Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2021-01-11

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Jan 11
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
125 vs last sale 273 194 vs year ago 342 · 56.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
27 vs last sale 65 25 vs year ago 63 · 39.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
2 vs last sale 16 33 vs year ago 47 · 70.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Replacement cows and Slaughter bulls sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.80/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$126.80
31 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+7.63
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1451126.8057231
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 sale31 hd
126.80
AL average16 barns · 1,437 hd
119.17
+7.63
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,59973.151,1693thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33756.267526thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12251.4857811
CowsLean 85-90%Average88946.0540910

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1478124.14/cwt122.50–125.005936
BullsMedium and Large 2339139.38/cwt137.50–140.004724
SteersMedium and Large 1436145.83/cwt140.00–148.0063610
BullsMedium and Large 2622110.99/cwt107.50–113.006903
Bulls1,72878.73/cwt77.00–80.001,3602
Bulls1,34062.00/cwt62.00–62.008311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12251.48/cwt49.00–53.0057811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33756.26/cwt54.00–59.007526
CowsLean 85-90%88946.05/cwt44.00–48.0040910
HeifersMedium and Large 1518116.85/cwt115.00–118.006053
SteersMedium and Large 1376152.41/cwt150.00–155.005735
SteersMedium and Large 1459132.72/cwt125.00–135.006099
Bred CowsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed815475.00/cwt475.00–475.003,8712
Bred CowsSmall 1-2877575.81/cwt500.00–625.005,0503
BullsMedium and Large 2537128.70/cwt125.00–130.0069113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added563129.00/cwt129.00–129.007264
HeifersMedium and Large 1329134.41/cwt133.00–137.504426
HeifersMedium and Large 1438128.05/cwt125.00–130.005615
BullsMedium and Large 2428133.42/cwt130.00–135.005713
BullsMedium and Large 2575116.97/cwt115.00–120.006733
HeifersMedium and Large 1563113.34/cwt112.50–115.006383
HeifersMedium and Large 1365133.14/cwt130.00–135.004864
SteersMedium and Large 1332161.54/cwt157.50–165.005365
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,089689.90/cwt600.00–800.007,5134

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.