Name: Roanoke Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder bulls sold sharply lower. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold sharply lower. 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 $375.56/cwt on 43 head, down $5.62 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 26 comparable sales and sits −59.26 against this barn's trailing median of $434.82.

Average price

$375.56

▼ 5.62 vs prior sale

43 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,089

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$24.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.60

vs AL average

−26.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	379.75	2,097	26
Medium and Large 2	558	373.27	2,084	13thin
Medium and Large 3	577	355.75	2,051	4thin

One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about $46 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

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 sale43 hd

375.56

—

AL average16 barns · 326 hd

379.16

−3.60

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

−26.32

This barn, trailing median26 sales

434.82

−59.26

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	1,823	186.73	3,404	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,189	167.92	1,996	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,531	165.96	2,542	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	154.33	1,611	11

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,633	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,213	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,700	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	—	$2,381	16
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,983	9

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	500–550	538	385.60/cwt	378.00–389.00	2,075	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	318.99/cwt	318.00–320.00	2,281	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	369.32/cwt	368.00–370.00	1,736	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	412.38/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,777	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	513.40/cwt	510.00–515.00	1,710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	474.83/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,543	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	342.47/cwt	335.00–344.50	2,497	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,947	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	457.53/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,945	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	369.28/cwt	357.00–369.50	2,378	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	355.13/cwt	353.00–362.00	2,365	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,018	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	349.53/cwt	349.50–350.00	1,992	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,334	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	377.01/cwt	375.00–381.00	1,949	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	445.94/cwt	444.00–450.00	2,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	391.24/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,991	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	595.00/cwt	590.00–600.00	1,666	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	377.66/cwt	370.00–379.00	2,115	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,199	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	512	340.25/cwt	338.00–342.00	1,742	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	536.98/cwt	535.00–540.00	1,708	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	434.83/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,600	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	154.18/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,625	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	160.02/cwt	159.00–161.00	1,659	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	148.88/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,538	3
Bulls	—	—	1,675	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,982	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	329	443.89/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,460	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,512	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,381.25/head	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,381	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,983.33/head	1,850.00–2,150.00	1,983	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,633.33/head	2,550.00–2,800.00	2,633	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,212.50/head	2,900.00–3,500.00	3,213	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,700	4
Bulls	—	—	1,850	188.32/cwt	185.00–192.00	3,484	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	169.49/cwt	167.00–172.00	2,002	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,994	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	164.19/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,985	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	171.01/cwt	170.00–172.00	2,582	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	163.94/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,525	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	326.57/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,188	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	316.53/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,795	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	304.45/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	481	415.18/cwt	414.00–418.00	1,997	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	592	351.67/cwt	350.00–353.00	2,082	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	790	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	396.85/cwt	395.00–398.00	1,734	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	358.89/cwt	354.00–365.00	2,089	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	351.61/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,663	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	457.52/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	372.53/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	498.23/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	427.06/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,789	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	351.94/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,865	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	442.63/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,850	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	365.32/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,903	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	444.60/cwt	444.00–445.00	1,881	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,402	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,192	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	340.97/cwt	338.00–345.00	2,295	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	401.84/cwt	400.00–406.00	1,696	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	350.82/cwt	346.00–355.00	2,175	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,400	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	428.29/cwt	423.00–430.00	2,039	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	321.32/cwt	320.00–324.00	2,047	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	335.08/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,893	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	457.38/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,784	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	319.66/cwt	316.00–322.00	1,985	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	335.87/cwt	330.00–344.00	1,935	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	315.52/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,133	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,231	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	462.56/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,494	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	363.27/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	383.09/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,824	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	348.97/cwt	343.00–353.00	1,825	11

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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