Sale reports / Alabama / Roanoke Stockyards / 2022-08-03

Roanoke Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Aug 3
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999
Feeder Cattle receipts
889 head
▲ 216 vs last sale 673▲ 889 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
271 head
▲ 178 vs last sale 93▲ 271 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 43▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold sharply higher, boning cows sold up to 97 cwt, slaughter bulls sold 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 $141.41/cwt on 231 head.
Average price
$141.41
231 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.90
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527147.29777126
Medium and Large 2537136.0773077
Medium and Large 3485129.6862828
One grade step is worth $17.61/cwt here — about $148 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 sale231 hd
141.41
—
AL average14 barns · 1,871 hd
144.32
−2.90
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—Low1,46699.591,46015
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11884.21941134
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39581.531,13820
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00067.9667949

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$86312
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$7814thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,31118

Every lot, as filed

88 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—682122.04/cwt120.00–123.008323
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568132.02/cwt130.00–137.007506
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565142.85/cwt138.00–146.0080715
HeifersMedium and Large 1—880122.47/cwt120.00–125.001,0782
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524144.70/cwt140.00–148.0075820
HeifersMedium and Large 2—285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380140.00/cwt140.00–140.005325
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270169.89/cwt168.00–172.004592
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476145.47/cwt142.00–149.0069226
SteersMedium and Large 1—570169.21/cwt162.00–172.0096425
SteersMedium and Large 1—760136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385151.01/cwt150.00–152.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424138.71/cwt136.00–140.0058811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—975110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0731
SteersMedium and Large 3—380180.00/cwt180.00–180.006843
SteersMedium and Large 3—545158.00/cwt158.00–158.008612
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—562154.17/cwt153.00–156.0086637
HeifersMedium and Large 1—788128.50/cwt128.00–129.001,0132
SteersMedium and Large 3—585148.30/cwt145.00–150.008683
SteersMedium and Large 2—624149.63/cwt147.00–151.0093411
SteersMedium and Large 2—380187.60/cwt184.00–190.007135
SteersMedium and Large 1—473178.98/cwt178.00–180.008472
SteersMedium and Large 1—616156.92/cwt154.00–160.0096715
SteersMedium and Large 1—720144.99/cwt139.00–148.001,04411
SteersMedium and Large 2—536164.70/cwt162.00–167.0088311
SteersMedium and Large 3—675132.00/cwt132.00–132.008911
SteersMedium and Large 2—670145.00/cwt145.00–145.009723
SteersMedium and Large 1—428193.51/cwt192.00–195.008282
SteersMedium and Large 3—705127.00/cwt127.00–127.008953
SteersMedium and Large 3—472162.96/cwt162.00–165.007693
SteersMedium and Large 2—479171.15/cwt160.00–175.0082015
SteersMedium and Large 1—385195.04/cwt192.00–198.007512
SteersMedium and Large 2—569158.46/cwt152.00–160.0090210
SteersMedium and Large 2—718131.77/cwt130.00–137.009464
SteersMedium and Large 1—674154.70/cwt148.00–155.501,04332
SteersMedium and Large 2—435182.00/cwt182.00–182.007921
SteersMedium and Large 1—518171.28/cwt168.00–175.0088717
BullsMedium and Large 1—462181.34/cwt178.00–186.008383
BullsMedium and Large 2—670129.00/cwt129.00–129.008641
BullsMedium and Large 1—578150.61/cwt147.00–155.0087114
BullsMedium and Large 1—523156.60/cwt154.00–160.0081913
BullsMedium and Large 1—621149.97/cwt144.00–154.0093113
BullsMedium and Large 1—418188.99/cwt188.00–190.007902
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39081.47/cwt80.00–83.001,13210
CowsLean 85-90%—98265.50/cwt62.00–68.0064315
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39874.14/cwt72.00–77.001,0364
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09177.45/cwt75.00–80.0084545
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16492.22/cwt89.00–95.001,07333
CowsLean 85-90%—94759.85/cwt57.00–61.0056710
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03372.87/cwt71.00–76.0075324
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40286.56/cwt84.00–89.001,2146
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11284.91/cwt82.00–88.0094456
Bulls——1,31695.07/cwt94.00–96.001,2515
Bulls——1,522101.06/cwt100.00–103.001,5388
Bulls——1,620105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,7012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,021.43/head950.00–1,175.001,0217
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——781.25/head775.00–800.007814
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——640.00/head500.00–750.006405
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,220.00/head1,100.00–1,300.001,22010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,425.00/head1,350.00–1,500.001,4258
BullsMedium and Large 2—629133.72/cwt132.00–136.008418
BullsMedium and Large 1—725130.33/cwt129.00–133.009453
BullsMedium and Large 3—525140.25/cwt140.00–141.007364
BullsMedium and Large 2—430178.97/cwt178.00–182.007704
BullsMedium and Large 2—573136.72/cwt132.00–141.007835
BullsMedium and Large 1—683141.83/cwt141.00–144.009696
BullsMedium and Large 2—368182.07/cwt180.00–184.006702
BullsMedium and Large 3—430174.07/cwt172.00–176.007492
BullsMedium and Large 3—595130.00/cwt130.00–130.007741
BullsMedium and Large 3—365178.00/cwt178.00–178.006501
BullsMedium and Large 2—513149.45/cwt148.00–152.007679
BullsMedium and Large 3—494159.26/cwt157.00–160.007878
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383147.14/cwt145.00–149.005646
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280144.00/cwt144.00–144.004031
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006243
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575121.03/cwt120.00–124.006964
HeifersMedium and Large 1—730131.49/cwt131.00–132.009602
BullsMedium and Large 2—475164.77/cwt164.00–168.007835
HeifersMedium and Large 2—674130.70/cwt128.00–132.0088121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—643130.50/cwt130.00–131.008392
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427147.17/cwt145.00–150.0062814
HeifersMedium and Large 2—531135.75/cwt130.00–139.0072110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—715126.49/cwt125.00–128.009042
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430130.97/cwt130.00–132.005638
HeifersMedium and Large 1—318158.98/cwt158.00–160.005062
HeifersMedium and Large 2—471139.45/cwt133.00–141.0065718
HeifersMedium and Large 3—541124.75/cwt124.00–125.006754

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.