Sale reports / Alabama / Cullman Stockyards / 2020-03-24

Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Tue, Mar 24
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
149 head
28 vs last sale 121 149 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
10 vs last sale 27 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
13 vs last sale 73 60 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 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder cattle market lightly tested, however a sharply higher undertone is noted. Trade active with very good demand on Slaughter cattle and good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $149.26/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits 61.40 against this barn's trailing median of $210.66.
Average price
$149.26
46 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$166
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.20
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2317155.404925thin
Medium and Large 1443148.5165841
One grade step is worth $6.89/cwt here — about −$166 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 sale46 hd
149.26
AL average9 barns · 340 hd
128.06
+21.20
This barn, trailing median9 sales
210.66
−61.40
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
BullsLow1,57894.881,4986thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50477.081,1607thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12968.0076712
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21563.697743thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1370142.00/cwt142.00–142.005255
HeifersMedium and Large 1313148.00/cwt148.00–148.0046311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open706110.00/cwt110.00–110.007779
HeifersMedium and Large 1610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006719
HeifersMedium and Large 1410133.00/cwt133.00–133.005456
HeifersMedium and Large 2435126.00/cwt126.00–126.005481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17669.53/cwt68.00–70.008184
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49978.59/cwt78.00–79.001,1785
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24576.00/cwt76.00–76.009462
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51873.30/cwt71.00–76.001,1132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05864.31/cwt61.00–66.006806
CowsLean 85-90%1,21563.69/cwt63.00–65.007743
SteersMedium and Large 2768118.00/cwt118.00–118.0090613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0851,016.25/cwt975.00–1,090.0011,0264
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,050825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,6631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0012,0751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,128912.50/cwt850.00–950.0010,2934
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,045925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,6661
Bulls1,52089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,3531
BullsMedium and Large 1395160.00/cwt160.00–160.006321
BullsMedium and Large 2220177.00/cwt177.00–177.003891
BullsMedium and Large 1210188.00/cwt188.00–188.003951
BullsMedium and Large 1404152.00/cwt152.00–152.0061422
BullsMedium and Large 2371150.00/cwt150.00–150.005573
Bulls1,59096.06/cwt94.00–97.001,5275
BullsMedium and Large 1510141.00/cwt141.00–141.0071917
BullsMedium and Large 2250150.00/cwt150.00–150.003751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,1831,041.67/cwt1,025.00–1,075.0012,3236

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.