Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady with a lower undertone noted. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with best demand on weaned feeder cattle. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.16/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −141.72 against this barn's trailing median of $397.88.

Average price

$256.16

41 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$12.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.96

vs AL average

−12.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	261.53	1,388	23
Medium and Large 2	536	249.30	1,336	18thin

One grade step is worth $12.23/cwt here — about $52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale41 hd

256.16

—

AL average13 barns · 475 hd

249.20

+6.96

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−12.22

This barn, trailing median31 sales

397.88

−141.72

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	1,726	146.00	2,520	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,176	125.97	1,481	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,430	125.51	1,795	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	115.00	1,231	1thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,950	2thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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	—	—	1,882	139.04/cwt	138.00–140.00	2,617	3
Bulls	—	—	1,614	144.54/cwt	142.00–148.00	2,333	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	119.52/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,602	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	133.37/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,622	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	119.41/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,413	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	262.64/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,381	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	1000–1050	1,024	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,341	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	315.38/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,233	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,858	75
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	272.80/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,244	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	289.90/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,516	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	326.08/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,386	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	367.42/cwt	365.00–370.00	874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	256.24/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	288.79/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,213	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	348.75/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,203	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	313.22/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	260.05/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	276.76/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,162	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	319.25/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,188	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	292.90/cwt	282.00–305.00	1,368	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	257.93/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,473	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,360	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	960	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	404	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,273	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,231	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,729	1
Bulls	—	—	1,758	155.39/cwt	153.00–158.00	2,732	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	126.42/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,450	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,066	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,211	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	343.74/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,255	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,769	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	336.82/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,108	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	333.17/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	251.93/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,310	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	260.38/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,221	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,585	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	302.61/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,316	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	272.28/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,321	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	268.36/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,412	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	314.67/cwt	312.00–317.50	1,523	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	233.32/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,454	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,113	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	252.44/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,308	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	244.04/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,386	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 Apr 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 809Last week 499Year ago 731

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 87Year ago 105

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 54Year ago 43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,882	138.00–140.00	139.04
5	—	1,614	142.00–148.00	144.54
3	—	1,758	153.00–158.00	155.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,340	119.00–120.00	119.52
1	—	1,700	134.00	134.00
1	—	1,340	129.00	129.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,216	130.00–138.00	133.37
5	—	1,183	118.00–121.00	119.41
7	—	1,147	124.00–129.00	126.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	115.00	115.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	276	348.00	348.00
20	300–350	329	320.00–342.50	336.82
12	350–400	391	315.00–320.00	315.38
21	400–450	420	285.00–300.00	288.79
9	450–500	456	270.00–275.00	272.80
19	500–550	526	257.00–270.00	262.64
4	550–600	554	255.00–260.00	256.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,024	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	315.00	315.00
2	350–400	365	305.00	305.00
19	400–450	420	270.00–280.00	276.76
12	450–500	469	255.00–265.00	260.38
12	500–550	520	247.00–255.00	251.93
6	550–600	568	240.00–247.00	244.04
3	600–650	623	230.00–235.00	233.32
19	650–700	695	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	404	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
75	700–750	733	253.50	253.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	332.50	332.50
10	450–500	484	312.00–317.50	314.67
2	550–600	560	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	330.00–340.00	333.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	365.00–370.00	367.42
1	250–300	290	360.00	360.00
4	300–350	345	345.00–350.00	348.75
14	350–400	365	330.00–350.00	343.74
22	400–450	425	315.00–329.00	326.08
3	450–500	487	310.00–320.00	313.22
16	500–550	523	280.00–297.00	289.90
3	600–650	613	255.00–270.00	260.05
7	750–800	776	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	315.00–327.00	319.25
15	400–450	435	295.00–305.00	302.61
19	450–500	467	282.00–305.00	292.90
9	500–550	526	260.00–275.00	268.36
19	550–600	571	245.00–260.00	257.93
1	600–650	605	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	285.00	285.00
3	450–500	485	267.00–275.00	272.28
2	500–550	518	250.00–255.00	252.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,950.00	1,950.00

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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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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