Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly 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 $320.18/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −77.70 against this barn's trailing median of $397.88.

Average price

$320.18

73 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

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

$11.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.72

vs AL average

−18.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	328.54	1,789	21
Medium and Large 2	548	316.80	1,736	52

One grade step is worth $11.74/cwt here — about $53 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale73 hd

320.18

—

AL average16 barns · 636 hd

321.90

−1.72

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

−18.56

This barn, trailing median31 sales

397.88

−77.70

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	1,707	188.94	3,225	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,219	165.80	2,021	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	163.05	2,374	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,133	149.04	1,689	3thin

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,250	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,350	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,967	3thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 2	500–550	523	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,857	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	288.71/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,943	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,036	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,123	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	401	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,604	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	415.34/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,350	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	445.09/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,202	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	321.66/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,679	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	359.98/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,681	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,052	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	329.55/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,562	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	349.18/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,512	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,890	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	175.68/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,962	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	155.57/cwt	152.00–158.00	1,938	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	165.57/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,394	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	402.74/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,639	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	334.06/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,781	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,148	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,250.00/head	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,825.00/head	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,825	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,782	193.24/cwt	191.00–195.00	3,444	3
Bulls	—	—	1,632	184.64/cwt	182.00–187.00	3,013	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	165.26/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,104	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,511	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	154.19/cwt	152.00–158.00	2,279	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	149.04/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	283.54/cwt	280.00–287.00	2,078	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	342.34/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,756	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	448.50/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,426	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	358.56/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,664	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	282.52/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,147	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	424.87/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,564	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	300.01/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,013	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	351.21/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,009	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	365.83/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,533	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	292.52/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	311.95/cwt	302.00–322.00	1,943	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	331.60/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,953	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	405.15/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,288	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	387.13/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,405	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	403.20/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,516	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	376.72/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,639	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	344.81/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,648	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	346.65/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,605	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	322.46/cwt	312.50–327.00	1,796	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	311.94/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,791	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	368.76/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,364	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	323.36/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,853	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	327.73/cwt	322.00–332.00	2,019	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	365.50/cwt	365.50–365.50	2,266	90
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	310.01/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,938	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	281.26/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	292.13/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,864	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	387.24/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,212	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	332.65/cwt	325.00–337.00	1,730	30

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 Jul 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 901Last week 747Year ago 994

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 46Year ago 203

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 39Year ago 65

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	401	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	467	355.00–365.00	359.98
1	500–550	523	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	590	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	630	337.00	337.00
8	750–800	760	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	385.00	385.00
22	550–600	572	350.00–352.50	351.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	270	440.00–450.00	445.09
10	300–350	325	410.00–420.00	415.34
15	350–400	376	390.00–410.00	403.20
20	400–450	435	365.00–385.00	376.72
20	450–500	478	335.00–350.00	344.81
30	500–550	520	325.00–337.00	332.65
8	550–600	573	320.00–327.00	323.36
11	600–650	625	300.00–317.00	310.01
4	650–700	673	285.00–290.00	288.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	318	440.00–460.00	448.50
15	350–400	368	415.00–435.00	424.87
16	400–450	407	390.00–415.00	402.74
10	450–500	464	355.00–365.00	358.56
9	500–550	513	340.00–345.00	342.34
19	550–600	589	327.50–340.00	331.60
8	600–650	616	322.00–332.00	327.73
15	650–700	671	295.00–305.00	300.01
2	700–750	700	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	760	280.00–285.00	282.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	410.00	410.00
10	300–350	313	380.00–395.00	387.24
15	350–400	370	360.00–375.00	368.76
14	400–450	433	340.00–355.00	349.18
29	450–500	474	325.00–340.00	329.55
26	500–550	522	315.00–327.00	321.66
26	550–600	574	305.00–317.50	311.94
7	600–650	638	290.00–295.00	292.13
4	650–700	670	280.00–282.50	281.26
2	700–750	700	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	450.00	450.00
8	300–350	318	400.00–410.00	405.15
11	350–400	363	380.00–395.00	387.13
12	400–450	419	362.00–375.00	365.83
11	450–500	463	342.00–350.00	346.65
11	500–550	533	330.00–340.00	334.06
10	550–600	557	312.50–327.00	322.46
6	600–650	623	302.00–322.00	311.95
2	650–700	660	290.00–295.00	292.52
2	700–750	733	280.00–287.00	283.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
90	600–650	620	365.50	365.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,117	170.00–182.00	175.68
8	—	1,246	152.00–158.00	155.57
13	—	1,273	160.00–169.00	165.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,446	161.00–169.00	165.57
1	—	1,460	172.00	172.00
3	—	1,478	152.00–158.00	154.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,133	148.00–151.00	149.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,782	191.00–195.00	193.24
3	—	1,632	182.00–187.00	184.64

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	1	—	—	3,250.00	3,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,200.00	3,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,500.00	3,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,300.00	2,300.00

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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