Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade active with moderate 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 $115.13/cwt on 118 head.

Average price

$115.13

118 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$9.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.12

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	649	116.64	757	91
Medium and Large 2	535	110.25	590	25
Medium and Large 3	515	107.50	554	2thin

One grade step is worth $9.14/cwt here — about $203 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 sale118 hd

115.13

—

AL average16 barns · 2,070 hd

110.02

+5.12

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	—	Average	2,020	73.00	1,475	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,533	49.46	758	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,188	48.20	573	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,052	41.65	438	3thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	105.46/cwt	103.00–108.00	712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	120.32/cwt	120.00–122.00	570	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	115.17/cwt	115.00–116.00	605	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	110.62/cwt	107.00–112.00	681	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	114.82/cwt	112.00–115.00	651	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	750	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	900	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	93.50/cwt	92.00–95.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	116.30/cwt	115.00–118.00	547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	119.97/cwt	118.00–122.00	511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	106.21/cwt	103.00–107.00	610	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	110.93/cwt	105.00–112.00	588	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	996	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	933	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	990	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	123.54/cwt	123.00–124.00	791	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	129.90/cwt	127.00–131.00	687	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	137.53/cwt	135.00–140.00	591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	116.98/cwt	116.00–118.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	113.46/cwt	110.00–117.00	758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	134.05/cwt	130.00–136.00	629	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	125.42/cwt	124.00–130.00	650	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	105.73/cwt	102.00–108.00	722	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	718	98.29/cwt	95.00–100.00	706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	116.54/cwt	115.00–120.00	610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	584	112.76/cwt	112.00–115.00	659	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	125.57/cwt	120.00–127.00	588	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	577	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,825	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,105.00/cwt	1,105.00–1,105.00	14,089	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,100	915.00/cwt	915.00–915.00	10,065	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,113	956.00/cwt	940.00–972.00	10,640	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	732.50/cwt	720.00–745.00	7,786	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	937.00/cwt	902.00–972.00	9,885	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	808.33/cwt	800.00–820.00	8,390	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,090	822.00/cwt	804.00–840.00	8,960	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,075	739.50/cwt	734.00–745.00	7,950	2
Bulls	—	—	2,020	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,475	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	42.97/cwt	42.00–44.00	492	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	55.99/cwt	54.00–58.00	676	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	47.74/cwt	45.00–51.00	569	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	49.46/cwt	47.00–52.00	758	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	447	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	40.47/cwt	40.00–41.00	433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	635	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	756	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	726	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	784	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 Oct 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 752Last week 819Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 68Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 64Last week 30Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	102.00	102.00
2	—	675	103.00–108.00	105.46
6	—	474	120.00–122.00	120.32
6	—	525	115.00–116.00	115.17
11	—	616	107.00–112.00	110.62
17	—	567	112.00–115.00	114.82
1	—	405	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	750	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	100.00	100.00
2	—	725	92.00–95.00	93.50
3	—	470	115.00–118.00	116.30
4	—	426	118.00–122.00	119.97
5	—	574	103.00–107.00	106.21
10	—	530	105.00–112.00	110.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	112.00	112.00
1	—	540	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	635	119.00	119.00
3	—	726	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	784	127.00	127.00
14	—	707	132.00	132.00
27	—	818	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	640	123.00–124.00	123.54
18	—	529	127.00–131.00	129.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	109.00	109.00
2	—	430	135.00–140.00	137.53
2	—	610	116.00–118.00	116.98
2	—	668	110.00–117.00	113.46
4	—	469	130.00–136.00	134.05
7	—	518	124.00–130.00	125.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	125.00–130.00	127.50
3	—	683	102.00–108.00	105.73
3	—	718	95.00–100.00	98.29
4	—	523	115.00–120.00	116.54
4	—	584	112.00–115.00	112.76
10	—	468	120.00–127.00	125.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
1	—	485	115.00	115.00
1	—	520	111.00	111.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,275	1,105.00	1,105.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	915.00	915.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,113	940.00–972.00	956.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,063	720.00–745.00	732.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,055	902.00–972.00	937.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,038	800.00–820.00	808.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,090	804.00–840.00	822.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	734.00–745.00	739.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,020	73.00	73.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	42.00–44.00	42.97
2	—	1,208	54.00–58.00	55.99
11	—	1,192	45.00–51.00	47.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,533	47.00–52.00	49.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	44.00	44.00
2	—	1,070	40.00–41.00	40.47

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

Cullman Stockyard Cattle Auction - Cullman, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle