Sale reports / Alabama / Cullman Stockyards / 2020-03-17

Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Tue, Mar 17
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
121 head
552 vs last sale 673 121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
31 vs last sale 58 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
25 vs last sale 98 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle were too lightly tested for adequate market test, however a sharply lower undertone is noted. Replacement cattle sold 50.00 to 100.00 per head higher. Trade active with light demand on feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.33/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$100.33
18 head · 616 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.99
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1643101.3965113thin
Medium and Large 254697.595335thin
One grade step is worth $3.80/cwt here — about $118 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 sale18 hd
100.33
AL average13 barns · 1,109 hd
114.32
−13.99
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
BullsLow1,66081.001,3451thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,39356.007802thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28954.987094thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06052.005511thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
BullsMedium and Large 1535118.49/cwt118.00–119.006342
BullsMedium and Large 2590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006491
BullsMedium and Large 1Gaunt480122.00/cwt122.00–122.005862
BullsMedium and Large 2480116.00/cwt116.00–116.005571
BullsMedium and Large 268092.00/cwt92.00–92.006261
BullsMedium and Large 1381139.62/cwt135.00–141.005324
BullsMedium and Large 2630105.00/cwt105.00–105.006621
Bulls1,66081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,3451
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1881,175.00/cwt1,150.00–1,200.0013,9598
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,0751,062.50/cwt1,050.00–1,075.0011,4224
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27753.64/cwt52.00–55.006853
CowsLean 85-90%1,06052.00/cwt52.00–52.005511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32559.00/cwt59.00–59.007821
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47055.00/cwt55.00–55.008091
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31557.00/cwt57.00–57.007501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2632123.00/cwt123.00–123.007779
SteersMedium and Large 2698115.00/cwt115.00–115.008034
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2998812.50/cwt800.00–825.008,1092
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,073891.67/cwt825.00–950.009,5686
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,0632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1401,035.00/cwt975.00–1,100.0011,7995
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,100800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,8001
HeifersMedium and Large 1455116.00/cwt116.00–116.005281
HeifersMedium and Large 162395.52/cwt95.00–96.005952
HeifersMedium and Large 2420114.00/cwt114.00–114.004791
HeifersMedium and Large 253895.47/cwt93.00–98.005142
HeifersMedium and Large 1400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 176088.00/cwt88.00–88.006691
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added681101.00/cwt101.00–101.006884
HeifersMedium and Large 264591.00/cwt91.00–91.005871
HeifersMedium and Large 157599.00/cwt99.00–99.005691
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added731100.00/cwt100.00–100.007313
HeifersMedium and Large 259092.00/cwt92.00–92.005431

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.