Name: Russellville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle no trends available. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold 2.00 - 9.00 higher and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle no trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.14/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$191.14

44 head · 412 lb average

Value per head Derived

$787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$7.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.27

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	435	193.67	843	30
Medium and Large 2	362	185.72	672	14thin

One grade step is worth $7.95/cwt here — about $171 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 sale44 hd

191.14

—

AL average14 barns · 1,352 hd

190.87

+0.27

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	500	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	219.86/cwt	215.00–222.50	1,018	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	324	241.24/cwt	240.00–245.00	782	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	233.33/cwt	227.50–237.50	985	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	201.25/cwt	197.50–205.00	966	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	173.02/cwt	170.00–177.50	728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	221.35/cwt	220.00–222.50	604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	253.34/cwt	252.50–255.00	942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	245.82/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,013	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	192.30/cwt	187.50–197.50	602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	207.17/cwt	200.00–210.00	559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	160.68/cwt	160.00–162.00	996	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	207.42/cwt	202.50–210.00	770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	192.79/cwt	190.00–197.50	817	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	255	236.27/cwt	235.00–237.50	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	215.07/cwt	212.50–217.50	774	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	215.00/cwt	212.50–220.00	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	184.53/cwt	182.50–187.50	864	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,032	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 Mar 13, 2023

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

Receipts 280Last week 481Year ago 205

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle no trends available. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold 2.00 - 9.00 higher and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle no trends available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	205.00	205.00
2	—	370	240.00	240.00
3	—	463	215.00–222.50	219.86
4	—	324	240.00–245.00	241.24
5	—	422	227.50–237.50	233.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	197.50–205.00	201.25
4	—	255	235.00–237.50	236.27
4	—	360	212.50–217.50	215.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	421	170.00–177.50	173.02
2	—	313	187.50–197.50	192.30
5	—	270	200.00–210.00	207.17
2	—	515	155.00	155.00
1	—	375	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	220.00–222.50	221.35
3	—	620	160.00–162.00	160.68
5	—	371	202.50–210.00	207.42
7	—	424	190.00–197.50	192.79
4	—	326	212.50–220.00	215.00
5	—	468	182.50–187.50	184.53
2	—	510	180.00	180.00
2	—	580	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	252.50–255.00	253.34
3	—	412	245.00–247.50	245.82

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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