Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sharply higher with high dressing boning cows up to 116.00 cwt. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Trade active with very good demand. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $261.94/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 12 of 11 comparable sales and sits +52.11 against this barn's trailing median of $209.84.

Average price

$261.94

79 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,271

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$15.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.24

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	481	268.88	1,292	42
Medium and Large 2	493	254.12	1,253	34
Medium and Large 3	462	253.33	1,170	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.55/cwt here — about $123 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 sale79 hd

261.94

—

AL average13 barns · 673 hd

239.70

+22.24

This barn, trailing median11 sales

209.84

+52.11

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	—	Average	1,754	118.62	2,081	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,493	107.49	1,605	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,276	105.54	1,347	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,137	97.71	1,111	6thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,420	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,213	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 3	—	475	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,188	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	213.51/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,420	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	263.11/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,234	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,069	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	312.14/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,167	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	226.62/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,192	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	251.74/cwt	250.00–252.00	957	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	241.54/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,012	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,234	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	242.19/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,487	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	307.55/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,270	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	209.62/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,304	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	240.56/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,111	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	261.01/cwt	260.00–262.00	987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	239.60/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,208	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	232.87/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,108	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	670	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	274.49/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,271	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	254.71/cwt	247.00–257.50	1,294	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	274.50/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,175	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	217.85/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,327	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	248.52/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,019	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,253	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	231.99/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,320	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	290.77/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,233	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	229.00/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,385	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	237.93/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,349	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,131	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	240.21/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,256	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,420.00/head	1,415.00–1,425.00	1,420	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,212.50/head	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,213	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bulls	—	—	1,713	120.55/cwt	119.00–122.00	2,065	2
Bulls	—	—	1,960	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,509	1
Bulls	—	—	1,693	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,896	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	104.88/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,338	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	109.48/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,396	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	106.08/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,603	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	110.21/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,667	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,257	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	97.71/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,111	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 Jan 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 489Last week 657Year ago 471

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 78Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 44Year ago 46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	250.00	250.00
1	—	435	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	215.00	215.00
2	—	665	212.00–215.00	213.51
7	—	469	260.00–265.00	263.11
2	—	375	285.00	285.00
10	—	428	270.00–280.00	274.50
5	—	569	230.00–235.00	231.99
7	—	523	235.00–245.00	240.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	374	300.00–315.00	312.14
6	—	463	270.00–280.00	274.49
13	—	508	247.00–257.50	254.71
7	—	424	285.00–295.00	290.77
3	—	605	225.00–235.00	229.00
6	—	567	237.50–240.00	237.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	526	220.00–235.00	226.62
7	—	380	250.00–252.00	251.74
8	—	419	237.00–245.00	241.54
13	—	622	205.00–210.00	209.62
12	—	476	230.00–237.00	232.87
2	—	583	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	225.00	225.00
7	—	462	240.00–242.00	240.56
2	—	378	260.00–262.00	261.01
5	—	504	237.00–242.00	239.60
6	—	609	212.00–225.00	217.85
2	—	410	247.00–250.00	248.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	257.00	257.00
4	—	453	272.50	272.50
8	—	614	240.00–242.50	242.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	300.00–315.00	307.55

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,415.00–1,425.00	1,420.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,212.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,713	119.00–122.00	120.55
1	—	1,960	128.00	128.00
2	—	1,693	112.00	112.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,276	104.00–107.00	104.88
2	—	1,275	109.00–110.00	109.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,511	104.00–108.00	106.08
6	—	1,513	109.00–112.00	110.21
1	—	1,245	101.00	101.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,137	95.00–100.00	97.71

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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