Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady with a lower undertone noted, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade active with best demand on weaned feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.55/cwt on 156 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −81.70 against this barn's trailing median of $210.25.

Average price

$128.55

156 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$18.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.01

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	136.92	744	28
Medium and Large 2	521	130.46	680	84
Medium and Large 3	509	123.60	629	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	578	118.82	687	37

One grade step is worth $18.09/cwt here — about $56 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

10 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.18, low $192.37, median $210.25 across 10 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 sale156 hd

128.55

—

AL average13 barns · 1,288 hd

123.54

+5.01

This barn, trailing median10 sales

210.25

−81.70

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	1,633	86.38	1,411	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,608	62.39	1,003	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,276	57.74	737	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	50.00	503	2thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 2	—	467	136.74/cwt	133.00–142.00	639	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	821	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	969	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	756	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	828	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	8,557	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	63.59/cwt	63.00–64.00	1,049	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	503	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	868	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	55.60/cwt	55.00–56.00	679	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	59.08/cwt	57.00–61.00	773	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	915	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	142.02/cwt	137.00–147.00	750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	125.35/cwt	122.00–127.00	712	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	149.43/cwt	147.00–152.00	560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	132.99/cwt	130.00–137.00	767	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	588	116.51/cwt	115.00–118.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	129.76/cwt	125.00–135.00	671	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	112.49/cwt	112.00–113.00	754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	150.48/cwt	149.00–153.00	631	4
Bulls	—	—	1,498	83.31/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,248	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	669	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	753	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	124.99/cwt	123.00–130.00	760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	120.08/cwt	119.00–121.00	692	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	136.51/cwt	136.00–137.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	111.01/cwt	109.00–113.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	123.44/cwt	121.00–124.00	634	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	112.49/cwt	112.00–113.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	125.03/cwt	124.00–127.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	650	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.00	741	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	122.75/cwt	122.00–124.00	681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	791	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	115.18/cwt	113.00–119.00	776	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	117.04/cwt	116.00–118.00	609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	124.49/cwt	124.00–125.00	583	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	126.88/cwt	125.00–130.00	535	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	619	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	737	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	1
Bulls	—	—	1,723	88.43/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	121.50/cwt	118.00–124.00	656	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	614	118.99/cwt	117.00–121.00	731	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	120.84/cwt	118.00–123.00	801	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	142.34/cwt	138.00–147.00	604	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	148.08/cwt	145.00–152.00	694	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	795	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	127.58/cwt	125.00–130.00	600	2

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

Tue Sep 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 840Last week 701Year ago 675

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 70Year ago 72

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 55Year ago 53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	467	133.00–142.00	136.74
1	—	340	165.00	165.00
22	—	568	122.00–127.00	125.35
2	—	375	147.00–152.00	149.43
28	—	517	125.00–135.00	129.76
2	—	670	112.00–113.00	112.49
2	—	710	112.50	112.50
5	—	614	117.00–121.00	118.99
9	—	424	138.00–147.00	142.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	137.00–147.00	142.02
3	—	577	130.00–137.00	132.99
4	—	419	149.00–153.00	150.48
5	—	608	123.00–130.00	124.99
5	—	663	118.00–123.00	120.84
1	—	310	172.00	172.00
7	—	469	145.00–152.00	148.08
1	—	795	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	120.00–122.00	121.02
2	—	588	115.00–118.00	116.51
1	—	420	135.00	135.00
2	—	470	125.00–130.00	127.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	669	112.50	112.50
26	—	540	118.00–124.00	121.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	515	134.00	134.00
8	—	821	118.00	118.00
12	—	577	131.00	131.00
15	—	615	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	618	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	576	119.00–121.00	120.08
2	—	365	136.00–137.00	136.51
16	—	514	121.00–124.00	123.44
2	—	618	112.00–113.00	112.49
2	—	668	110.00–112.00	110.98
3	—	791	102.00	102.00
6	—	468	124.00–125.00	124.49
10	—	422	125.00–130.00	126.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	109.00–113.00	111.01
3	—	527	124.00–127.00	125.03
4	—	555	122.00–124.00	122.75
11	—	674	113.00–119.00	115.18
1	—	455	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	578	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
2	—	520	116.00–118.00	117.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	619	119.00	119.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	860.00	860.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,650	63.00–64.00	63.59
1	—	1,525	60.00	60.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	62.00	62.00
7	—	1,221	55.00–56.00	55.60
8	—	1,309	57.00–61.00	59.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	82.00–85.00	83.31
3	—	1,723	86.00–91.00	88.43

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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

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