Name: Russellville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

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 3 comparable sales and sits −67.63 against this barn's trailing median of $198.82.

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	400	147.50	590	4thin
Medium and Large 2	459	130.48	598	23
Medium and Large 3	434	125.06	543	8thin

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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $205.37, low $178.07, median $198.82 across 3 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 sale35 hd

131.18

—

AL average15 barns · 1,122 hd

130.99

+0.19

This barn, trailing median3 sales

198.82

−67.63

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	—	Average	1,942	99.70	1,936	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,695	62.00	1,051	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,177	60.33	710	6thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	130.80/cwt	130.00–132.50	436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	125.82/cwt	125.00–127.50	474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	121.33/cwt	120.00–123.00	522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	115.78/cwt	114.00–117.50	556	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	618	1
Bulls	—	—	1,785	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	1,723	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	64.48/cwt	64.00–65.00	838	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	58.26/cwt	57.50–59.50	650	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	1,051	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	110.99/cwt	110.00–112.00	592	2
Bulls	—	—	2,020	101.30/cwt	100.00–102.50	2,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	384	139.06/cwt	135.00–142.50	534	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	127.55/cwt	125.00–130.00	617	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	475	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	335	135.81/cwt	135.00–137.50	455	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	111.02/cwt	110.00–113.00	644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	144.17/cwt	142.50–145.00	495	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	583	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	115.81/cwt	115.00–117.50	675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	122.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	647	4

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 →

Northwest Alabama Livestock Cattle Sale - Russellville, AL

Mon Mar 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 160Last week 492Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 39Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	130.00–132.50	130.80
3	—	377	125.00–127.50	125.82
4	—	430	120.00–123.00	121.33
5	—	480	114.00–117.50	115.78
1	—	575	107.50	107.50
2	—	290	135.00	135.00
2	—	533	110.00–112.00	110.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	384	135.00–142.50	139.06
5	—	484	125.00–130.00	127.55
3	—	343	142.50–145.00	144.17
3	—	440	130.00–135.00	132.50
3	—	583	115.00–117.50	115.81
4	—	528	120.00–125.00	122.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	130.00	130.00
3	—	335	135.00–137.50	135.81
3	—	580	110.00–113.00	111.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	150.00	150.00
2	—	415	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,785	96.50	96.50
2	—	2,020	100.00–102.50	101.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	64.00–65.00	64.48
4	—	1,115	57.50–59.50	58.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	62.00	62.00

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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