Sale reports / Alabama / Dothan Stockyards / 2020-02-17

Dothan Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dothan, Alabama · Mon, Feb 17
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1996
Feeder Cattle receipts
452 head
452 vs last sale 0 452 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
87 vs last sale 0 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
93 head
93 vs last sale 0 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $150.75/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 45.27 against this barn's trailing median of $196.02.
Average price
$150.75
103 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.37
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474154.9073455
Medium and Large 2459149.1968542
Medium and Large 3507123.676276thin
One grade step is worth $31.23/cwt here — about $107 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

14 sales
228210191173median 196.0201/0502/0904/0605/1808/10
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.31, low $186.87, median $196.02 across 14 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 sale103 hd
150.75
AL average14 barns · 808 hd
142.38
+8.37
This barn, trailing median14 sales
196.02
−45.27
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
BullsAverage1,85785.161,58215
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24766.3682818
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,65564.001,0591thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02052.585367thin

Every lot, as filed

68 lots · USDA AMS · Dothan Livestock Co. - Dothan, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 3355132.00/cwt132.00–132.004691
BullsMedium and Large 1471154.57/cwt152.00–157.007288
BullsMedium and Large 1378172.55/cwt170.00–180.006528
BullsMedium and Large 1524143.44/cwt142.00–148.007527
BullsMedium and Large 1327182.79/cwt180.00–190.005987
BullsMedium and Large 1660127.50/cwt127.00–128.008424
BullsMedium and Large 1617129.34/cwt129.00–130.007983
SteersMedium and Large 2477159.00/cwt157.00–163.007589
SteersMedium and Large 2378168.87/cwt165.00–173.006382
BullsMedium and Large 2472143.25/cwt140.00–145.006763
BullsMedium and Large 2740110.53/cwt106.00–115.008182
BullsMedium and Large 1420162.28/cwt160.00–167.0068210
BullsMedium and Large 1578137.24/cwt135.00–140.007938
SteersMedium and Large 1532155.65/cwt155.00–157.008289
SteersMedium and Large 1657135.74/cwt132.00–138.008928
SteersMedium and Large 1624140.70/cwt139.00–142.008787
SteersMedium and Large 1569148.99/cwt148.00–154.008486
SteersMedium and Large 1373181.99/cwt181.00–183.006794
SteersMedium and Large 1340185.00/cwt185.00–185.006291
HeifersMedium and Large 3615103.03/cwt102.00–105.006346
HeifersMedium and Large 371791.67/cwt90.00–95.006573
HeifersMedium and Large 3237136.69/cwt135.00–140.003243
HeifersMedium and Large 3578111.60/cwt107.00–116.006452
HeifersMedium and Large 3388126.08/cwt122.00–130.004892
HeifersMedium and Large 2471132.65/cwt129.00–137.0062510
HeifersMedium and Large 2373146.40/cwt142.00–150.005469
HeifersMedium and Large 2412140.61/cwt139.00–142.005798
HeifersMedium and Large 2328154.81/cwt152.00–159.005088
HeifersMedium and Large 2659113.02/cwt112.00–116.007454
HeifersMedium and Large 2618117.49/cwt117.00–119.007264
HeifersMedium and Large 2570123.22/cwt122.00–127.007024
HeifersMedium and Large 2725108.71/cwt107.00–112.007883
HeifersMedium and Large 2295160.00/cwt160.00–160.004722
HeifersMedium and Large 1417151.13/cwt150.00–154.006307
HeifersMedium and Large 1510137.01/cwt135.00–140.006996
CowsLean 85-90%1,10858.34/cwt58.00–59.006463
CowsLean 85-90%98054.00/cwt54.00–54.005292
CowsLean 85-90%92842.53/cwt40.00–45.003952
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,0591
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35069.95/cwt68.00–72.0094410
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12359.79/cwt59.00–60.006715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11265.35/cwt64.00–66.007273
Bulls1,87183.14/cwt80.00–85.001,5569
Bulls1,81990.82/cwt90.00–94.001,6525
Bulls1,92575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,4441
Bred CowsSmall 3861.67/cwt850.00–885.003
Bred CowsSmall 3690.00/cwt665.00–740.003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2963.33/cwt945.00–1,000.003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,057.50/cwt1,050.00–1,065.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2885.00/cwt840.00–900.004
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3853.13/cwt700.00–875.0016
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,141.67/cwt1,100.00–1,225.0012
SteersMedium and Large 3583142.72/cwt140.00–144.008323
SteersMedium and Large 3740117.52/cwt115.00–120.008702
SteersMedium and Large 3393156.51/cwt155.00–158.006152
HeifersMedium and Large 1393158.41/cwt156.00–160.006235
HeifersMedium and Large 1473144.99/cwt144.00–146.006864
HeifersMedium and Large 1330162.05/cwt161.00–163.005354
BullsMedium and Large 3635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007302
BullsMedium and Large 3435130.00/cwt130.00–130.005662
BullsMedium and Large 3545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
BullsMedium and Large 2574128.97/cwt125.00–132.007407
BullsMedium and Large 2426150.63/cwt145.00–155.006427
BullsMedium and Large 2317173.60/cwt170.00–175.005507
BullsMedium and Large 2285180.11/cwt177.00–182.005135
BullsMedium and Large 2543135.77/cwt132.00–137.007374
BullsMedium and Large 2383160.10/cwt155.00–165.006134
BullsMedium and Large 2683119.61/cwt118.00–123.008173

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.