Name: Dothan Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder bulls and steers sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.39/cwt on 116 head.

Average price

$134.39

116 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$8.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.65

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	138.62	816	28
Medium and Large 3	382	136.61	522	36
Medium and Large 2	554	130.58	723	52

One grade step is worth $8.04/cwt here — about $93 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 sale116 hd

134.39

—

AL average15 barns · 1,739 hd

140.04

−5.65

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	1,484	76.03	1,128	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,434	78.21	1,122	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,285	76.52	983	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,059	60.31	638	45

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)	—	$1,087	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$902	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$900	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$825	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$630	8

Every lot, as filed

61 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	825.00/head	800.00–850.00	825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	127.57/cwt	125.00–130.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	158.15/cwt	155.00–164.00	746	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	131.89/cwt	130.00–135.00	682	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	135.74/cwt	135.00–141.00	630	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	144.12/cwt	142.00–152.00	468	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	138.76/cwt	135.00–140.00	859	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	909	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	904	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	142.02/cwt	140.00–144.00	724	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	691	123.52/cwt	120.00–124.00	854	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	151.42/cwt	148.00–155.00	792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	137.93/cwt	137.00–140.00	861	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	134.01/cwt	133.00–135.00	898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,011	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	185.44/cwt	184.00–187.00	608	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	158.04/cwt	156.00–160.00	846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	144.43/cwt	142.00–146.00	848	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	170.51/cwt	169.00–172.00	747	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	136.47/cwt	136.00–144.00	760	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	168.12/cwt	167.00–174.00	726	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	379	175.43/cwt	174.00–180.00	665	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	146.94/cwt	145.00–155.00	773	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	156.50/cwt	156.00–157.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	726	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	67.62/cwt	66.00–69.00	695	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	61.67/cwt	59.00–64.00	649	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	78.21/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,122	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	70.02/cwt	67.00–71.00	900	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	84.63/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,109	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	53.65/cwt	51.00–55.00	583	18
Bulls	—	—	1,810	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,647	1
Bulls	—	—	1,430	73.53/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,051	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	75.55/cwt	74.00–79.00	942	10
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	—	902.08/head	850.00–975.00	902	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	—	712.50/head	600.00–750.00	713	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,400.00/head	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,400	6
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	—	630.00/head	600.00–640.00	630	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,086.67/head	1,020.00–1,220.00	1,087	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	157.45/cwt	156.00–165.00	743	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	129.18/cwt	128.00–134.00	810	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	308	180.52/cwt	180.00–183.00	556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	385	167.98/cwt	165.00–173.00	647	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	479	147.84/cwt	145.00–152.00	708	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	512	133.48/cwt	132.00–139.00	683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	124.87/cwt	120.00–130.00	597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	568	125.49/cwt	122.00–132.00	713	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	156.14/cwt	152.00–160.00	671	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	369	137.54/cwt	135.00–142.00	508	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	168.51/cwt	167.00–170.00	789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	131.46/cwt	130.00–133.00	563	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	141.70/cwt	141.00–149.00	614	11

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 Oct 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 726Last week 969Year ago 691

Slaughter CattleReceipts 181Last week 252Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 78Last week 73Year ago 68

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	800.00–850.00	825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	—	600.00–750.00	712.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	850.00–975.00	902.08
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,020.00–1,220.00	1,086.67
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	600.00–640.00	630.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	125.00	125.00
16	—	619	135.00–140.00	138.76
8	—	510	140.00–144.00	142.02
2	—	655	128.00	128.00
1	—	480	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	125.00–130.00	127.57
1	—	730	119.00	119.00
8	—	517	130.00–135.00	131.89
16	—	464	135.00–141.00	135.74
6	—	845	107.00	107.00
8	—	691	120.00–124.00	123.52
11	—	433	141.00–149.00	141.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	325	142.00–152.00	144.12
4	—	478	120.00–130.00	124.87
14	—	369	135.00–142.00	137.54
8	—	428	130.00–133.00	131.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	472	155.00–164.00	158.15
1	—	330	175.00	175.00
4	—	523	148.00–155.00	151.42
10	—	624	137.00–140.00	137.93
1	—	360	172.00	172.00
2	—	670	133.00–135.00	134.01
1	—	760	133.00	133.00
5	—	587	142.00–146.00	144.43
6	—	438	169.00–172.00	170.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	152.00	152.00
1	—	610	149.00	149.00
2	—	328	184.00–187.00	185.44
2	—	535	156.00–160.00	158.04
1	—	355	180.00	180.00
2	—	468	167.00–170.00	168.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	557	136.00–144.00	136.47
18	—	432	167.00–174.00	168.12
8	—	379	174.00–180.00	175.43
10	—	526	145.00–155.00	146.94
6	—	472	156.00–165.00	157.45
5	—	627	128.00–134.00	129.18
6	—	308	180.00–183.00	180.52
2	—	705	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	156.00–157.00	156.50
2	—	415	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	385	165.00–173.00	167.98
5	—	479	145.00–152.00	147.84
5	—	512	132.00–139.00	133.48
3	—	568	122.00–132.00	125.49
8	—	430	152.00–160.00	156.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,028	66.00–69.00	67.62
13	—	1,052	59.00–64.00	61.67
18	—	1,087	51.00–55.00	53.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,434	75.00–79.00	78.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,286	67.00–71.00	70.02
14	—	1,310	82.00–87.00	84.63
10	—	1,247	74.00–79.00	75.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,810	91.00	91.00
6	—	1,430	71.00–75.00	73.53

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Dothan Livestock Co. - Dothan, AL

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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