Name: Dothan Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade active with a good demand on feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.38/cwt on 129 head.

Average price

$140.38

129 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$16.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.48

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	489	149.28	730	36
Medium and Large 2	516	140.23	723	53
Medium and Large 3	457	132.56	606	40

One grade step is worth $16.72/cwt here — about $124 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.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale129 hd

140.38

—

AL average14 barns · 1,836 hd

144.86

−4.48

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	1,601	97.53	1,561	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,331	79.92	1,064	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,596	74.32	1,186	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,081	69.49	751	35

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,100	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$940	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$763	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,275	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,040	26
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$480	16

Every lot, as filed

74 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	334	181.65/cwt	180.00–187.00	607	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	137.31/cwt	135.00–145.00	779	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	142.68/cwt	142.00–144.00	752	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	144.21/cwt	143.00–145.00	813	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	565	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	848	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	506	145.88/cwt	145.00–152.00	738	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	162.88/cwt	160.00–167.00	687	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	143.53/cwt	140.00–147.00	883	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	151.73/cwt	151.00–157.00	636	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	147.77/cwt	147.00–150.00	708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	137.37/cwt	135.00–142.00	588	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	145.98/cwt	142.00–150.00	742	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	148.32/cwt	146.00–150.00	614	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	118.28/cwt	118.00–120.00	737	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	479	126.51/cwt	120.00–130.00	606	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	146.05/cwt	145.00–152.00	464	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	165.71/cwt	165.00–170.00	893	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	160.98/cwt	155.00–165.00	897	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	158.22/cwt	157.00–162.00	519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	138.26/cwt	135.00–142.00	795	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	117.50/cwt	117.00–120.00	839	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	152.15/cwt	150.00–155.00	557	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	191.93/cwt	186.00–195.00	797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	174.48/cwt	172.00–177.00	890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	155.03/cwt	150.00–160.00	633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	163.94/cwt	162.00–167.00	1,021	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	145.91/cwt	145.00–147.00	765	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	158.61/cwt	157.00–162.00	607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	167.80/cwt	167.00–172.00	982	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	182.73/cwt	182.00–185.00	870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	145.94/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,065	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	183.15/cwt	180.00–188.00	707	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	173.99/cwt	172.00–175.00	840	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	153.99/cwt	153.00–156.00	1,101	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	176.99/cwt	176.00–180.00	759	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	462	158.63/cwt	157.00–165.00	733	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	192.56/cwt	190.00–200.00	612	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	780	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	155.66/cwt	155.00–157.00	791	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	592	147.32/cwt	147.00–150.00	872	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	56.32/cwt	55.00–59.00	558	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,616	71.86/cwt	70.00–73.00	1,161	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	76.77/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,210	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	78.78/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,023	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	83.92/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,213	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	74.45/cwt	71.00–75.00	855	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	66.17/cwt	63.00–68.00	654	10
Bulls	—	—	1,573	89.99/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,416	2
Bulls	—	—	1,880	104.62/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,967	2
Bulls	—	—	1,500	97.71/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,466	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,127.50/head	900.00–1,250.00	1,128	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	—	750.00/head	650.00–800.00	750	6
Stock Cows	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	—	480.00/head	435.00–525.00	480	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	940.00/head	940.00–940.00	940	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	762.50/head	750.00–800.00	763	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	132.65/cwt	130.00–134.00	807	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	119.47/cwt	117.00–122.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	727	124.66/cwt	120.00–127.00	906	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	333	169.14/cwt	165.00–175.00	563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	486	136.30/cwt	130.00–140.00	662	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	182.27/cwt	180.00–187.00	684	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	143.98/cwt	140.00–148.00	623	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	391	156.46/cwt	155.00–165.00	612	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	171.13/cwt	167.00–177.00	655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	121.04/cwt	120.00–125.00	807	5

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 →

Dothan Livestock Co. - Dothan, AL

Mon Aug 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 712Last week 583Year ago 1,088

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 90Year ago 97

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 71Year ago 67

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	334	180.00–187.00	181.65
9	—	567	135.00–145.00	137.31
8	—	506	145.00–152.00	145.88
7	—	422	160.00–167.00	162.88
1	—	780	115.00	115.00
3	—	608	130.00–134.00	132.65
6	—	727	120.00–127.00	124.66
5	—	383	167.00–177.00	171.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	140.00–147.00	143.53
5	—	462	157.00–165.00	158.63
1	—	665	139.00	139.00
4	—	318	190.00–200.00	192.56
3	—	508	155.00–157.00	155.66
9	—	592	147.00–150.00	147.32
6	—	375	180.00–187.00	182.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	117.00–122.00	119.47
5	—	333	165.00–175.00	169.14
1	—	680	115.00	115.00
8	—	486	130.00–140.00	136.30
6	—	433	140.00–148.00	143.98
13	—	391	155.00–165.00	156.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	527	142.00–144.00	142.68
7	—	414	146.00–150.00	148.32
4	—	328	157.00–162.00	158.22
13	—	575	135.00–142.00	138.26
6	—	714	117.00–120.00	117.50
9	—	366	150.00–155.00	152.15
5	—	667	120.00–125.00	121.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	564	143.00–145.00	144.21
8	—	419	151.00–157.00	151.73
2	—	658	139.00–140.00	139.50
2	—	320	165.00	165.00
4	—	479	147.00–150.00	147.77
9	—	524	145.00–147.00	145.91
3	—	383	157.00–162.00	158.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	428	135.00–142.00	137.37
7	—	623	118.00–120.00	118.28
11	—	479	120.00–130.00	126.51
7	—	318	145.00–152.00	146.05
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	136.00	136.00
6	—	508	142.00–150.00	145.98
4	—	408	150.00–160.00	155.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	539	165.00–170.00	165.71
5	—	557	155.00–165.00	160.98
2	—	730	143.00–149.00	145.94
1	—	790	140.00	140.00
5	—	386	180.00–188.00	183.15
3	—	483	172.00–175.00	173.99
4	—	429	176.00–180.00	176.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	186.00–195.00	191.93
2	—	510	172.00–177.00	174.48
5	—	623	162.00–167.00	163.94
6	—	585	167.00–172.00	167.80
4	—	476	182.00–185.00	182.73
1	—	665	161.00	161.00
3	—	715	153.00–156.00	153.99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	991	55.00–59.00	56.32
20	—	1,149	71.00–75.00	74.45
10	—	989	63.00–68.00	66.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,616	70.00–73.00	71.86
5	—	1,576	76.00–78.00	76.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,299	76.00–80.00	78.78
6	—	1,445	83.00–86.00	83.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	89.00–91.00	89.99
2	—	1,880	103.00–106.00	104.62
5	—	1,500	96.00–100.00	97.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	—	900.00–1,250.00	1,127.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	650.00–800.00	750.00
Stock Cows — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	—	435.00–525.00	480.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	940.00	940.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	750.00–800.00	762.50

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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