Name: Dothan Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. 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 $240.79/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −143.54 against this barn's trailing median of $384.32.

Average price

$240.79

20 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,299

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$33.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.74

vs AL average

−35.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	251.38	1,374	10thin
Medium and Large 2	544	235.26	1,279	7thin
Medium and Large 3	507	218.36	1,107	3thin

One grade step is worth $33.02/cwt here — about $266 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $441.43, low $334.51, median $384.32 across 28 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 sale20 hd

240.79

—

AL average14 barns · 292 hd

250.52

−9.74

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−35.38

This barn, trailing median28 sales

384.32

−143.54

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	1,584	141.65	2,243	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,236	130.24	1,610	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,630	125.42	2,044	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	995	108.08	1,075	19

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)	—	$1,800	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,449	17
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,290	12
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,185	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,930	53
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$725	30

Every lot, as filed

64 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	224.70/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,382	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	336	315.79/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,061	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	253.41/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,166	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	332.43/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,263	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	231.49/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,306	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	241.63/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,542	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	227.11/cwt	225.00–230.00	956	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	331	263.75/cwt	260.00–270.00	873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	272.24/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,691	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	283.44/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,468	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	297.41/cwt	295.00–302.00	1,422	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,706	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	277.03/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,006	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	308.47/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	292.87/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,063	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	266.33/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,270	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	330.75/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,250	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	266.94/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	246.23/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,399	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	992	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	376.83/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,251	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	362.40/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,377	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	275.31/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,137	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,583	2
Bulls	—	—	1,273	128.72/cwt	126.00–131.00	1,639	4
Bulls	—	—	1,653	142.58/cwt	141.00–146.00	2,357	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	131.90/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,824	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	136.36/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,636	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	126.70/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,444	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	115.83/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,236	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,389.29/head	1,355.00–1,435.00	1,389	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,676.47/head	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,676	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,496.88/head	2,450.00–2,525.00	2,497	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,385.71/head	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,386	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,587.00/head	1,500.00–1,645.00	1,587	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,800.00/head	1,750.00–1,850.00	1,800	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,185.33/head	1,120.00–1,260.00	1,185	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,100.00/head	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,100	21
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	725.00/head	650.00–800.00	725	30
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	—	1,152.00/head	1,120.00–1,200.00	1,152	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	—	1,252.86/head	1,240.00–1,270.00	1,253	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,650	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	128.46/cwt	127.00–130.00	2,094	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	123.39/cwt	122.00–124.00	2,011	3
Bulls	—	—	1,928	157.95/cwt	157.00–160.00	3,045	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	103.85/cwt	101.00–105.00	972	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	897	95.95/cwt	92.00–97.00	861	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	251.72/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,291	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	299.26/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,538	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	269.94/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,161	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	319.10/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,308	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	209.34/cwt	207.00–214.00	1,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	507	218.36/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,107	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	240.29/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,242	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	261.76/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,154	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,445	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 →

Dothan Livestock Co. - Dothan, AL

Mon Mar 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 495Last week 388Year ago 322

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 51Year ago 57

Replacement CattleReceipts 192Last week 87Year ago 84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	272.00–282.00	277.03
4	400–450	441	260.00–267.00	261.76
6	450–500	460	250.00–260.00	253.41
3	500–550	517	237.00–247.00	240.29
4	550–600	564	230.00–232.00	231.49
3	600–650	615	220.00–227.00	224.70
1	700–750	705	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	260.00–270.00	263.75
5	400–450	421	225.00–230.00	227.11
3	500–550	507	215.00–225.00	218.36
2	650–700	685	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	310.00	310.00
6	350–400	363	292.00–297.00	292.87
6	400–450	413	272.00–282.00	275.31
3	450–500	477	265.00–267.00	266.33
4	500–550	513	250.00–257.00	251.72
4	550–600	568	245.00–250.00	246.23
3	600–650	605	239.00	239.00
2	650–700	665	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	336	310.00–320.00	315.79
2	400–450	430	265.00–275.00	269.94
1	550–600	590	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	378	330.00–335.00	330.75
10	400–450	410	317.00–327.00	319.10
6	450–500	478	295.00–302.00	297.41
3	500–550	518	280.00–290.00	283.44
2	550–600	578	262.00–272.00	266.94
6	600–650	638	240.00–250.00	241.63
3	750–800	792	207.00–214.00	209.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	370.00–380.00	376.83
2	350–400	380	360.00–365.00	362.40
4	500–550	514	297.00–300.00	299.26
1	550–600	565	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	330.00–335.00	332.43
1	450–500	495	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	590	260.00	260.00
3	700–750	705	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	307.00–310.00	308.47
4	550–600	580	285.00	285.00
9	600–650	621	270.00–280.00	272.24
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	295.00	295.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,273	126.00–131.00	128.72
3	—	1,653	141.00–146.00	142.58
3	—	1,928	157.00–160.00	157.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,383	130.00–134.00	131.90
3	—	1,200	136.00–137.00	136.36
8	—	1,140	125.00–128.00	126.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,067	113.00–118.00	115.83
4	—	936	101.00–105.00	103.85
5	—	897	92.00–97.00	95.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,630	127.00–130.00	128.46
3	—	1,630	122.00–124.00	123.39

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	1,355.00–1,435.00	1,389.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	1,500.00–1,645.00	1,587.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,750.00–1,850.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	1,120.00–1,200.00	1,152.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	1,240.00–1,270.00	1,252.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	—	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,676.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,385.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	—	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,450.00–2,525.00	2,496.88
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	—	1,120.00–1,260.00	1,185.33
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	—	650.00–800.00	725.00

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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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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