Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder bulls sold sharply lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.14/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −148.71 against this barn's trailing median of $392.85.

Average price

$244.14

31 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,340

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$12.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.82

vs AL average

−19.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	250.00	1,438	3thin
Medium and Large 2	543	247.05	1,341	18thin
Medium and Large 3	552	237.13	1,309	10thin

One grade step is worth $12.87/cwt here — about $129 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.57, low $335.31, median $392.85 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale31 hd

244.14

—

AL average14 barns · 341 hd

243.32

+0.82

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−19.82

This barn, trailing median28 sales

392.85

−148.71

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,644	147.43	2,424	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,142	125.56	1,434	68
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,384	125.18	1,732	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	976	112.69	1,099	31

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,400	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,275	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,146	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,100	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,972	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,671	12

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	257.20/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,235	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	238.87/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,359	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	293.02/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,108	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	300.98/cwt	300.00–302.00	987	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	302.66/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,568	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	317.29/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,158	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	278.13/cwt	274.00–282.00	1,176	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	267.58/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,531	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	335.37/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,100	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	327.63/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,510	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	284.02/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,784	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	329	319.48/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,051	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	241.89/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,265	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	256.99/cwt	256.00–258.00	1,503	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	293.03/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,697	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	252.26/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,327	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	314.66/cwt	313.00–317.00	1,520	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	656	248.49/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	275.01/cwt	274.00–276.00	1,609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,353	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	288.68/cwt	286.00–290.00	990	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	262.75/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,119	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	481	282.96/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,361	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	300.50/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,289	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	282.01/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,046	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	132.60/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,589	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	902	108.38/cwt	107.00–110.00	978	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	112.70/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,138	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	126.99/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,460	31
Bulls	—	—	1,599	143.56/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,296	6
Bulls	—	—	1,701	149.95/cwt	147.00–152.00	2,551	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,005.00/head	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,005	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,100.00/head	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,100	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,933.33/head	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,933	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,400.00/head	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,500.00/head	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,670.83/head	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,671	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	119.56/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,159	5
Bulls	—	—	1,665	153.98/cwt	153.00–155.00	2,564	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	125.35/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,742	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	119.96/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,631	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,776	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	122.45/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,373	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	378.39/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,097	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	522	260.83/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,362	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	290.98/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,369	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	251.76/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,181	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,175	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	311.59/cwt	309.00–314.00	1,605	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	309.98/cwt	307.00–312.00	983	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	236.26/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,507	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	275.95/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,319	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	259.02/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,743	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	275.93/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,454	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	229.02/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	352.02/cwt	348.00–355.00	1,334	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	308.16/cwt	304.00–312.00	1,334	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	292.32/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,374	3

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.

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