Name: Russellville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold steady and slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder bulls and steers sold 2.00 - 6.00 lower and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.41/cwt on 135 head.

Average price

$127.41

135 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$12.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.39

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	131.88	687	62
Medium and Large 2	498	126.22	629	46
Medium and Large 3	450	119.15	536	27

One grade step is worth $12.73/cwt here — about $152 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 sale135 hd

127.41

—

AL average16 barns · 1,540 hd

125.01

+2.39

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	—	Average	1,578	85.06	1,342	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,308	64.65	846	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,055	60.21	635	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	838	47.87	401	9thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	125.82/cwt	125.00–129.00	713	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	906	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	129.34/cwt	125.00–132.50	609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	121.93/cwt	120.00–125.00	646	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	133.62/cwt	132.50–135.00	677	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	559	125.26/cwt	120.00–127.50	700	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	116.24/cwt	115.00–120.00	742	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,360	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	17,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	133.76/cwt	130.00–137.50	700	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	150.11/cwt	147.50–155.00	567	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	140.57/cwt	140.00–141.00	783	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,200	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,800	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	945	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,198	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	137.92/cwt	135.00–140.00	663	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	110.52/cwt	110.00–112.50	731	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	985	825.04/cwt	750.00–875.00	8,127	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	800	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	6,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,266	993.99/cwt	900.00–1,125.00	12,584	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	131.26/cwt	130.00–132.50	814	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	800	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,200	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	642	566.58/cwt	485.00–690.00	3,637	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	895	593.09/cwt	525.00–650.00	5,308	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	141.86/cwt	137.50–145.00	671	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	990	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,673	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	795	524.37/cwt	475.00–575.00	4,169	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,308	64.65/cwt	62.00–67.00	846	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,029	57.22/cwt	55.00–58.00	589	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,086	63.79/cwt	62.00–66.00	693	5
Bulls	—	—	1,510	86.88/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,312	5
Bulls	—	—	1,347	71.16/cwt	70.00–73.00	959	3
Bulls	—	—	1,835	93.20/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	529	110.62/cwt	110.00–112.50	585	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,463	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	798.61/cwt	730.00–885.00	7,076	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	563.88/cwt	525.00–600.00	6,146	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	15,840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	119.17/cwt	117.50–120.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	108.37/cwt	105.00–110.00	616	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	841	52.04/cwt	51.00–54.00	438	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	834	42.66/cwt	41.00–44.00	356	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	114.91/cwt	112.50–117.50	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	127.41/cwt	125.00–132.50	469	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	142.46/cwt	140.00–145.00	688	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	135.66/cwt	132.50–137.50	570	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	961.57/cwt	900.00–1,025.00	12,981	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,367	943.84/cwt	900.00–975.00	12,902	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	127.46/cwt	125.00–130.00	602	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	136.07/cwt	135.00–138.00	709	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	147.91/cwt	145.00–150.00	617	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	142.74/cwt	140.00–145.00	542	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	139.34/cwt	137.50–142.50	531	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	696	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	773	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	117.52/cwt	115.00–120.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	133.12/cwt	130.00–135.00	760	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	123.76/cwt	122.50–125.00	668	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	150.10/cwt	147.50–152.50	485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	319	135.41/cwt	132.50–137.50	432	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	125.64/cwt	125.00–126.00	858	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	121.98/cwt	120.00–124.00	751	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	143.82/cwt	142.00–147.50	584	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	146.68/cwt	145.00–150.00	609	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	132.82/cwt	130.00–137.50	580	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	739	5

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 Apr 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 444Last week 374Year ago 348

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 63Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 28Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	567	125.00–129.00	125.82
9	—	507	132.50–135.00	133.62
3	—	378	147.50–155.00	150.11
7	—	481	135.00–140.00	137.92
13	—	616	120.00–124.00	121.98
11	—	406	142.00–147.50	143.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	530	120.00–125.00	121.93
10	—	472	125.00–130.00	127.46
7	—	381	137.50–142.50	139.34
3	—	696	111.00	111.00
3	—	567	115.00–120.00	117.52
3	—	630	115.00	115.00
8	—	437	130.00–137.50	132.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	115.00	115.00
4	—	529	110.00–112.50	110.62
3	—	440	117.50–120.00	119.17
3	—	568	105.00–110.00	108.37
6	—	368	125.00–132.50	127.41
4	—	605	100.00	100.00
6	—	319	132.50–137.50	135.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	743	122.00	122.00
7	—	557	140.00–141.00	140.57
2	—	620	130.00–132.50	131.26
8	—	683	125.00–126.00	125.64
5	—	506	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	125.00	125.00
4	—	483	140.00–145.00	142.46
5	—	521	135.00–138.00	136.07
5	—	417	145.00–150.00	147.91
4	—	571	130.00–135.00	133.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	157.50	157.50
9	—	559	120.00–127.50	125.26
4	—	638	115.00–120.00	116.24
10	—	523	130.00–137.50	133.76
5	—	661	110.00–112.50	110.52
8	—	473	137.50–145.00	141.86
12	—	415	145.00–150.00	146.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	125.00–132.50	129.34
1	—	615	105.00	105.00
2	—	575	112.50–117.50	114.91
4	—	420	132.50–137.50	135.66
10	—	380	140.00–145.00	142.74
4	—	540	122.50–125.00	123.76
3	—	323	147.50–152.50	150.10

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,360	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	985	750.00–875.00	825.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	775.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,266	900.00–1,125.00	993.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,440	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	900.00–1,025.00	961.57
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	550.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	525.00	525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	895	525.00–650.00	593.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	795	475.00–575.00	524.37
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,090	525.00–600.00	563.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,367	900.00–975.00	943.84
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	642	485.00–690.00	566.58
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	886	730.00–885.00	798.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,308	62.00–67.00	64.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,029	55.00–58.00	57.22
5	—	1,086	62.00–66.00	63.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	841	51.00–54.00	52.04
4	—	834	41.00–44.00	42.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,510	84.00–88.00	86.88
3	—	1,347	70.00–73.00	71.16
4	—	1,835	92.00–95.00	93.20

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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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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle