Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $120.14/cwt on 88 head.

Average price

$120.14

88 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.39

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	660	120.14	793	88

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale88 hd

120.14

—

AL average15 barns · 1,440 hd

128.54

−8.39

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	—	High	1,697	68.82	1,168	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,633	41.53	678	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,253	40.79	511	9thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	133.98/cwt	133.00–135.00	549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	124.65/cwt	122.00–127.00	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	712	104.66/cwt	100.00–107.00	745	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	108.51/cwt	107.00–111.00	714	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	112.14/cwt	110.00–115.00	703	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	111.01/cwt	110.00–112.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	116.00/cwt	115.00–118.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	760	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	661	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	124.61/cwt	122.00–127.00	520	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	107.20/cwt	105.00–109.00	671	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	121.10/cwt	119.00–125.00	570	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	113.50/cwt	112.00–115.00	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	115.49/cwt	115.00–117.00	609	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	100.05/cwt	90.00–105.00	672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	105.75/cwt	105.00–107.00	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	109.97/cwt	107.00–113.00	570	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	114.50/cwt	111.00–117.00	544	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	497	2
Bulls	—	—	1,870	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,403	1
Bulls	—	—	1,595	62.49/cwt	62.00–63.00	997	2
Bulls	—	—	1,713	72.07/cwt	71.00–73.00	1,235	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,030	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	402	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	41.01/cwt	40.00–42.00	525	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	41.53/cwt	40.00–43.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	113.01/cwt	112.00–118.00	811	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	108.59/cwt	107.00–109.00	829	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	611	125.80/cwt	124.00–128.00	769	56
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	916.00/cwt	916.00–916.00	10,763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	101.66/cwt	100.00–103.00	516	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 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 633Last week 655Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 93Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 52Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	130.00	130.00
1	—	585	117.00	117.00
2	—	410	133.00–135.00	133.98
3	—	532	122.00–127.00	124.65
3	—	712	100.00–107.00	104.66
4	—	658	107.00–111.00	108.51
7	—	627	110.00–115.00	112.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	104.00	104.00
2	—	558	110.00–112.00	111.01
4	—	520	115.00–118.00	116.00
4	—	760	87.00	87.00
5	—	417	122.00–127.00	124.61
5	—	626	105.00–109.00	107.20
11	—	471	119.00–125.00	121.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	115.00	115.00
1	—	525	112.00	112.00
1	—	625	100.00	100.00
2	—	418	118.00–120.00	119.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	124.00	124.00
1	—	450	120.00	120.00
2	—	560	112.00–115.00	113.50
2	—	633	107.00	107.00
2	—	725	106.00	106.00
4	—	315	138.00	138.00
8	—	527	115.00–117.00	115.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
2	—	408	118.00–120.00	118.98
3	—	672	90.00–105.00	100.05
4	—	578	105.00–107.00	105.75
9	—	518	107.00–113.00	109.97
22	—	475	111.00–117.00	114.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	114.00	114.00
1	—	485	107.00	107.00
1	—	610	92.00	92.00
3	—	508	100.00–103.00	101.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	718	112.00–118.00	113.01
20	—	763	107.00–109.00	108.59
56	—	611	124.00–128.00	125.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,595	62.00–63.00	62.49
2	—	1,713	71.00–73.00	72.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	39.00	39.00
8	—	1,281	40.00–42.00	41.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,633	40.00–43.00	41.53

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	916.00	916.00

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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Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle