Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2020-03-23

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Mar 23
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
88 head
72 vs last sale 160 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
5 vs last sale 21 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
7 vs last sale 0 7 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 2.00 to 4.00 higher.Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.Replacement cows sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.28/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 62.81 against this barn's trailing median of $202.09.
Average price
$139.28
26 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.85
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440144.7963610thin
Medium and Large 2458135.8362116thin
One grade step is worth $8.96/cwt here — about $15 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 sale26 hd
139.28
AL average11 barns · 397 hd
122.43
+16.85
This barn, trailing median2 sales
202.09
−62.81
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
BullsAverage1,733100.991,7503thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42567.489622thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25167.0583912

Every lot, as filed

27 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
BullsMedium and Large 1420145.98/cwt145.00–148.006133
HeifersMedium and Large 2478123.72/cwt122.50–125.005912
HeifersMedium and Large 2523121.22/cwt120.00–122.506342
BullsMedium and Large 1310160.00/cwt160.00–160.004961
BullsMedium and Large 1525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007091
BullsMedium and Large 1610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007631
BullsMedium and Large 1380155.00/cwt155.00–155.005892
BullsMedium and Large 1465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110975.00/cwt975.00–975.0010,8232
HeifersMedium and Large 2333136.60/cwt135.00–140.004553
HeifersMedium and Large 2420127.44/cwt125.00–130.005353
HeifersMedium and Large 2587115.81/cwt115.00–117.506803
HeifersMedium and Large 1315145.00/cwt145.00–145.004571
HeifersMedium and Large 1465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006052
HeifersMedium and Large 2365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004751
BullsMedium and Large 2495135.00/cwt135.00–135.006682
BullsMedium and Large 2570120.00/cwt120.00–120.006842
BullsMedium and Large 2428138.48/cwt137.50–140.005933
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27071.32/cwt70.00–72.509064
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24264.91/cwt64.00–66.508068
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42567.48/cwt67.00–68.009622
BullsMedium and Large 2533127.65/cwt125.00–130.006803
Bulls1,54094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4481
Bulls1,830104.48/cwt104.00–105.001,9122
BullsMedium and Large 2328151.24/cwt150.00–152.504964
BullsMedium and Large 2375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005441
BullsMedium and Large 2620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007131

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.