Name: Russellville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Market lightly tested. Slaughter Bulls and Cows sold unevenly steady. Feeder calves sold steady to 3.00 lower, trade active with moderate demand on feeder calves. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.51/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$115.51

24 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$3.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.19

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	116.83	598	15thin
Medium and Large 2	472	113.32	535	9thin

One grade step is worth $3.51/cwt here — about $63 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 sale24 hd

115.51

—

AL average9 barns · 359 hd

121.70

−6.19

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	—	High	1,345	84.67	1,139	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,291	67.90	877	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	943	60.02	566	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	927	42.88	397	3thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls	—	—	1,520	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,383	1
Bulls	—	—	1,195	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	920	1
Bulls	—	—	1,320	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,135	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	856	56.89/cwt	55.00–59.00	487	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,044	63.68/cwt	63.00–65.00	665	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,291	67.90/cwt	65.00–70.00	877	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	111.26/cwt	110.00–112.50	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	103.32/cwt	100.00–105.00	627	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	868	706.48/cwt	650.00–750.00	6,132	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	740	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,625	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	760	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	3,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	147.54/cwt	145.00–150.00	617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	162.52/cwt	160.00–165.00	525	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	117.46/cwt	115.00–120.00	722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	137.52/cwt	132.50–140.00	630	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	124.90/cwt	120.00–130.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	121.23/cwt	120.00–125.00	561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	107.45/cwt	105.00–110.00	575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	117.57/cwt	115.00–120.00	611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	590	121.22/cwt	120.00–125.00	715	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	112.99/cwt	110.00–115.00	533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	927	42.88/cwt	40.00–45.00	397	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	751.92/cwt	725.00–775.00	7,166	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	812.95/cwt	775.00–850.00	8,479	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	731.22/cwt	625.00–825.00	8,811	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	2

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 Feb 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 88Last week 199Year ago 450

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 46Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 38Year ago 73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	91.00	91.00
1	—	1,195	77.00	77.00
1	—	1,320	86.00	86.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	856	55.00–59.00	56.89
6	—	1,044	63.00–65.00	63.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,291	65.00–70.00	67.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	927	40.00–45.00	42.88

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	110.00–112.50	111.26
3	—	607	100.00–105.00	103.32
1	—	655	100.00	100.00
1	—	320	135.00	135.00
2	—	395	130.00	130.00
4	—	463	120.00–125.00	121.23
2	—	525	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	120.00	120.00
2	—	535	105.00–110.00	107.45
5	—	472	110.00–115.00	112.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	160.00	160.00
2	—	418	145.00–150.00	147.54
4	—	323	160.00–165.00	162.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	120.00	120.00
1	—	595	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	115.00–120.00	117.46
3	—	458	132.50–140.00	137.52
4	—	590	120.00–125.00	121.22
2	—	505	130.00	130.00
2	—	355	150.00	150.00
2	—	405	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	120.00–130.00	124.90
1	—	390	137.50	137.50
1	—	770	92.50	92.50
2	—	520	115.00–120.00	117.57
1	—	660	102.50	102.50
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
1	—	580	115.00	115.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	868	650.00–750.00	706.48
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	740	625.00	625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	760	475.00	475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,043	775.00–850.00	812.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,205	625.00–825.00	731.22
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	953	725.00–775.00	751.92

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Northwest Alabama Livestock Cattle Sale - Russellville, AL

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle