Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with light demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.80/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$106.80

41 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$172

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$16.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.77

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	526	113.13	595	23
Medium and Large 3	473	112.50	532	2thin
Medium and Large 1	791	97.00	767	16thin

One grade step is worth $16.13/cwt here — about −$172 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 sale41 hd

106.80

—

AL average10 barns · 1,022 hd

114.57

−7.77

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	1,851	78.25	1,448	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,534	54.71	839	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,169	53.91	630	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	860	50.00	430	1thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	118.49/cwt	117.00–120.00	664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	132.99/cwt	132.00–135.00	549	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	138.95/cwt	135.00–143.00	514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	112.45/cwt	110.00–115.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	128.07/cwt	127.00–130.00	531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	103.97/cwt	102.00–107.00	691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	606	108.40/cwt	107.00–110.00	657	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	117.14/cwt	114.00–122.00	608	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	121.97/cwt	120.00–125.00	576	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	790	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,050	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	10,763	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	9,840	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	967.50/cwt	935.00–1,000.00	11,368	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,100	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	9,680	1
Bulls	—	—	1,568	74.42/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,167	2
Bulls	—	—	2,133	82.07/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,751	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	801	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	50.52/cwt	48.00–52.00	546	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	55.50/cwt	53.00–58.00	668	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	54.71/cwt	52.00–57.00	839	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	754	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	555	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	687	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	117.47/cwt	115.00–120.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	121.99/cwt	118.00–125.00	494	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	113.24/cwt	112.00–114.00	606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	109.10/cwt	107.00–112.00	628	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	705	3

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cullman Stockyard Cattle Auction - Cullman, AL

Thu Sep 5, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 397Last week 540Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 60Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 36Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with light demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	122.00	122.00
1	—	650	112.00	112.00
2	—	560	117.00–120.00	118.49
3	—	413	132.00–135.00	132.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	145.00	145.00
2	—	370	135.00–143.00	138.95
2	—	578	110.00–115.00	112.45
3	—	415	127.00–130.00	128.07
3	—	665	102.00–107.00	103.97
5	—	606	107.00–110.00	108.40
6	—	519	114.00–122.00	117.14
8	—	472	120.00–125.00	121.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	115.00	115.00
1	—	520	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	117.00	117.00
5	—	908	87.00	87.00
9	—	777	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	125.00	125.00
1	—	680	101.00	101.00
2	—	460	115.00–120.00	117.47
4	—	405	118.00–125.00	121.99
4	—	535	112.00–114.00	113.24
11	—	576	107.00–112.00	109.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	115.00	115.00
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	121.00	121.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	820.00	820.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,175	935.00–1,000.00	967.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	880.00	880.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,568	74.00–75.00	74.42
2	—	2,133	81.00–83.00	82.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	59.00	59.00
11	—	1,080	48.00–52.00	50.52
17	—	1,204	53.00–58.00	55.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,534	52.00–57.00	54.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	50.00	50.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle