Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago : Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder bulls sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 8.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $372.27/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 2 of 26 comparable sales and sits −62.56 against this barn's trailing median of $434.82.

Average price

$372.27

66 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,979

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$24.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.02

vs AL average

−12.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	377.22	1,978	49
Medium and Large 2	541	364.83	1,973	7thin
Medium and Large 3	561	353.18	1,983	10thin

One grade step is worth $24.04/cwt here — about −$5 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $465.84, low $366.85, median $434.82 across 26 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 sale66 hd

372.27

—

AL average9 barns · 209 hd

364.24

+8.02

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−12.33

This barn, trailing median26 sales

434.82

−62.56

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	1,963	195.00	3,829	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	159.77	1,875	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,408	153.68	2,164	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,000	137.96	1,379	35

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)	—	$2,472	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,313	23
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,063	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,960	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,891	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,771	42
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,600	18

Every lot, as filed

89 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	400–450	426	360.53/cwt	359.00–366.00	1,536	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	284.21/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,782	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,058	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	347.47/cwt	346.00–349.00	1,824	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	386.67/cwt	384.00–390.00	1,848	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	259.51/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	292.54/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,697	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	393.63/cwt	390.00–398.00	1,295	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	336.76/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,566	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	319.81/cwt	318.00–322.00	1,660	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	411.63/cwt	410.00–418.00	1,572	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	328.10/cwt	326.00–335.00	2,093	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	365.98/cwt	364.00–368.00	1,921	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	407.15/cwt	404.00–410.00	1,759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	361.97/cwt	360.00–364.00	2,099	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	415.48/cwt	414.00–416.00	1,350	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,152	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	318.74/cwt	314.00–324.00	2,030	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	391.08/cwt	388.00–394.00	1,693	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	364.46/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,749	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,043	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	341.01/cwt	338.00–344.00	1,971	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	493.40/cwt	490.00–495.00	1,308	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	584	327.54/cwt	324.00–330.00	1,913	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	378.51/cwt	376.00–380.00	1,590	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	492	357.01/cwt	355.00–358.00	1,756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	349.97/cwt	348.00–352.00	2,030	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	360.68/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,868	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	386.19/cwt	382.00–392.00	1,483	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	331.50/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,588	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	351.34/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,556	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	159.22/cwt	156.00–162.00	1,888	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	153.63/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,822	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	144.08/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,478	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	149.80/cwt	148.00–153.00	2,082	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	164.82/cwt	163.00–168.00	1,894	14
Bulls	—	—	1,951	198.32/cwt	197.00–200.00	3,869	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,575.00/head	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,575	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,960.00/head	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,960	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,062.50/head	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,063	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,600.00/head	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,600	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,375.00/head	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,375	18
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,887.50/head	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,888	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	2,250.00/head	2,050.00–2,400.00	2,250	14
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,383.33/head	3,300.00–3,550.00	3,383	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,450.00/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,450	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,918.75/head	1,850.00–2,100.00	1,919	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,936.36/head	2,800.00–3,200.00	2,936	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,404	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	157.04/cwt	154.00–159.00	2,225	3
Bulls	—	—	1,980	190.57/cwt	189.00–194.00	3,773	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	135.61/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,363	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	129.23/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,206	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	339.84/cwt	337.00–347.00	2,093	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	380.04/cwt	378.00–382.00	1,798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	587	281.34/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	433.30/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,443	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	378.11/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,422	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	354.23/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,885	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	427.07/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,572	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	330.22/cwt	328.00–337.00	2,057	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	382.11/cwt	376.00–386.00	1,941	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	352.28/cwt	349.00–359.00	2,043	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	411.35/cwt	410.00–412.00	1,543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	418.31/cwt	416.00–420.00	1,736	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,062	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	301.01/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	506.74/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	324.86/cwt	323.00–328.00	1,712	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	370.28/cwt	368.00–374.00	1,540	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	396.82/cwt	394.00–400.00	1,889	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	349.21/cwt	348.00–350.00	1,599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	432.48/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,592	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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