Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher with high dressing boning cows up to 139.00 cwt. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Trade active with very good demand. Replacement cattle sold firm with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.48/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −148.40 against this barn's trailing median of $397.88.

Average price

$249.48

50 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,340

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$14

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

$30.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.38

vs AL average

−26.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	259.39	1,334	15thin
Medium and Large 2	541	247.39	1,338	31
Medium and Large 3	590	228.49	1,348	4thin

One grade step is worth $30.90/cwt here — about −$14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.76, low $332.77, median $397.88 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale50 hd

249.48

—

AL average15 barns · 288 hd

252.85

−3.38

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−26.69

This barn, trailing median31 sales

397.88

−148.40

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,562	130.48	2,038	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,380	124.46	1,718	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,161	122.68	1,425	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,243	114.69	1,426	4thin

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)	—	$1,488	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,900	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,733	3thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	372.51/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,440	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	293.66/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,257	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	310.07/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,157	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	341.06/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,299	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	228.64/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	384.69/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,400	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	252.60/cwt	252.60–252.60	1,546	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	346.94/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,100	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	306.13/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,249	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	326.16/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,539	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	266.03/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	322.82/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,220	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,498	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	340.81/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,459	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	233.78/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,452	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	281.33/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,449	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	349.98/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,249	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	277.36/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,301	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	117.99/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,309	8
Bulls	—	—	1,595	126.46/cwt	125.00–128.00	2,017	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	130.24/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,717	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	123.09/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,416	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,243	114.69/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,426	4
Bulls	—	—	1,517	135.84/cwt	134.00–139.00	2,061	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,487.50/head	1,475.00–1,500.00	1,488	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,850.00/head	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,850	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,733.33/head	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	354.96/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,164	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	383	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	260.07/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,324	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	246.34/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,626	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	124.46/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	287.74/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,381	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,323	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	228.49/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,348	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	248.97/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,526	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	268.25/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,406	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	232.49/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	248.93/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,307	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	244.58/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,394	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	312.50/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,078	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	337.91/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,081	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	259.93/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,250	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	307.19/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,453	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	247.88/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,415	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	323.19/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,041	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	324.96/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,388	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 Mar 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 917Last week 429Year ago 647

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 70Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 18Year ago 166

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	365.00–400.00	384.69
4	400–450	409	370.00–380.00	372.51
1	500–550	500	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	317	340.00–350.00	346.94
12	350–400	378	320.00–325.00	322.82
9	400–450	408	305.00–310.00	306.13
20	450–500	469	270.00–282.00	277.36
13	500–550	509	255.00–265.00	260.07
2	550–600	550	255.00	255.00
5	600–650	621	232.00–235.00	233.78
3	650–700	660	227.00–232.00	228.64
5	700–750	722	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	322	320.00–330.00	323.19
11	350–400	373	305.00–315.00	310.07
23	400–450	428	285.00–300.00	293.66
15	450–500	481	255.00–265.00	259.93
20	500–550	525	240.00–255.00	248.93
11	550–600	570	240.00–250.00	244.58
3	600–650	640	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
126	600–650	612	252.60	252.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	310.00–315.00	312.50
1	400–450	415	280.00	280.00
4	550–600	590	227.00–230.00	228.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	350.00	350.00
5	300–350	320	335.00–340.00	337.91
5	350–400	381	335.00–345.00	341.06
11	400–450	427	320.00–330.00	324.96
12	450–500	473	300.00–315.00	307.19
17	500–550	524	260.00–275.00	268.25
7	550–600	571	245.00–250.00	247.88
4	600–650	643	230.00–235.00	232.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	360.00	360.00
2	300–350	328	350.00–360.00	354.96
9	350–400	357	340.00–360.00	349.98
12	400–450	428	335.00–345.00	340.81
15	450–500	472	320.00–340.00	326.16
11	500–550	515	280.00–285.00	281.33
4	550–600	573	265.00–267.00	266.03
3	600–650	613	247.00–250.00	248.97
3	650–700	660	245.00–247.00	246.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	377.50	377.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	315.00	315.00
13	450–500	480	280.00–295.00	287.74
1	500–550	540	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,109	117.00–119.00	117.99
4	—	1,318	128.00–135.00	130.24
18	—	1,150	120.00–127.00	123.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,243	111.00–118.00	114.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	124.00–125.00	124.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,595	125.00–128.00	126.46
3	—	1,517	134.00–139.00	135.84

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	—	—	1,475.00–1,500.00	1,487.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,733.33

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cullman Stockyard Cattle Auction - Cullman, AL

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle