Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold sharply 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 $305.27/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −87.58 against this barn's trailing median of $392.85.

Average price

$305.27

34 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$17.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.97

vs AL average

−15.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	310.74	1,665	18thin
Medium and Large 2	541	301.97	1,633	11thin
Medium and Large 3	535	292.80	1,566	5thin

One grade step is worth $17.94/cwt here — about $98 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 sale34 hd

305.27

—

AL average13 barns · 490 hd

308.23

−2.97

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−15.91

This barn, trailing median28 sales

392.85

−87.58

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	—	High	1,843	184.29	3,397	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,541	146.38	2,255	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,109	145.00	1,609	92
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	990	125.98	1,248	14

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)	—	$2,460	40
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,250	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,085	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,967	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,909	54
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,450	6

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	307.42/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,602	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	366.10/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,369	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	386.60/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,249	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	369.66/cwt	366.00–372.00	1,601	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	279.02/cwt	276.00–280.00	2,026	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,022	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	272.02/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,165	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	453.41/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	287.01/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,972	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	323.36/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,021	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,881	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,849	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,966	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	344.14/cwt	338.00–348.00	1,480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	248.99/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	281.63/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,732	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	387.43/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,472	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	304.81/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,750	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	336.08/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,593	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	330.85/cwt	328.00–335.00	1,459	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	316.22/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,458	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	351.84/cwt	349.00–355.00	1,348	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	418.10/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,371	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	369.01/cwt	368.00–370.00	1,790	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	790	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	322.45/cwt	320.00–324.00	1,516	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	131.50/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,308	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	125.68/cwt	124.00–127.00	1,258	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	118.00/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,148	4
Bulls	—	—	2,105	191.82/cwt	189.00–195.00	4,038	2
Bulls	—	—	1,814	183.43/cwt	180.00–185.00	3,327	9
Bulls	—	—	1,580	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,797	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	2,050.00/head	2,000.00–2,150.00	2,050	10
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,733.33/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,733	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,084.62/head	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,085	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,666.67/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,667	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,960.00/head	2,900.00–3,200.00	2,960	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,912.50/head	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,913	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,933.33/head	2,700.00–3,100.00	2,933	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,310.00/head	3,200.00–3,700.00	3,310	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,450.00/head	2,400.00–2,500.00	2,450	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	141.38/cwt	141.00–142.00	2,005	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	150.27/cwt	149.00–151.00	2,484	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	145.74/cwt	144.00–148.00	2,211	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	140.58/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,535	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	151.29/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,750	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,112	146.66/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,631	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,067	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	586	321.51/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	334	362.61/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,211	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	309.50/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,684	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,247	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,070	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	353.04/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,871	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	328.01/cwt	327.00–329.00	2,001	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	344.70/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,954	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	379.17/cwt	378.00–380.00	1,593	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	374.12/cwt	374.00–375.00	1,844	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	298.99/cwt	298.00–300.00	1,704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	284.00/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	314.10/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,652	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	387.94/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,622	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	332.75/cwt	328.00–335.00	1,930	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	340.45/cwt	338.00–342.00	1,798	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,134	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,058	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	292.43/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,681	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	276	448.15/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,237	5

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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