Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 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 $329.71/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −63.14 against this barn's trailing median of $392.85.

Average price

$329.71

43 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$24.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.08

vs AL average

−40.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	340.82	1,864	12thin
Medium and Large 2	552	329.64	1,820	21
Medium and Large 3	557	316.54	1,764	10thin

One grade step is worth $24.28/cwt here — about $100 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

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 sale43 hd

329.71

—

AL average16 barns · 607 hd

342.79

−13.08

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−40.10

This barn, trailing median28 sales

392.85

−63.14

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	—	Average	1,740	195.94	3,410	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,437	173.99	2,500	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,163	173.40	2,017	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	150.66	1,519	23

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)	—	$3,392	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,633	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,483	27
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,390	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,335	34
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,271	14
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,821	28

Every lot, as filed

98 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	365.11/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,727	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	350.01/cwt	348.00–356.00	1,635	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	324.15/cwt	318.00–328.00	1,854	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	380.04/cwt	376.00–384.00	1,790	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	434.31/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,863	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	764	294.45/cwt	290.00–296.00	2,250	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	501.58/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	314.40/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,968	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	433.11/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,421	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	338.55/cwt	336.00–342.00	1,760	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	482.04/cwt	480.00–484.00	1,846	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	366.87/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,908	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	374.71/cwt	372.00–382.00	1,963	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	452.45/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,905	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	695	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,335	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	302.61/cwt	300.00–308.00	2,366	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	349.64/cwt	348.00–354.00	2,210	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,261	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	372.15/cwt	371.00–378.00	2,330	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	391.53/cwt	388.00–396.00	1,868	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,258	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	478.99/cwt	478.00–480.00	1,844	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,294	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	347.99/cwt	342.00–352.00	2,029	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	588	307.97/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,811	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	402.14/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,428	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	381.43/cwt	379.00–385.00	1,625	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	529	348.26/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,842	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,170	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	423.52/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,783	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	322.26/cwt	318.00–328.00	1,731	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	366.99/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,534	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	306.93/cwt	304.00–310.00	2,072	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,002	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	336	423.07/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,422	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,827	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	166.65/cwt	164.00–168.00	2,381	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	186.70/cwt	183.00–188.00	2,939	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	166.97/cwt	164.00–170.00	2,017	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	179.53/cwt	178.00–183.00	2,156	18
Bulls	—	—	1,726	195.71/cwt	193.00–198.00	3,378	9
Bulls	—	—	1,920	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,552	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,271.43/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,271	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,500.00/head	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,500	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,798.15/head	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,798	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,125.00/head	2,950.00–3,300.00	3,125	6
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,730.00/head	1,550.00–2,000.00	1,730	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,390.00/head	2,250.00–2,450.00	2,390	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,162.50/head	2,950.00–3,400.00	3,163	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,850.00/head	3,800.00–3,900.00	3,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,656.25/head	3,500.00–3,750.00	3,656	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,950.00/head	3,900.00–4,000.00	3,950	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,725.00/head	3,500.00–4,050.00	3,725	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,792.86/head	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,793	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	174.41/cwt	171.00–177.00	1,936	31
Bulls	—	—	1,690	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	3,532	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	144.69/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,401	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	157.03/cwt	156.00–158.00	1,649	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	150.44/cwt	148.00–154.00	1,515	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	175.24/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,473	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	333.88/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,947	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	337.96/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,551	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,083	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	342.93/cwt	338.00–346.00	2,280	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,421	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	545.06/cwt	535.00–550.00	1,597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	319.53/cwt	318.00–324.00	2,109	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	526.04/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,647	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,278	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	350.79/cwt	348.00–358.00	1,835	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,962	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,418	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	323.64/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,010	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	333.70/cwt	330.00–338.00	1,882	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	364.66/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,703	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	357.18/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,039	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	376.62/cwt	375.00–382.00	2,128	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	496.85/cwt	492.00–500.00	1,818	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	392.07/cwt	390.00–394.00	1,647	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	412.16/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,587	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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