Sale reports / Alabama / Cullman Stockyards / 2019-07-18

Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Thu, Jul 18
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
640 head
213 vs last sale 853 640 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
26 vs last sale 78 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
17 vs last sale 56 39 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 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.62/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits 82.04 against this barn's trailing median of $210.66.
Average price
$128.62
125 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.66
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463137.6363725
Medium and Large 2473129.3461160
Medium and Large 3473121.9257740
One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $60 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

9 sales
231213195177median 210.6601/0603/2405/0506/2308/04
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.18, low $190.96, median $210.66 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale125 hd
128.62
AL average16 barns · 1,539 hd
124.96
+3.66
This barn, trailing median9 sales
210.66
−82.04
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
BullsAverage1,76279.241,39611
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,35354.617395thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20152.0562526
CowsLean 85-90%Low99545.9245715

Every lot, as filed

51 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
SteersMedium and Large 2710124.00/cwt124.00–124.008804
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added530141.00/cwt141.00–141.007479
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added610133.00/cwt133.00–133.008118
BullsMedium and Large 3362129.71/cwt127.50–130.004709
BullsMedium and Large 3423125.34/cwt122.50–127.505307
BullsMedium and Large 3610112.00/cwt110.00–113.006836
BullsMedium and Large 3589116.24/cwt115.00–118.006854
BullsMedium and Large 3518118.73/cwt117.50–120.006154
BullsMedium and Large 3468121.27/cwt120.00–122.505684
BullsMedium and Large 3310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004194
BullsMedium and Large 377595.00/cwt95.00–95.007361
BullsMedium and Large 3735100.00/cwt100.00–100.007351
BullsMedium and Large 2432133.13/cwt130.00–137.5057513
BullsMedium and Large 2475127.72/cwt125.00–132.0060710
BullsMedium and Large 2616116.86/cwt115.00–120.007208
BullsMedium and Large 2383137.23/cwt135.00–140.005268
BullsMedium and Large 2321140.32/cwt140.00–142.504508
BullsMedium and Large 2590122.41/cwt120.00–125.007227
BullsMedium and Large 2523125.08/cwt123.00–127.506545
BullsMedium and Large 2685115.00/cwt115.00–115.007881
BullsMedium and Large 1469136.41/cwt135.00–138.006406
BullsMedium and Large 1427141.19/cwt140.00–142.506036
BullsMedium and Large 1519131.19/cwt130.00–134.006815
BullsMedium and Large 1377146.27/cwt145.00–148.005515
BullsMedium and Large 1573129.30/cwt128.00–132.007413
CowsLean 85-90%1,04044.83/cwt43.00–45.0046612
CowsLean 85-90%81750.30/cwt50.00–51.004113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35354.61/cwt53.00–55.007395
SteersMedium and Large 2430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006025
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17853.57/cwt52.00–56.0063112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20049.20/cwt47.00–51.0059012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35060.01/cwt58.00–62.008102
Bulls1,78380.99/cwt78.00–83.001,4447
Bulls1,61873.25/cwt72.00–75.001,1853
Bulls2,04585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,7381
Stock CowsSmall 3758351.23/cwt330.00–375.002,6625
Stock CowsSmall 1-2890574.78/cwt515.00–610.005,1164
Stock CowsMedium and Large 31,025595.00/cwt595.00–595.006,0991
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,065765.00/cwt765.00–765.008,1471
Bred CowsSmall 3940548.35/cwt510.00–580.005,1542
Bred CowsSmall 3930600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,5801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,192700.82/cwt675.00–725.008,3545
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,276808.39/cwt770.00–830.0010,3154
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,585937.19/cwt905.00–970.0014,8542
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3948811.28/cwt800.00–825.007,6914
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,0081,035.00/cwt975.00–1,100.0010,4336
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,1951,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,1454
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3101,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0016,0482
SteersMedium and Large 2630129.00/cwt129.00–129.008138
SteersMedium and Large 2485139.00/cwt139.00–139.006746
SteersMedium and Large 2510136.00/cwt136.00–136.006945

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.