Sale reports / Alabama / Roanoke Stockyards / 2023-03-22

Roanoke Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roanoke, Alabama · Wed, Mar 22
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1999
Feeder Cattle receipts
826 head
▲ 241 vs last sale 585▼ 101 vs year ago 927 · −10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 119▲ 9 vs year ago 176 · +5.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 58▲ 19 vs year ago 53 · +35.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, high dressing boning cows sold up to 119cwt, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher, high dressing bulls sold up to 125cwt. 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 $199.06/cwt on 178 head.
Average price
$199.06
178 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$879
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.06
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1417211.5288246
Medium and Large 2448197.9888687
Medium and Large 3455188.4385845
One grade step is worth $23.09/cwt here — about $24 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 sale178 hd
199.06
—
AL average16 barns · 1,537 hd
190.00
+9.06
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—Average1,472109.851,61716
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,115100.831,12460
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49199.591,48416
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01884.5786133

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0676
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,00917
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8055
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,24128

Every lot, as filed

74 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—571193.72/cwt190.00–198.001,10610
BullsMedium and Large 2—518203.99/cwt200.00–205.001,0577
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468203.93/cwt200.00–208.0095412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424212.85/cwt211.00–217.009029
HeifersMedium and Large 2—329213.01/cwt210.00–217.0070111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521185.60/cwt182.00–188.009678
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585160.00/cwt160.00–160.009362
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376220.85/cwt218.00–224.008309
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665166.95/cwt164.00–170.001,1104
HeifersMedium and Large 3—481181.98/cwt180.00–185.008755
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320202.81/cwt200.00–208.006495
HeifersMedium and Large 2—626171.57/cwt169.00–174.001,0747
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371210.62/cwt206.00–216.0078120
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474193.43/cwt188.00–198.0091717
HeifersMedium and Large 3—660158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0432
HeifersMedium and Large 3—383200.67/cwt198.00–202.007696
SteersMedium and Large 3—525200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0502
HeifersMedium and Large 2—572171.98/cwt170.00–176.009843
HeifersMedium and Large 3—775148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1471
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530179.62/cwt178.00–181.009528
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275222.00/cwt222.00–222.006111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424204.72/cwt200.00–210.0086815
HeifersMedium and Large 3—705150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0581
SteersMedium and Large 2—521217.36/cwt214.00–220.001,1326
HeifersMedium and Large 3—427196.02/cwt194.00–198.0083712
HeifersMedium and Large 3—282209.35/cwt208.00–210.005903
SteersMedium and Large 2—428229.03/cwt228.00–230.009802
SteersMedium and Large 2—555208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,1542
SteersMedium and Large 3—690170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1731
SteersMedium and Large 3—480205.00/cwt205.00–205.009841
HeifersMedium and Large 2—285220.00/cwt220.00–220.006272
BullsMedium and Large 2—617188.39/cwt186.00–190.001,1625
BullsMedium and Large 2—280246.00/cwt246.00–246.006891
BullsMedium and Large 1—421227.46/cwt225.00–230.0095811
BullsMedium and Large 1—610195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1902
BullsMedium and Large 1—314249.22/cwt248.00–250.007835
BullsMedium and Large 1—361241.31/cwt240.00–245.008714
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01384.39/cwt81.00–86.0085519
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,506101.59/cwt100.00–105.001,5308
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42594.06/cwt92.00–96.001,3406
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,625108.18/cwt106.00–111.001,7582
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06990.78/cwt89.00–94.009707
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,174108.04/cwt106.00–112.001,26811
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,166101.68/cwt100.00–105.001,18625
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03496.64/cwt94.00–99.0099924
CowsLean 85-90%—98078.86/cwt75.00–80.007737
Bulls——1,445108.90/cwt107.00–112.001,57410
Bulls——1,383104.45/cwt103.00–106.001,4452
Bulls——1,583114.91/cwt113.00–118.001,8194
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——958.33/head900.00–1,050.009583
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——933.33/head900.00–1,000.009336
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,154.17/head1,050.00–1,250.001,15412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,175.00/head1,100.00–1,275.001,1753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——805.00/head775.00–850.008055
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——867.86/head800.00–950.008687
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,086.11/head975.00–1,225.001,0869
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,530.00/head1,450.00–1,800.001,53010
BullsMedium and Large 3—380225.00/cwt225.00–225.008552
BullsMedium and Large 3—520188.00/cwt188.00–188.009783
BullsMedium and Large 3—655170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1142
BullsMedium and Large 1—566203.98/cwt202.00–206.001,1555
BullsMedium and Large 3—476207.69/cwt205.00–210.009897
BullsMedium and Large 3—409211.69/cwt210.00–214.008666
BullsMedium and Large 2—468216.24/cwt211.00–219.001,0128
BullsMedium and Large 3—615179.66/cwt179.00–180.001,1053
BullsMedium and Large 2—429218.81/cwt216.00–224.0093920
BullsMedium and Large 2—372230.50/cwt228.00–234.0085715
BullsMedium and Large 2—336238.82/cwt238.00–240.008025
BullsMedium and Large 2—660180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1881
BullsMedium and Large 1—470221.70/cwt220.00–225.001,0426
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323222.51/cwt220.00–225.007199
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529192.49/cwt190.00–196.001,0186
BullsMedium and Large 1—517207.97/cwt206.00–210.001,0759

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.