Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Trade active with best demand on weaned feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.41/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −156.47 against this barn's trailing median of $397.88.

Average price

$241.41

119 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,389

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$26.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.89

vs AL average

+4.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	585	246.50	1,442	95
Medium and Large 1	512	227.59	1,165	5thin
Medium and Large 2	544	219.60	1,195	19thin

One grade step is worth $26.90/cwt here — about $247 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 sale119 hd

241.41

—

AL average13 barns · 522 hd

227.52

+13.89

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

+4.40

This barn, trailing median31 sales

397.88

−156.47

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	1,608	156.68	2,519	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,474	131.63	1,940	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,187	131.21	1,558	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	117.54	1,255	2thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,540	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,400	1thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	215.98/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,317	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	215.10/cwt	212.00–215.75	1,549	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	266.81/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,001	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,345	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,696	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	243.69/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,043	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	216.56/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,221	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,301	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	258.46/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,049	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	1,718	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	227.35/cwt	227.35–227.35	2,014	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	227.59/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,165	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,247	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	224.53/cwt	221.00–226.50	1,381	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,675	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,442	95
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	283.19/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,218	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	312.60/cwt	310.00–315.00	978	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	237.47/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,240	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,399	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	227.46/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,308	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	287.53/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,035	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	125.15/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,443	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	130.10/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,534	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	136.01/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,657	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	137.23/cwt	134.00–140.00	2,043	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	130.08/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,934	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	117.54/cwt	117.00–118.00	1,255	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	125.05/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,754	2
Bulls	—	—	1,624	153.08/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,486	5
Bulls	—	—	1,580	162.69/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,571	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,540.00/head	1,540.00–1,540.00	1,540	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	256.48/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,226	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	270.05/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,142	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	304.87/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,134	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	237.51/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,325	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	297.46/cwt	295.00–300.00	967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	233.94/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,102	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	222.34/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,170	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,843	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	276.03/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,270	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	246.00/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,274	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	829	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,799	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	850–900	851	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,821	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	917	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	242.29/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,134	4

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 Sep 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,131Last week 907Year ago 1,113

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 83Year ago 162

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 31Year ago 95

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	270.00	270.00
5	350–400	375	265.00–270.00	266.81
7	400–450	406	255.00–262.00	258.46
4	450–500	468	240.00–245.00	242.29
5	500–550	512	227.00–230.00	227.59
5	600–650	610	215.00–220.00	215.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
95	550–600	585	246.50	246.50
32	600–650	615	221.00–226.50	224.53
30	700–750	720	212.00–215.75	215.10
43	750–800	789	215.00	215.00
28	900–950	945	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	356	257.50	257.50
13	400–450	428	235.00–247.50	243.69
18	450–500	471	230.00–237.50	233.94
10	500–550	526	220.00–225.00	222.34
9	550–600	564	215.00–220.00	216.56
2	600–650	605	215.00	215.00
3	650–700	656	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	800–850	829	217.00	217.00
24	850–900	851	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	730	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	297.00	297.00
4	550–600	550	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	625	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
77	650–700	678	247.00	247.00
33	700–750	746	230.25	230.25
61	850–900	886	227.35	227.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	310.00–315.00	312.60
3	350–400	372	300.00–310.00	304.87
11	400–450	430	280.00–295.00	283.19
14	450–500	460	270.00–285.00	276.03
5	500–550	518	245.00–250.00	246.00
4	550–600	558	235.00–240.00	237.51
1	600–650	630	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	295.00–300.00	297.46
2	350–400	360	285.00–290.00	287.53
12	400–450	423	260.00–275.00	270.05
20	450–500	478	250.00–265.00	256.48
14	500–550	522	230.00–242.00	237.47
2	550–600	575	225.00–230.00	227.46
1	600–650	630	222.00	222.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,153	124.00–126.00	125.15
17	—	1,179	127.00–133.00	130.10
9	—	1,218	134.00–139.00	136.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,489	134.00–140.00	137.23
6	—	1,487	127.00–133.00	130.08
2	—	1,403	124.00–126.00	125.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	117.00–118.00	117.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,624	150.00–158.00	153.08
3	—	1,580	160.00–165.00	162.69

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,540.00	1,540.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00

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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Cullman Stockyards

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle