwt175.00–175.006653
SteersMedium and Large 2—565156.02/cwt154.00–158.008822
SteersMedium and Large 2—330181.88/cwt178.00–186.006002
SteersMedium and Large 2—435170.78/cwt168.00–174.007435
SteersMedium and Large 1—465171.67/cwt170.00–175.007986
SteersMedium and Large 1—365182.30/cwt180.00–187.006655
SteersMedium and Large 1—660154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0161
SteersMedium and Large 2—615152.00/cwt152.00–152.009351
SteersMedium and Large 2—518160.00/cwt160.00–160.008297
BullsMedium and Large 1—377191.41/cwt186.00–196.007226
BullsMedium and Large 1—525158.00/cwt158.00–158.008301
BullsMedium and Large 1—679129.01/cwt128.00–130.008764
BullsMedium and Large 1—480162.72/cwt160.00–168.007813
BullsMedium and Large 1—605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008171
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—790140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1061
CowsLean 85-90%—89848.33/cwt47.00–50.004343
CowsLean 85-90%—94860.31/cwt59.00–62.0057212
CowsLean 85-90%—89355.16/cwt52.00–57.0049310
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,68365.27/cwt64.00–66.001,0984
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40777.33/cwt77.00–78.001,0883
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57671.48/cwt69.00–73.001,1279
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04871.75/cwt70.00–75.0075233
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02466.52/cwt64.00–69.0068126
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02878.01/cwt76.00–81.0080213
Bulls——1,825103.51/cwt103.00–104.001,8892
Bulls——1,52891.91/cwt90.00–94.001,4049
Bulls——1,80496.91/cwt95.00–100.001,74810
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——786.36/cwt700.00–925.00—11
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——930.77/cwt850.00–1,100.00—13
Bred CowsSmall 3——850.00/cwt850.00–850.00—1
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——716.67/cwt650.00–775.00—3
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,010.00/cwt900.00–1,175.00—5
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——600.00/cwt600.00–600.00—1
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2——800.00/cwt800.00–800.00—1
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——750.00/cwt700.00–800.00—2
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.00—1
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——600.00/cwt600.00–600.00—4
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,112.50/cwt1,000.00–1,250.00—36
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3——880.00/cwt800.00–975.00—10
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,340.63/cwt1,300.00–1,400.00—16
BullsMedium and Large 3—493145.02/cwt142.00–148.007154
BullsMedium and Large 3—334179.29/cwt177.00–180.005994
BullsMedium and Large 2—780113.77/cwt111.00–118.008874
BullsMedium and Large 3—423154.47/cwt152.00–157.006537
BullsMedium and Large 1—426171.39/cwt169.00–175.007307
BullsMedium and Large 3—293180.99/cwt180.00–182.005304
BullsMedium and Large 3—581129.21/cwt128.00–130.007515
BullsMedium and Large 2—516142.38/cwt140.00–147.007355
BullsMedium and Large 2—621130.60/cwt130.00–132.008115
BullsMedium and Large 2—368180.55/cwt178.00–184.006644
BullsMedium and Large 3—375168.98/cwt167.00–171.006347
BullsMedium and Large 3—510135.00/cwt135.00–135.006893
BullsMedium and Large 2—345182.00/cwt182.00–182.006283
BullsMedium and Large 2—675123.98/cwt123.00–125.008372
BullsMedium and Large 2—435164.22/cwt160.00–168.0071413
BullsMedium and Large 2—717120.20/cwt120.00–121.008625
BullsMedium and Large 3—715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007871
BullsMedium and Large 3—605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007264
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530130.00/cwt130.00–130.006894
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383158.31/cwt153.00–162.006066

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.