Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2020-04-20

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 20
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
96 head
96 vs last sale 0 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
35 vs last sale 0 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 0 6 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 steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.37/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$119.37
29 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$498
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.20
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1330135.004462thin
Medium and Large 2427120.5351517thin
Medium and Large 3418114.2847810thin
One grade step is worth $20.72/cwt here — about −$32 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 sale29 hd
119.37
AL average11 barns · 698 hd
114.17
+5.20
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
BullsLow1,66583.011,3823thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12454.6561418
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02549.075035thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 2484124.76/cwt122.00–127.006044
BullsMedium and Large 2429127.76/cwt126.00–130.005485
HeifersMedium and Large 2335129.99/cwt128.00–132.004353
HeifersMedium and Large 2537111.34/cwt110.00–112.005983
HeifersMedium and Large 2381124.73/cwt122.00–128.004754
HeifersMedium and Large 2434119.22/cwt117.00–122.005175
HeifersMedium and Large 3310125.00/cwt125.00–125.003881
BullsMedium and Large 2515118.00/cwt118.00–118.006082
BullsMedium and Large 2640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007042
BullsMedium and Large 2330144.66/cwt144.00–145.004773
BullsMedium and Large 2383133.75/cwt132.00–135.005124
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,6402
Stock CowsSmall 1-2920600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,5201
HeifersMedium and Large 3540105.00/cwt105.00–105.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 3463109.50/cwt109.00–110.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 3380117.59/cwt115.00–120.004473
HeifersMedium and Large 3422113.67/cwt112.00–115.004803
HeifersMedium and Large 1330135.00/cwt135.00–135.004462
HeifersMedium and Large 2475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005462
Bulls1,54077.50/cwt77.50–77.501,1941
Bulls1,72885.76/cwt85.00–86.501,4822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20858.32/cwt57.50–59.007053
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10753.92/cwt52.00–56.0059715
CowsLean 85-90%1,02549.07/cwt48.00–50.005035

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.