Sale reports / Alabama / Cullman Stockyards / 2020-03-24

Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Tue, Mar 24
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
149 head
28 vs last sale 121 149 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
10 vs last sale 27 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
13 vs last sale 73 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder cattle market lightly tested, however a sharply higher undertone is noted. Trade active with very good demand on Slaughter cattle and good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $149.26/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits 60.99 against this barn's trailing median of $210.25.
Average price
$149.26
46 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$166
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.20
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2317155.404925thin
Medium and Large 1443148.5165841
One grade step is worth $6.89/cwt here — about −$166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

10 sales
231213195177median 210.2501/0603/2406/1607/2108/25
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.18, low $190.96, median $210.25 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale46 hd
149.26
AL average9 barns · 340 hd
128.06
+21.20
This barn, trailing median10 sales
210.25
−60.99
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,57894.881,4986thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50477.081,1607thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12968.0076712
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21563.697743thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1370142.00/cwt142.00–142.005255
HeifersMedium and Large 1313148.00/cwt148.00–148.0046311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open706110.00/cwt110.00–110.007779
HeifersMedium and Large 1610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006719
HeifersMedium and Large 1410133.00/cwt133.00–133.005456
HeifersMedium and Large 2435126.00/cwt126.00–126.005481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17669.53/cwt68.00–70.008184
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49978.59/cwt78.00–79.001,1785
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24576.00/cwt76.00–76.009462
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51873.30/cwt71.00–76.001,1132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05864.31/cwt61.00–66.006806
CowsLean 85-90%1,21563.69/cwt63.00–65.007743
SteersMedium and Large 2768118.00/cwt118.00–118.0090613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0851,016.25/cwt975.00–1,090.0011,0264
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,050825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,6631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0012,0751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,128912.50/cwt850.00–950.0010,2934
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,045925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,6661
Bulls1,52089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,3531
BullsMedium and Large 1395160.00/cwt160.00–160.006321
BullsMedium and Large 2220177.00/cwt177.00–177.003891
BullsMedium and Large 1210188.00/cwt188.00–188.003951
BullsMedium and Large 1404152.00/cwt152.00–152.0061422
BullsMedium and Large 2371150.00/cwt150.00–150.005573
Bulls1,59096.06/cwt94.00–97.001,5275
BullsMedium and Large 1510141.00/cwt141.00–141.0071917
BullsMedium and Large 2250150.00/cwt150.00–150.003751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,1831,041.67/cwt1,025.00–1,075.0012,3236

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.