Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. 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 $250.41/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −142.44 against this barn's trailing median of $392.85.

Average price

$250.41

54 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,380

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$18.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.29

vs AL average

−34.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	257.21	1,415	27
Medium and Large 2	551	245.75	1,353	19thin
Medium and Large 3	554	238.51	1,321	8thin

One grade step is worth $18.70/cwt here — about $94 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale54 hd

250.41

—

AL average15 barns · 618 hd

255.70

−5.29

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−34.54

This barn, trailing median28 sales

392.85

−142.44

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	1,823	143.82	2,622	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,116	116.99	1,305	87
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,454	116.11	1,688	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,060	103.57	1,098	36

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,133	20
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,852	31
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,788	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,400	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,950	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,569	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,003	18
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,175	7

Every lot, as filed

93 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 1	500–550	531	263.22/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,398	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	321.39/cwt	318.00–326.00	893	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	289.21/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,203	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	207.48/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,535	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	283.13/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,622	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	284.57/cwt	282.00–288.00	1,531	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	342.22/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,109	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	255.02/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,329	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	323.92/cwt	322.00–328.00	1,367	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	332.03/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,278	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	268.89/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,301	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	297.80/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,397	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	308.85/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,130	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	316.49/cwt	316.00–318.00	1,386	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	311.51/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,467	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	227.22/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,445	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	487	259.03/cwt	256.00–262.00	1,261	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,334	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	223.17/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,513	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	239.01/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,367	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	221.48/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,373	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	281.99/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,227	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	309	320.87/cwt	320.00–322.00	991	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	249.49/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,582	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	268.02/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,517	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	311.98/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,357	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	524	271.21/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,421	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	320.66/cwt	318.00–322.00	1,212	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	326.15/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,067	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	252.52/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	293.36/cwt	292.00–294.00	1,564	3
Bulls	—	—	1,654	138.75/cwt	137.00–140.00	2,295	4
Bulls	—	—	1,910	149.53/cwt	149.00–150.00	2,856	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,549	111.26/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,723	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	119.84/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,353	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	108.18/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,075	11
Bulls	—	—	1,895	145.08/cwt	141.00–146.00	2,749	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,787.50/head	1,600.00–1,900.00	1,788	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,002.78/head	1,800.00–2,200.00	2,003	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,525.00/head	2,400.00–2,650.00	2,525	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,200.00/head	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,200	12
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,191.67/head	1,100.00–1,350.00	1,192	6
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,266.67/head	1,100.00–1,350.00	1,267	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,175.00/head	1,050.00–1,275.00	1,175	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,853.57/head	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,854	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,490.00/head	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,490	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,209.09/head	2,100.00–2,250.00	2,209	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	112.72/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,251	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	125.53/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,392	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	94.74/cwt	94.00–95.00	976	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	115.94/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,630	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	102.84/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,131	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,632	123.66/cwt	123.00–124.00	2,018	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	309.18/cwt	308.00–310.00	999	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	247.01/cwt	244.00–248.00	1,304	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	301.35/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,121	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	275.90/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,589	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	351.54/cwt	350.00–354.00	1,132	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	345.69/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,279	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	293.31/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	238.98/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,482	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	283.00/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,387	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,115	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	310.65/cwt	308.00–312.00	1,323	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	273.22/cwt	272.00–274.00	1,729	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	331.96/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,371	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,019	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	313.49/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,483	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	315.00/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,638	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	324.98/cwt	322.00–328.00	1,521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	295.29/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,707	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	246.99/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,440	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	306.83/cwt	305.00–308.00	1,479	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	308.00/cwt	306.00–309.00	1,617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	230.67/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,552	6

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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