Name: Russellville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-07-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher and slaughter cows sold steady to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers sold 5.00 - 10.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 - 7.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Trade active with good 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 $135.50/cwt on 144 head.

Average price

$135.50

144 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$8.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.60

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	473	137.83	651	104
Medium and Large 2	474	129.42	613	40

One grade step is worth $8.40/cwt here — about $38 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 sale144 hd

135.50

—

AL average16 barns · 1,941 hd

131.90

+3.60

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	1,673	95.15	1,592	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,345	71.47	961	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	976	62.67	612	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	976	50.51	493	13

Every lot, as filed

77 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	Medium and Large 1	—	533	142.91/cwt	140.00–147.50	762	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	127.27/cwt	125.00–130.00	803	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	136.00/cwt	132.50–139.00	768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	157.85/cwt	155.00–159.00	728	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	151.81/cwt	150.00–155.00	821	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	133.82/cwt	132.50–135.00	678	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	129.49/cwt	128.00–130.00	790	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	149.43/cwt	147.50–152.50	502	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	122.88/cwt	120.00–125.00	823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	136.32/cwt	135.00–137.50	648	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	147.59/cwt	142.50–150.00	822	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	174.38/cwt	172.50–177.50	584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,525	1,525.00/cwt	1,525.00–1,525.00	23,256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	144.96/cwt	142.50–147.50	554	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	139.91/cwt	137.50–142.50	607	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	168.76/cwt	167.50–172.50	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	161.31/cwt	157.50–162.50	698	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,140	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	956	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	880	719.57/cwt	625.00–875.00	6,332	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	866	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	806.68/cwt	725.00–875.00	6,115	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	1,074.47/cwt	975.00–1,175.00	15,204	5
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,505	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,050	891.96/cwt	825.00–950.00	9,366	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	708	429.06/cwt	375.00–475.00	3,038	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	737	596.06/cwt	495.00–645.00	4,393	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,160	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,280	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	67.22/cwt	65.00–69.00	953	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	55.48/cwt	54.00–58.00	544	5
Bulls	—	—	1,970	98.11/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,933	5
Bulls	—	—	1,301	91.46/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,190	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	48.46/cwt	46.00–50.00	471	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,309	73.59/cwt	72.00–75.00	963	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	804.83/cwt	700.00–925.00	9,376	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,615	1,701.86/cwt	1,600.00–1,800.00	27,485	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,333	1,218.81/cwt	1,150.00–1,300.00	16,247	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	394	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	972	63.84/cwt	62.00–66.00	621	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	944	58.62/cwt	56.00–60.00	553	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	765	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	842	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,079	70.30/cwt	69.00–72.00	759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	157.43/cwt	155.00–160.00	590	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	977.90/cwt	875.00–1,075.00	11,930	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,497	1,090.37/cwt	1,075.00–1,125.00	16,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	108.36/cwt	105.00–110.00	790	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	918.45/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	8,707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	304	140.49/cwt	140.00–142.50	427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	146.19/cwt	145.00–147.50	399	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	305	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	142.11/cwt	140.00–144.00	736	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	120.65/cwt	120.00–122.50	752	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	111.23/cwt	110.00–112.50	743	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	141.97/cwt	140.00–147.50	680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	144.79/cwt	144.00–147.50	708	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	163.27/cwt	162.50–165.00	542	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	134.64/cwt	130.00–137.50	711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	155.05/cwt	152.50–157.50	411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	130.85/cwt	130.00–132.50	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	138.67/cwt	135.00–140.00	513	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	158.62/cwt	155.00–162.00	609	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	152.90/cwt	150.00–157.50	700	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	123.39/cwt	120.00–125.00	716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	131.81/cwt	130.00–132.50	764	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	148.35/cwt	147.50–150.00	635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	126.30/cwt	125.00–127.50	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	165.87/cwt	162.50–167.50	630	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	135.84/cwt	132.50–137.50	799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	162.97/cwt	160.00–165.00	694	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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 698Last week 397Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 53Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 49Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	533	140.00–147.50	142.91
8	—	631	125.00–130.00	127.27
7	—	565	132.50–139.00	136.00
4	—	670	120.00–125.00	122.88
2	—	335	170.00	170.00
2	—	740	115.00	115.00
8	—	433	157.50–162.50	161.31
6	—	458	150.00–157.50	152.90
6	—	380	162.50–167.50	165.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	115.00	115.00
2	—	765	110.00	110.00
2	—	375	155.00–160.00	157.43
1	—	575	130.00	130.00
1	—	305	165.00	165.00
4	—	623	120.00–122.50	120.65
5	—	479	140.00–147.50	141.97
6	—	528	130.00–137.50	134.64
3	—	428	147.50–150.00	148.35
1	—	720	112.50	112.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	461	155.00–159.00	157.85
44	—	541	150.00–155.00	151.81
12	—	557	142.50–150.00	147.59
4	—	335	172.50–177.50	174.38
4	—	361	167.50–172.50	168.76
2	—	730	131.00	131.00
8	—	610	142.00	142.00
5	—	426	160.00–165.00	162.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	152.50	152.50
6	—	518	140.00–144.00	142.11
7	—	489	144.00–147.50	144.79
3	—	332	162.50–165.00	163.27
6	—	384	155.00–162.00	158.62
3	—	588	132.50–137.50	135.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	507	132.50–135.00	133.82
4	—	610	128.00–130.00	129.49
9	—	336	147.50–152.50	149.43
17	—	475	135.00–137.50	136.32
2	—	660	120.00	120.00
15	—	382	142.50–147.50	144.96
18	—	434	137.50–142.50	139.91
2	—	265	152.50–157.50	155.05
20	—	580	130.00–132.50	131.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	729	105.00–110.00	108.36
5	—	304	140.00–142.50	140.49
4	—	273	145.00–147.50	146.19
2	—	485	130.00	130.00
2	—	668	110.00–112.50	111.23
3	—	430	130.00–132.50	130.85
10	—	370	135.00–140.00	138.67
5	—	580	120.00–125.00	123.39
2	—	523	125.00–127.50	126.30

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	2	—	1,525	1,525.00	1,525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	825.00–950.00	891.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,415	975.00–1,175.00	1,074.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,615	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,701.86
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	880	625.00–875.00	719.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	708	375.00–475.00	429.06
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,165	700.00–925.00	804.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,220	875.00–1,075.00	977.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,497	1,075.00–1,125.00	1,090.37
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,333	1,150.00–1,300.00	1,218.81
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	758	725.00–875.00	806.68
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	948	800.00–1,000.00	918.45
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	900.00	900.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	737	495.00–645.00	596.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,417	65.00–69.00	67.22
10	—	1,309	72.00–75.00	73.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	980	54.00–58.00	55.48
7	—	972	46.00–50.00	48.46
1	—	985	40.00	40.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	972	62.00–66.00	63.84
11	—	944	56.00–60.00	58.62
4	—	1,079	69.00–72.00	70.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,970	95.00–100.00	98.11
4	—	1,301	90.00–93.00	91.46

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

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How this sale compares

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