Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher ,feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 9.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. 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 $427.04/cwt on 44 head, down $1.18 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 24 of 28 comparable sales and sits +20.49 against this barn's trailing median of $406.56.

Average price

$427.04

▼ 1.18 vs prior sale

44 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,341

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

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

$32.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.80

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	447.04	2,487	11thin
Medium and Large 2	549	423.90	2,327	20
Medium and Large 3	540	414.96	2,242	13thin

One grade step is worth $32.07/cwt here — about $244 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

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 sale44 hd

427.04

—

AL average15 barns · 418 hd

427.84

−0.80

This barn, trailing median28 sales

406.56

+20.49

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	213.11	3,722	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,182	176.02	2,081	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,457	175.59	2,559	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,037	163.70	1,697	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)	—	$2,500	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,493	14
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)	—	$2,200	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,150	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,213	32

Every lot, as filed

99 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	600–650	626	363.03/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,273	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	434.35/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,994	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	575.32/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	381.00/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,187	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	332.86/cwt	330.00–334.00	2,277	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	468.00/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,017	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	479.42/cwt	475.00–490.00	1,875	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	583.33/cwt	580.00–585.00	2,217	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,209	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	586.10/cwt	580.00–600.00	1,934	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	472.48/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,410	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	432.17/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,485	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	498.80/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,190	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	481.98/cwt	478.00–490.00	2,019	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	586.59/cwt	580.00–600.00	1,689	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	521.62/cwt	520.00–525.00	1,956	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	449.21/cwt	448.00–450.00	2,071	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	522.44/cwt	520.00–525.00	1,687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	507.40/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,953	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	443.42/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,315	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	401.12/cwt	398.00–406.00	2,086	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	321.01/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,359	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	404.38/cwt	398.00–412.00	2,329	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	374.92/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,343	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,310	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	455.13/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,176	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	278	566.04/cwt	560.00–570.00	1,574	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	471.02/cwt	470.00–472.00	1,945	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	387.30/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,227	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,286	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	427.26/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,243	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	380.72/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,980	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,385	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	456.44/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,469	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	455.57/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,913	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	555.12/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,765	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	678	335.06/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,272	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	505.68/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,932	7
Bulls	—	—	1,475	197.60/cwt	196.00–199.00	2,915	2
Bulls	—	—	1,876	207.99/cwt	205.00–212.00	3,902	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	163.92/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,757	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	156.23/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,523	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,523	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	168.91/cwt	167.00–173.00	1,997	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	2,666.67/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,667	6
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	2,022.22/head	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,022	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,492.86/head	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,493	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,150.00/head	2,050.00–2,250.00	2,150	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,250.00/head	3,000.00–3,500.00	3,250	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	4,233.33/head	3,700.00–4,500.00	4,233	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,070.00/head	2,900.00–3,400.00	3,070	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,442	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	175.63/cwt	172.00–180.00	2,585	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	182.11/cwt	181.00–184.00	2,133	9
Bulls	—	—	1,753	225.99/cwt	220.00–235.00	3,962	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	177.04/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,105	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	172.16/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,839	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	484.96/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,085	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	466.99/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,789	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	357.52/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,091	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	422.91/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,983	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	448.99/cwt	446.00–452.00	2,595	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	391.94/cwt	388.00–398.00	2,446	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,326	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	328.84/cwt	324.00–330.00	2,414	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	470.07/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,242	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	482.06/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,058	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	596.71/cwt	595.00–600.00	1,689	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	331.01/cwt	330.00–332.00	2,598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	497.97/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,286	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	340.80/cwt	338.00–346.00	2,464	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	480.70/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,538	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,751	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	500.54/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,067	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,619	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	414.43/cwt	410.00–419.00	2,188	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	390.67/cwt	389.00–395.00	2,196	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	329.14/cwt	328.00–332.00	2,390	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	437.30/cwt	430.00–444.00	2,523	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	533.87/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,039	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	487.14/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,299	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	464.08/cwt	460.00–468.00	2,413	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	609.82/cwt	605.00–615.00	2,012	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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