Name: Russellville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder heifers and steers sold sharply higher. Feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.36/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −154.73 against this barn's trailing median of $387.09.

Average price

$232.36

23 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,253

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.34

vs AL average

−25.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	232.36	1,253	23

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.01, low $343.45, median $387.09 across 20 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 sale23 hd

232.36

—

AL average14 barns · 539 hd

229.02

+3.34

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−25.45

This barn, trailing median20 sales

387.09

−154.73

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	1,663	151.41	2,519	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	123.01	1,648	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,114	113.19	1,261	31

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,592	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,763	2thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,605	163.66/cwt	161.00–168.00	2,627	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	127.01/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,664	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,610	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	118.47/cwt	113.00–122.00	1,373	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,650	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	105.85/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,097	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	330.84/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,039	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	225.60/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,530	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	282.45/cwt	277.50–287.50	929	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	216.26/cwt	215.00–217.50	1,330	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	249.96/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,195	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	316.68/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,067	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	225.82/cwt	222.50–227.50	1,271	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	228.89/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,419	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	240.07/cwt	235.50–245.00	1,352	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	268.33/cwt	262.50–277.00	1,170	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	257.88/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,230	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	986	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	249.19/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,313	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,173	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	295.11/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,080	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,197	5
Bulls	—	—	1,683	138.30/cwt	136.00–143.00	2,328	3
Bulls	—	—	1,780	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,741	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,203	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	266.71/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,126	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	239.50/cwt	232.50–242.50	1,229	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,591.67/head	1,575.00–1,600.00	1,592	3

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 Oct 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 312Last week 355Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 85Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 15Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,605	161.00–168.00	163.66
3	—	1,683	136.00–143.00	138.30
1	—	1,780	154.00	154.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,310	126.00–128.00	127.01
2	—	1,400	115.00	115.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,159	113.00–122.00	118.47
2	—	1,320	125.00	125.00
14	—	1,036	104.00–108.00	105.85

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	350.00	350.00
8	300–350	314	322.00–340.00	330.84
2	350–400	370	325.00	325.00
2	400–450	400	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	315.00–320.00	316.68
15	400–450	436	262.50–277.00	268.33
15	450–500	477	255.00–260.00	257.88
6	500–550	527	247.50–250.00	249.19
14	550–600	563	235.50–245.00	240.07
9	600–650	620	227.50–230.00	228.89
5	650–700	678	225.00–226.00	225.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	277.50–287.50	282.45
4	350–400	365	270.00	270.00
17	400–450	422	260.00–277.00	266.71
10	450–500	478	247.50–255.00	249.96
11	500–550	513	232.50–242.50	239.50
12	550–600	563	222.50–227.50	225.82
4	600–650	615	215.00–217.50	216.26
2	650–700	675	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	290.00–305.00	295.11
5	400–450	420	285.00	285.00

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 head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,975.00	1,975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,575.00–1,600.00	1,591.67

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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Russellville Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Northwest Alabama Livestock Cattle Sale - Russellville, AL

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle