Sale reports / Alabama / Cullman Stockyards / 2019-06-06

Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Thu, Jun 6
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
798 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 736▲ 798 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 74▲ 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 131▲ 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week:Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.Feeder calves sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower.Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.66/cwt on 141 head.
Average price
$114.66
141 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.73
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2524116.3761080
Medium and Large 3500112.4256261
One grade step is worth $3.95/cwt here — about $47 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale141 hd
114.66
—
AL average16 barns · 1,736 hd
117.39
−2.73
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,85480.511,4935thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43154.257764thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15353.0861227
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02244.7745718

Every lot, as filed

65 lots · USDA AMS · Cullman Stockyard Cattle Auction - Cullman, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2—581111.55/cwt109.00–114.006486
BullsMedium and Large 1—419140.62/cwt140.00–142.505894
BullsMedium and Large 1—367146.68/cwt145.00–147.505383
BullsMedium and Large 1—490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006622
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00143.02/cwt42.00–45.0043112
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06348.27/cwt47.00–50.005136
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50055.00/cwt55.00–55.008253
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,22552.00/cwt52.00–52.006371
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16154.07/cwt51.00–56.0062820
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09348.96/cwt48.00–50.005356
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34558.00/cwt58.00–58.007801
Bulls——1,90783.04/cwt82.00–84.001,5843
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333136.28/cwt135.00–137.504544
HeifersMedium and Large 2—680103.50/cwt103.50–103.507049
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476122.33/cwt120.00–125.005828
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427125.86/cwt124.00–128.005378
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371132.38/cwt130.00–135.004918
HeifersMedium and Large 3—578109.38/cwt108.00–110.0063216
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430116.08/cwt115.00–120.004998
HeifersMedium and Large 3—479112.49/cwt110.00–115.005395
HeifersMedium and Large 3—372122.43/cwt120.00–125.004555
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323127.48/cwt125.00–130.004125
HeifersMedium and Large 3—61298.34/cwt97.50–100.006023
HeifersMedium and Large 2—519116.35/cwt115.00–120.0060420
HeifersMedium and Large 2—612105.41/cwt104.00–110.0064517
BullsMedium and Large 3—660100.00/cwt100.00–100.0066015
BullsMedium and Large 3—373128.80/cwt125.00–132.004807
BullsMedium and Large 3—427126.13/cwt125.00–128.505395
BullsMedium and Large 3—480121.03/cwt120.00–122.005814
BullsMedium and Large 3—595110.00/cwt110.00–110.006552
BullsMedium and Large 3—510115.00/cwt115.00–115.005872
BullsMedium and Large 3—310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004342
BullsMedium and Large 2—471129.38/cwt125.00–131.0060915
BullsMedium and Large 2—577117.73/cwt115.00–120.0067910
BullsMedium and Large 2—379137.85/cwt135.00–140.0052210
BullsMedium and Large 2—424134.08/cwt132.50–136.005689
BullsMedium and Large 2—327147.17/cwt145.00–150.004818
BullsMedium and Large 2—633113.70/cwt112.00–116.007207
BullsMedium and Large 2—523122.21/cwt120.00–125.006397
BullsMedium and Large 2—287153.28/cwt152.50–155.004403
Bulls——1,77576.72/cwt75.00–78.001,3622
Stock CowsSmall 3—793363.61/cwt350.00–390.002,8833
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—973532.67/cwt500.00–590.005,1835
Stock CowsMedium and Large 3—1,100611.74/cwt595.00–620.006,7293
Bred CowsSmall 3—915465.00/cwt465.00–465.004,2551
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—918648.11/cwt620.00–675.005,9504
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—965750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,2382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,168733.56/cwt675.00–775.008,5685
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,143823.74/cwt800.00–850.009,4152
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,041857.28/cwt810.00–865.008,92412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,165988.09/cwt975.00–1,000.0011,5112
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,108987.98/cwt975.00–1,000.0010,9474
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3—1,323866.07/cwt800.00–950.0011,45812
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3691,215.08/cwt1,150.00–1,275.0016,63410
SteersMedium and Large 3—527126.17/cwt125.00–127.5066515
SteersMedium and Large 3—585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007025
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—768122.00/cwt122.00–122.0093738
SteersMedium and Large 2—636124.61/cwt124.00–125.0079318
SteersMedium and Large 2—673122.35/cwt120.00–123.0082314
SteersMedium and Large 2—420145.00/cwt145.00–145.0060911
SteersMedium and Large 2—581132.58/cwt130.00–135.007709
SteersMedium and Large 2—520140.00/cwt140.00–140.007289
SteersMedium and Large 2—840114.00/cwt114.00–114.009588
SteersMedium and Large 2—720118.00/cwt118.00–118.008504
HeifersMedium and Large 3—533109.04/cwt108.00–112.0058119

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.