Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $413.73/cwt on 33 head, up $0.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 28 comparable sales and sits +7.17 against this barn's trailing median of $406.56.

Average price

$413.73

▲ 0.61 vs prior sale

33 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$37.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.63

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	429.10	2,274	12thin
Medium and Large 2	536	407.22	2,183	18thin
Medium and Large 3	560	391.33	2,191	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.77/cwt here — about $83 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

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $443.38, low $350.94, median $406.56 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 sale33 hd

413.73

—

AL average15 barns · 242 hd

410.10

+3.63

This barn, trailing median28 sales

406.56

+7.17

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	1,712	202.38	3,465	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,443	170.70	2,464	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,127	170.66	1,923	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	982	156.81	1,540	15

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)	—	$2,771	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,480	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,376	50
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,493	14

Every lot, as filed

88 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 2	300–350	345	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,967	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	415.85/cwt	410.00–422.00	2,162	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,232	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,998	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	319.39/cwt	316.00–322.00	2,325	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	463.65/cwt	458.00–470.00	2,193	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	540.97/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,785	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,238	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	380.25/cwt	375.00–388.00	2,209	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	500.07/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,825	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	510.63/cwt	505.00–516.00	2,191	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	542.35/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,023	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	554.17/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,541	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	580.05/cwt	575.00–585.00	1,584	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	332.69/cwt	330.00–334.00	2,222	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	416.00/cwt	411.00–422.00	2,176	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	382.94/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,363	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	404.40/cwt	400.00–408.00	2,107	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	486.04/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,289	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	540.03/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,014	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	484.94/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,100	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	555.07/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,859	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	278	567.39/cwt	565.00–570.00	1,577	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	348.02/cwt	346.00–350.00	2,168	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,009	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	469.81/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,222	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	451.69/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,114	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	472.51/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,093	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	496.54/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,100	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	353.39/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	451.18/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,886	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	422.05/cwt	420.00–424.00	2,017	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,191	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	164.69/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,487	3
Bulls	—	—	1,563	192.55/cwt	192.00–193.00	3,010	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	156.54/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,586	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,469	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	165.60/cwt	164.00–168.00	1,934	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	174.70/cwt	172.00–179.00	1,911	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,480.00/head	1,900.00–2,650.00	2,480	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,492.86/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,493	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,771.43/head	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,771	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,625.00/head	3,300.00–3,950.00	3,625	32
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,933.33/head	2,800.00–3,100.00	2,933	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	484.04/cwt	475.00–490.00	1,805	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	179.37/cwt	179.00–180.00	2,466	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	170.38/cwt	168.00–174.00	2,457	9
Bulls	—	—	2,150	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	4,859	1
Bulls	—	—	1,689	201.72/cwt	196.00–206.00	3,407	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	149.73/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,448	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	482.96/cwt	478.00–490.00	2,222	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	331	528.51/cwt	525.00–530.00	1,749	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	386.60/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,010	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	586	354.21/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,076	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	434.32/cwt	433.00–435.00	2,258	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,222	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	367.99/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,473	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	578.35/cwt	575.00–580.00	1,839	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	525.06/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,153	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	553.08/cwt	550.00–555.00	2,046	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	597.59/cwt	595.00–600.00	1,673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	523.90/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	601.62/cwt	595.00–630.00	1,751	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	212	680.66/cwt	645.00–690.00	1,443	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	507.19/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,171	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	448.99/cwt	448.00–450.00	2,065	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	400.02/cwt	394.00–406.00	2,268	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,300	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	591.92/cwt	585.00–595.00	1,953	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	434.92/cwt	432.00–438.00	2,266	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	499.75/cwt	497.00–507.00	2,099	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,380	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	366.46/cwt	365.00–368.00	2,301	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	308.94/cwt	306.00–312.00	2,394	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	384.78/cwt	383.00–386.00	2,224	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,404	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	556.88/cwt	550.00–565.00	1,765	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	447.25/cwt	443.00–450.00	2,411	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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