Name: Russellville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers sold sharply lower. Trade was moderate with good to moderate demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $247.84/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −150.21 against this barn's trailing median of $398.06.

Average price

$247.84

27 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,336

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.51

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	247.84	1,336	27

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales

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 sale27 hd

247.84

—

AL average14 barns · 402 hd

243.33

+4.51

This barn, trailing median22 sales

398.06

−150.21

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	1,621	147.09	2,385	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	132.50	1,663	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,168	114.00	1,331	20

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,525	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,175	4thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,875	155.76/cwt	154.00–159.00	2,921	3
Bulls	—	—	1,431	140.59/cwt	140.00–142.00	2,012	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	132.34/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,571	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,465	142.05/cwt	140.00–146.00	2,081	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,432	123.85/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,774	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	222.63/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,287	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	282.10/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,154	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	231.82/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,243	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,598	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	234.17/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,358	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	960	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	295.65/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,067	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	501	260.54/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,305	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	258.90/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,106	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	279.15/cwt	275.00–285.00	874	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	292.00/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,340	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,163	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	301.03/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,093	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,169	106.96/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,250	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	117.36/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,379	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	259.97/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,113	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,215	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	242.26/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,112	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,283.33/head	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,283	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,525.00/head	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,525	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1

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 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 310Last week 391Year ago 345

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 75Year ago 77

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 30Year ago 29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,875	154.00–159.00	155.76
4	—	1,431	140.00–142.00	140.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,187	129.00–137.00	132.34
3	—	1,465	140.00–146.00	142.05
3	—	1,432	122.00–125.00	123.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	123.00	123.00
7	—	1,169	105.00–112.00	106.96
12	—	1,175	114.00–121.00	117.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	545	250.00	250.00
7	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	620	240.00	240.00
4	650–700	680	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	700	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	340.00	340.00
1	250–300	280	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
5	450–500	459	290.00–292.50	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	275.00–285.00	279.15
10	400–450	427	250.00–265.00	258.90
10	450–500	459	240.00–245.00	242.26
8	500–550	536	230.00–235.00	231.82
14	550–600	578	220.00–225.00	222.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	310.00	310.00
5	350–400	363	295.00–305.00	301.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	565	215.00	215.00
3	600–650	600	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	361	290.00–300.00	295.65
7	400–450	409	280.00–285.00	282.10
12	450–500	455	270.00	270.00
14	500–550	501	250.00–275.00	260.54
13	550–600	580	230.00–240.00	234.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	300	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	375	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	255.00–265.00	259.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,283.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,525.00

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

Bulls · 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

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