Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2020-03-30

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Mar 30
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
27 vs last sale 88 115 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
71 vs last sale 26 97 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
11 vs last sale 7 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks market: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Replacement sows and pairs sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.64/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$120.64
23 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.46
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2490120.6459123
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale23 hd
120.64
AL average11 barns · 819 hd
124.09
−3.46
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
BullsLow1,67488.651,4847thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39359.008222thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15556.9165831
CowsLean 85-90%High97147.9446533

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1410150.00/cwt150.00–150.006151
BullsMedium and Large 1482145.00/cwt142.50–147.506993
BullsMedium and Large 2570122.50/cwt122.50–122.506981
BullsMedium and Large 2725107.50/cwt107.50–107.507791
BullsMedium and Large 2328153.68/cwt152.50–155.005042
BullsMedium and Large 2378148.99/cwt148.00–150.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 2423126.85/cwt125.00–128.005373
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,135825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,3642
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3885527.17/cwt475.00–575.004,6656
Bred CowsSmall 1-2865800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,9203
Bred CowsSmall 1-2878690.17/cwt650.00–725.006,0602
Stock CowsSmall 1-2855500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,2751
HeifersMedium and Large 2483120.65/cwt120.00–122.005833
HeifersMedium and Large 2673106.65/cwt105.00–107.507183
HeifersMedium and Large 2525115.85/cwt114.00–117.006086
HeifersMedium and Large 2640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007042
HeifersMedium and Large 2325135.00/cwt135.00–135.004393
HeifersMedium and Large 2377130.69/cwt130.00–132.004933
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08352.65/cwt50.00–55.0057013
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30562.00/cwt62.00–62.008091
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48056.00/cwt56.00–56.008291
CowsLean 85-90%1,12055.00/cwt55.00–55.006161
CowsLean 85-90%90945.14/cwt44.00–47.0041015
CowsLean 85-90%1,01649.99/cwt48.00–53.0050817
BullsMedium and Large 2437142.47/cwt140.00–145.006233
BullsMedium and Large 2481137.07/cwt135.00–140.006595
Bulls1,39585.50/cwt83.00–87.001,1933
Bulls1,88391.02/cwt90.00–93.001,7144
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32363.52/cwt62.00–65.008406
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15058.22/cwt56.00–61.0067012

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.