Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter 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 $320.09/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −72.76 against this barn's trailing median of $392.85.

Average price

$320.09

48 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$23.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.22

vs AL average

−12.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	328.88	1,734	25
Medium and Large 2	550	311.70	1,713	19thin
Medium and Large 3	563	305.00	1,716	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.88/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale48 hd

320.09

—

AL average9 barns · 213 hd

317.87

+2.22

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

−12.60

This barn, trailing median28 sales

392.85

−72.76

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	1,747	183.88	3,212	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,395	157.95	2,203	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,121	152.06	1,704	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,011	131.92	1,334	20

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)	—	$2,513	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,400	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,157	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,992	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,633	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,530	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,700	8
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,881	8

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,355	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	380.56/cwt	379.00–385.00	1,804	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	331.77/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,928	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	242.48/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	301.18/cwt	298.00–305.00	1,879	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	403.39/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,505	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,117	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,965	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	281.72/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,862	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	318.25/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,814	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	352.40/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,857	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	373.77/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,991	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	329.13/cwt	326.00–334.00	2,037	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	339.95/cwt	334.00–342.00	1,628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	353.67/cwt	348.00–358.00	1,489	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	331.28/cwt	328.00–334.00	1,749	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	373.94/cwt	368.00–378.00	1,623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	306.77/cwt	304.00–310.00	1,752	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	419.07/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,421	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,213	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,462	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	344.66/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,637	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,040	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	524	340.41/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,784	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	408.37/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,335	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	326.02/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,881	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	341.53/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,411	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	486	333.37/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,620	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,432	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	133.10/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,371	11
Bulls	—	—	1,423	181.70/cwt	180.00–183.00	2,586	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	125.19/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,178	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	137.09/cwt	136.00–141.00	1,434	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	155.46/cwt	155.00–156.00	2,215	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	154.37/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,774	11
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,633.33/head	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,633	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,700	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,991.67/head	1,900.00–2,150.00	1,992	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,640.00/head	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,640	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,980.00/head	1,900.00–2,200.00	1,980	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,881.25/head	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,881	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,436.36/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,436	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,266.67/head	3,000.00–3,500.00	3,267	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,925.00/head	3,700.00–4,100.00	3,925	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	274	462.04/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,266	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	147.88/cwt	146.00–150.00	2,189	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,297	167.98/cwt	164.00–170.00	2,179	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,086	147.44/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,601	15
Bulls	—	—	1,909	184.97/cwt	182.00–188.00	3,531	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	160.84/cwt	159.00–162.00	1,869	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	316.98/cwt	314.00–320.00	1,788	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	639	291.21/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,861	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	317.18/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,668	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	391.68/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,242	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	401.50/cwt	395.00–406.00	1,670	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	246.04/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	349.61/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,678	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,392	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	382.77/cwt	378.00–385.00	1,424	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,349	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	396.29/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,442	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	351.01/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,976	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	362.66/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,897	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	331.85/cwt	328.00–334.00	1,719	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	411.95/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,499	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	310.41/cwt	308.00–318.00	1,965	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	363.68/cwt	362.00–365.00	1,535	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	353.02/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	384	359.26/cwt	358.00–365.00	1,380	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	362.49/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,515	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	2

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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