Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with very good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.23/cwt on 152 head.

Average price

$130.23

152 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$2.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.24

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	131.11	702	98
Medium and Large 2	475	128.67	611	49
Medium and Large 3	424	128.40	545	5thin

One grade step is worth $2.71/cwt here — about $158 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 sale152 hd

130.23

—

AL average16 barns · 1,603 hd

125.00

+5.24

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	1,665	92.06	1,533	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	65.59	787	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,516	64.68	981	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	60.26	616	4thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	—	—	1,865	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,865	1
Bulls	—	—	2,375	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,971	1
Bulls	—	—	1,551	92.20/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,430	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	69.25/cwt	69.00–70.00	877	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	714	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	65.58/cwt	63.00–68.00	785	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	131.27/cwt	129.00–135.00	701	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	454	149.85/cwt	148.00–154.00	680	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	127.25/cwt	124.00–129.00	729	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	133.99/cwt	133.00–135.00	761	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	140.18/cwt	139.00–142.00	715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	135.13/cwt	135.00–136.00	661	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	819	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	119.50/cwt	118.00–122.00	752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	611	129.72/cwt	126.00–131.00	793	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	138.89/cwt	138.00–140.00	603	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	121.63/cwt	119.00–122.00	760	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	140.97/cwt	137.00–146.00	674	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	441	147.55/cwt	145.00–154.00	651	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	135.32/cwt	134.00–138.00	720	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	487	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	682	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	64.68/cwt	63.00–67.00	981	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	—	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	127.02/cwt	126.00–128.00	671	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	862.50/cwt	850.00–875.00	—	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	159.08/cwt	157.00–164.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	134.16/cwt	132.00–136.00	567	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	126.34/cwt	125.00–128.00	720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	159.00/cwt	157.00–160.00	580	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	60.26/cwt	60.00–61.00	616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	129.76/cwt	127.00–132.00	606	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	136.24/cwt	136.00–137.00	496	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	120.00/cwt	118.00–122.00	688	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	337	169.44/cwt	167.00–170.00	571	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	444	141.68/cwt	140.00–142.00	629	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	114.70/cwt	112.00–116.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	125.54/cwt	122.00–128.00	654	11

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 Apr 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 698Last week 696Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 100Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 99Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with very good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,865	100.00	100.00
1	—	2,375	83.00	83.00
8	—	1,551	89.00–95.00	92.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,266	69.00–70.00	69.25
4	—	1,151	62.00	62.00
32	—	1,197	63.00–68.00	65.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,516	63.00–67.00	64.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,023	60.00–61.00	60.26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	114.00	114.00
47	—	534	129.00–135.00	131.27
5	—	573	124.00–129.00	127.25
7	—	489	135.00–136.00	135.13
9	—	434	138.00–140.00	138.89
1	—	705	107.00	107.00
16	—	625	119.00–122.00	121.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	112.00	112.00
3	—	665	110.00	110.00
13	—	423	132.00–136.00	134.16
9	—	467	127.00–132.00	129.76
8	—	364	136.00–137.00	136.24
4	—	573	118.00–122.00	120.00
11	—	521	122.00–128.00	125.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	487	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	119.00	119.00
2	—	373	134.00	134.00
1	—	450	125.00	125.00
1	—	410	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	454	148.00–154.00	149.85
6	—	568	133.00–135.00	133.99
6	—	510	139.00–142.00	140.18
7	—	611	126.00–131.00	129.72
3	—	378	174.00	174.00
4	—	423	157.00–164.00	159.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	629	118.00–122.00	119.50
7	—	478	137.00–146.00	140.97
8	—	441	145.00–154.00	147.55
21	—	532	134.00–138.00	135.32
1	—	725	112.00	112.00
3	—	570	125.00–128.00	126.34
3	—	365	157.00–160.00	159.00
5	—	337	167.00–170.00	169.44
3	—	673	112.00–116.00	114.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	126.00–128.00	127.02
1	—	480	135.00	135.00
6	—	444	140.00–142.00	141.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	548	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	130.00	130.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	850.00–875.00	862.50

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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Cullman Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle