Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.18/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −64.70 against this barn's trailing median of $397.88.

Average price

$333.18

69 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$13.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.47

vs AL average

−30.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	341.23	1,820	29
Medium and Large 2	540	327.34	1,768	40

One grade step is worth $13.89/cwt here — about $52 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 sale69 hd

333.18

—

AL average14 barns · 459 hd

327.71

+5.47

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−30.78

This barn, trailing median31 sales

397.88

−64.70

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	—	Low	1,576	175.88	2,771	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,541	151.33	2,332	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,312	149.93	1,967	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,210	126.88	1,535	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,675	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,350	1thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,255	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,096	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	142.05/cwt	141.00–143.00	2,185	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	126.88/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,535	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	162.30/cwt	158.00–165.00	2,188	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,369	143.19/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,960	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	152.02/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,888	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	320.87/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,957	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	378.85/cwt	372.50–390.00	1,800	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	325.88/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,994	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	335.42/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,875	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	420.32/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,728	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	401.72/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,269	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	379.02/cwt	370.00–387.00	1,565	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	391.73/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	331.78/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,928	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	358.98/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,877	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	436.61/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,121	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	532	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,822	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	498	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,805	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	364.99/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,734	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	302.48/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,027	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,109	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	398.05/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,676	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	317.99/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,914	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	329.17/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,748	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	326.23/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,860	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	258	402.52/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,039	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	342.10/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,601	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	309.68/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,942	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	394.12/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,285	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	428.23/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,606	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	341.91/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,819	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	320.04/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,843	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	355.50/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,664	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,825	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,075	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	376.85/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,417	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	358.31/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,523	20
Bulls	—	—	1,623	171.17/cwt	169.00–173.00	2,778	2
Bulls	—	—	1,528	180.59/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,759	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,599	151.90/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,429	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	580	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	340.08/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,765	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,675.00/head	2,650.00–2,700.00	2,675	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 872Last week 799Year ago 876

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 48Year ago 125

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 22Year ago 82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	167.00	167.00
2	—	1,538	141.00–143.00	142.05
5	—	1,599	147.00–155.00	151.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,210	126.00–129.00	126.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,348	158.00–165.00	162.30
8	—	1,369	140.00–146.00	143.19
8	—	1,242	148.00–156.00	152.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,623	169.00–173.00	171.17
2	—	1,528	180.00–181.00	180.59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	316	400.00–405.00	401.72
3	350–400	372	390.00–395.00	391.73
12	400–450	413	370.00–387.00	379.02
13	450–500	468	350.00–365.00	355.50
22	500–550	519	335.00–345.00	340.08
5	550–600	581	330.00–335.00	331.78
19	600–650	610	320.00–325.00	320.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
86	600–650	612	346.50	346.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	258	400.00–405.00	402.52
12	300–350	326	390.00–395.00	394.12
19	350–400	376	365.00–385.00	376.85
20	400–450	425	355.00–370.00	358.31
11	450–500	468	335.00–345.00	342.10
32	500–550	531	325.00–332.50	329.17
8	550–600	576	315.00–325.00	320.04
15	600–650	627	305.00–315.00	309.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	435.00–440.00	436.61
16	400–450	411	415.00–435.00	420.32
10	450–500	475	372.50–390.00	378.85
10	500–550	523	355.00–365.00	358.98
12	550–600	559	335.00–340.00	335.42
20	600–650	612	320.00–332.50	325.88
2	650–700	655	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	375	425.00–430.00	428.23
11	400–450	421	390.00–405.00	398.05
18	450–500	475	355.00–370.00	364.99
16	500–550	532	335.00–347.00	341.91
8	550–600	570	320.00–330.00	326.23
5	600–650	602	315.00–320.00	317.99
4	650–700	670	300.00–305.00	302.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	498	362.50	362.50
9	500–550	532	342.50	342.50
19	550–600	570	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	461	385.00	385.00
21	500–550	507	360.00	360.00
4	550–600	598	347.00	347.00
15	650–700	659	320.00	320.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,650.00–2,700.00	2,675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,350.00	2,350.00

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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