Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, however a weaker undertone was noted, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.70/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −64.13 against this barn's trailing median of $209.84.

Average price

$145.70

94 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$8.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.74

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	485	150.19	729	36
Medium and Large 2	492	143.36	706	38
Medium and Large 3	442	142.06	628	20

One grade step is worth $8.14/cwt here — about $101 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

11 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.18, low $179.76, median $209.84 across 11 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 sale94 hd

145.70

—

AL average13 barns · 723 hd

132.97

+12.74

This barn, trailing median11 sales

209.84

−64.13

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	1,675	91.82	1,538	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,230	66.87	822	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	64.00	627	1thin

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 1	—	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	885	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	888	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	977	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	813	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	141.11/cwt	140.00–144.00	731	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	136.20/cwt	130.00–138.00	704	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	156.07/cwt	150.00–162.00	665	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	382	165.74/cwt	160.00–168.00	633	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	154.30/cwt	151.00–162.00	731	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	72.45/cwt	72.00–73.00	944	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	66.93/cwt	63.00–69.00	813	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	129.01/cwt	127.00–130.00	591	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	60.94/cwt	60.00–62.00	768	2
Bulls	—	—	1,448	85.98/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,245	2
Bulls	—	—	1,766	94.16/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,663	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,183	1,141.67/cwt	1,100.00–1,175.00	13,506	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	1,304.17/cwt	1,250.00–1,375.00	15,298	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	17,741	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	115.94/cwt	112.00–120.00	777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	729	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	164.85/cwt	160.00–170.00	676	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	131.65/cwt	130.00–135.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	114.30/cwt	112.00–116.00	644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	144.60/cwt	140.00–150.00	665	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	117.40/cwt	117.00–118.00	537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	122.19/cwt	120.00–124.00	510	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	715	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	125.66/cwt	125.00–127.00	767	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	424	147.79/cwt	147.00–148.00	627	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	129.15/cwt	129.00–130.00	464	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	135.18/cwt	132.00–137.00	656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	316	158.42/cwt	158.00–160.00	501	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	123.22/cwt	120.00–125.00	571	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	117.86/cwt	115.00–121.00	611	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	118.00/cwt	116.00–120.00	767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	127.27/cwt	125.00–130.00	527	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	135.33/cwt	135.00–136.00	513	6

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 Feb 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 413Last week 576Year ago 398

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 50Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 59Last week 32Year ago 51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	125.00	125.00
11	—	518	140.00–144.00	141.11
1	—	365	175.00	175.00
13	—	474	151.00–162.00	154.30
7	—	410	160.00–170.00	164.85
3	—	565	130.00–135.00	131.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	127.00	127.00
1	—	345	178.00	178.00
13	—	517	130.00–138.00	136.20
7	—	426	150.00–162.00	156.07
5	—	382	160.00–168.00	165.74
5	—	460	140.00–150.00	144.60
3	—	610	125.00–127.00	125.66
2	—	650	116.00–120.00	118.00
1	—	745	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	102.00	102.00
5	—	424	147.00–148.00	147.79
1	—	525	126.00	126.00
6	—	485	132.00–137.00	135.18
1	—	370	154.00	154.00
5	—	316	158.00–160.00	158.42
1	—	620	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	124.00	124.00
15	—	750	118.00	118.00
4	—	888	110.00	110.00
8	—	607	134.00	134.00
3	—	588	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	120.00	120.00
1	—	700	125.00	125.00
1	—	660	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	142.00	142.00
3	—	563	112.00–116.00	114.30
9	—	463	120.00–125.00	123.22
8	—	518	115.00–121.00	117.86
7	—	414	125.00–130.00	127.27
6	—	379	135.00–136.00	135.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
1	—	505	125.00	125.00
8	—	458	127.00–130.00	129.01
2	—	670	112.00–120.00	115.94
4	—	618	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	110.00	110.00
5	—	457	117.00–118.00	117.40
5	—	417	120.00–124.00	122.19
1	—	535	113.00	113.00
7	—	359	129.00–130.00	129.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,303	72.00–73.00	72.45
13	—	1,214	63.00–69.00	66.93
2	—	1,260	60.00–62.00	60.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	64.00	64.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	85.00–87.00	85.98
5	—	1,766	92.00–97.00	94.16

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,183	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,141.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,173	1,250.00–1,375.00	1,304.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,245	1,425.00	1,425.00

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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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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