Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2024-05-13

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, May 13
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
165 head
36 vs last sale 201 151 vs year ago 316 · 47.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
8 vs last sale 41 7 vs year ago 56 · 12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
2 vs last sale 23 27 vs year ago 52 · 51.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher with high dressing boning cows up to 158.00 cwt, high dressing bulls up to 172.00 cwt. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle sold firm with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $273.81/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits 124.25 against this barn's trailing median of $398.06.
Average price
$273.81
17 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,472
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.87
vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538280.941,51310thin
Medium and Large 2536263.611,4147thin
One grade step is worth $17.34/cwt here — about $99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales
447409372334median 398.0612/1502/1605/1807/1308/17
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $432.93, low $347.90, median $398.06 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
273.81
AL average12 barns · 211 hd
270.93
+2.87
This barn, trailing median22 sales
398.06
−124.25
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
BullsHigh1,653145.842,4116thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,298134.001,7392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,239133.331,65218

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,5751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$1,5501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$1,4382thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$1,9251thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300280380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0641
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3752
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550531269.05/cwt265.00–275.001,4295
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450418278.39/cwt275.00–280.001,1643
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350315290.00/cwt290.00–290.009141
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500463307.77/cwt300.00–312.001,4258
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4021
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400388277.55/cwt270.00–280.001,0774
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450422268.06/cwt265.00–270.001,1315
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500477258.96/cwt255.00–260.001,2355
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500488292.49/cwt290.00–295.001,4274
CowsBoner 80-85%1,222134.24/cwt130.00–140.001,6409
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,245140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,7431
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320361.72/cwt350.00–375.001,1582
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650620250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5502
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300262400.00/cwt390.00–410.001,0483
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550505300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5151
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,437.50/head1,400.00–1,475.001,4382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450423317.30/cwt310.00–320.001,3429
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500471271.23/cwt265.00–280.001,2774
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700670245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6421
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250225355.00/cwt355.00–355.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350310300.00/cwt300.00–300.009301
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450426301.65/cwt295.00–305.001,2859
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550513250.10/cwt240.00–255.001,2834
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400366342.98/cwt335.00–345.001,2555
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600563267.39/cwt260.00–275.001,5054
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550522289.98/cwt285.00–295.001,5146
Bulls1,900159.14/cwt158.00–160.003,0242
CowsBoner 80-85%1,213127.46/cwt123.00–129.001,5466
CowsBoner 80-85%1,342142.31/cwt141.00–144.001,9103
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,350128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,7281
Bulls1,680148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,4861
Bulls1,480136.25/cwt134.00–139.002,0173

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.