Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2020-03-16

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Mar 16
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
332 vs last sale 492 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
18 vs last sale 39 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks market: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.18/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 70.91 against this barn's trailing median of $202.09.
Average price
$131.18
35 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.19
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1400147.505904thin
Medium and Large 2459130.4859823
Medium and Large 3434125.065438thin
One grade step is worth $22.44/cwt here — about $47 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 sale35 hd
131.18
AL average15 barns · 1,122 hd
130.99
+0.19
This barn, trailing median2 sales
202.09
−70.91
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
BullsAverage1,94299.701,9363thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,69562.001,0511thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17760.337106thin

Every lot, as filed

23 lots · USDA AMS · Northwest Alabama Livestock Cattle Sale - Russellville, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2333130.80/cwt130.00–132.504363
HeifersMedium and Large 2377125.82/cwt125.00–127.504743
HeifersMedium and Large 2430121.33/cwt120.00–123.005224
HeifersMedium and Large 2480115.78/cwt114.00–117.505565
HeifersMedium and Large 2575107.50/cwt107.50–107.506181
Bulls1,78596.50/cwt96.50–96.501,7231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30064.48/cwt64.00–65.008382
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11558.26/cwt57.50–59.506504
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69562.00/cwt62.00–62.001,0511
HeifersMedium and Large 2290135.00/cwt135.00–135.003922
HeifersMedium and Large 2533110.99/cwt110.00–112.005922
Bulls2,020101.30/cwt100.00–102.502,0462
BullsMedium and Large 2384139.06/cwt135.00–142.505345
BullsMedium and Large 2484127.55/cwt125.00–130.006175
BullsMedium and Large 3365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004752
BullsMedium and Large 3335135.81/cwt135.00–137.504553
BullsMedium and Large 3580111.02/cwt110.00–113.006443
BullsMedium and Large 1385150.00/cwt150.00–150.005782
BullsMedium and Large 1415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006022
BullsMedium and Large 2343144.17/cwt142.50–145.004953
BullsMedium and Large 2440132.50/cwt130.00–135.005833
BullsMedium and Large 2583115.81/cwt115.00–117.506753
BullsMedium and Large 2528122.62/cwt120.00–125.006474

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.