Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $423.16/cwt on 27 head, down $8.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 31 comparable sales and sits +25.28 against this barn's trailing median of $397.88.

Average price

$423.16

▼ 8.60 vs prior sale

27 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,285

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$39.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.65

vs AL average

+6.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	433.50	2,324	20
Medium and Large 2	550	393.61	2,167	7thin

One grade step is worth $39.89/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale27 hd

423.16

—

AL average14 barns · 360 hd

407.51

+15.65

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

+6.05

This barn, trailing median31 sales

397.88

+25.28

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	—	High	1,467	210.89	3,094	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	174.53	2,007	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,562	172.21	2,691	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	994	157.81	1,569	16

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)	—	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,600	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,450	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,820	5

Every lot, as filed

69 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	200–250	233	579.68/cwt	570.00–590.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	372.34/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,446	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	434.73/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,317	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	422.43/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,387	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	451.68/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,367	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	587.15/cwt	570.00–605.00	1,867	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	343.99/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,487	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	545.34/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,200	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	493.25/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,131	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	678.67/cwt	650.00–710.00	1,527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	472.93/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,114	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,046	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	398.23/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,099	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	373.36/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,490	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	406.76/cwt	400.00–412.00	2,384	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	425.24/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,245	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	390.15/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,216	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	433.08/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,040	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	449.77/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,159	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	272	563.74/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	518.35/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	445.12/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	337.51/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	481.65/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,869	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	430.02/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,464	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	168.98/cwt	168.00–170.00	1,673	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,616	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,890	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	163.01/cwt	160.00–166.00	2,613	2
Bulls	—	—	2,078	220.94/cwt	220.00–222.00	4,591	2
Bulls	—	—	1,382	215.73/cwt	214.00–217.00	2,981	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	462.82/cwt	462.00–465.00	2,467	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	426.26/cwt	417.00–465.00	2,506	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	491.18/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,029	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	536.73/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,809	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	794.63/cwt	780.00–810.00	1,629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	394.89/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,638	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	567.01/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,070	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	450.96/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,156	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	410.97/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,548	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	575.56/cwt	560.00–590.00	1,554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,725	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	509.74/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,664	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	484.83/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,085	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	363.38/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,297	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	377.41/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,351	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	416.06/cwt	410.00–422.00	2,584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	473.43/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,183	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	166.49/cwt	164.00–168.00	1,597	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	153.87/cwt	144.00–159.00	1,554	11
Bulls	—	—	1,145	199.35/cwt	192.00–208.00	2,283	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	183.07/cwt	178.00–186.00	2,385	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	182.52/cwt	181.00–184.00	2,652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	520.16/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,639	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,600.00/head	2,450.00–2,750.00	2,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,450.00/head	3,150.00–3,700.00	3,450	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,820.00/head	2,600.00–3,100.00	2,820	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	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

Tue May 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 649Last week 674Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 41Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 35Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	570.00–590.00	579.68
2	250–300	270	560.00–590.00	575.56
12	300–350	337	530.00–560.00	536.73
2	350–400	380	500.00–520.00	509.74
8	400–450	413	480.00–500.00	491.18
17	450–500	478	445.00–485.00	450.96
18	500–550	533	430.00–445.00	434.73
2	550–600	565	420.00–425.00	422.43
1	600–650	615	402.00	402.00
80	650–700	657	360.00–372.50	372.34
1	700–750	725	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	780	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	540.00–550.00	545.34
6	350–400	388	460.00–490.00	481.65
2	400–450	440	465.00	465.00
5	450–500	471	420.00–440.00	433.08
3	500–550	527	390.00–405.00	398.23
4	550–600	568	375.00–395.00	390.15
3	600–650	632	360.00–370.00	363.38
2	650–700	673	335.00–340.00	337.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	780.00–810.00	794.63
13	300–350	318	570.00–605.00	587.15
7	350–400	365	550.00–590.00	567.01
9	400–450	432	480.00–515.00	493.25
7	450–500	461	465.00–485.00	473.43
14	500–550	524	440.00–470.00	451.68
21	550–600	588	417.00–465.00	426.26
15	600–650	620	395.00–425.00	410.97
4	650–700	668	390.00–405.00	394.89
1	700–750	705	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	650.00–710.00	678.67
3	250–300	272	550.00–580.00	563.74
2	300–350	315	510.00–530.00	520.16
3	350–400	373	500.00–530.00	518.35
12	400–450	447	465.00–475.00	472.93
3	450–500	480	435.00–460.00	449.77
4	500–550	528	410.00–435.00	425.24
4	550–600	586	400.00–412.00	406.76
2	600–650	623	370.00–385.00	377.41
6	650–700	667	370.00–375.00	373.36
5	700–750	723	340.00–350.00	343.99
1	750–800	765	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	480.00–490.00	484.83
2	450–500	452	465.00	465.00
2	500–550	518	440.00–450.00	445.12
2	550–600	573	425.00–435.00	430.02
2	600–650	621	410.00–422.00	416.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	490.00	490.00
7	500–550	533	462.00–465.00	462.82
14	550–600	558	477.50	477.50
10	650–700	668	408.00	408.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	990	168.00–170.00	168.98
1	—	1,010	160.00	160.00
3	—	1,303	178.00–186.00	183.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	170.00	170.00
2	—	1,603	160.00–166.00	163.01
2	—	1,453	181.00–184.00	182.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	959	164.00–168.00	166.49
11	—	1,010	144.00–159.00	153.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,078	220.00–222.00	220.94
3	—	1,382	214.00–217.00	215.73
3	—	1,145	192.00–208.00	199.35

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,450.00–2,750.00	2,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,100.00	2,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,650.00	2,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	3,150.00–3,700.00	3,450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	2,600.00–3,100.00	2,820.00

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

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