Name: Russellville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to weaker. Feeder steers and bull sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $362.73/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 2 of 22 comparable sales and sits −35.33 against this barn's trailing median of $398.06.

Average price

$362.73

20 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$19.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.33

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	372.51	1,987	10thin
Medium and Large 2	549	352.94	1,938	10thin

One grade step is worth $19.57/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale20 hd

362.73

—

AL average14 barns · 418 hd

354.40

+8.33

This barn, trailing median22 sales

398.06

−35.33

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	1,877	195.00	3,659	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,215	160.44	1,950	9thin

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	—	—	1,833	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,483	2
Bulls	—	—	1,920	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,840	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	169.40/cwt	165.00–172.00	2,089	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,878	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	158.16/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	362.47/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	358.33/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	347.48/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,946	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	392.02/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,874	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	370.67/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,757	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	397.56/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,039	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	322.51/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,977	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	413.11/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,512	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	385.35/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,607	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	356.00/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,702	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	377.21/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,584	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	311.93/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,937	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	367.41/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,896	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	321.24/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,021	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	373.57/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,756	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	397.62/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,738	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	397.48/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,427	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	330.82/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,919	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	465.28/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,480	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	346.63/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,785	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	343.30/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,960	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	503.37/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	486.53/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,567	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	420.43/cwt	340.00–450.00	1,568	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	375.02/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,973	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	416.60/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,741	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	424.92/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,568	8

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 Sep 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 283Last week 443Year ago 391

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 38Year ago 75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,833	190.00	190.00
2	—	1,920	200.00	200.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	165.00–172.00	169.40
3	—	1,252	150.00	150.00
2	—	1,125	155.00–160.00	158.16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	500.00–505.00	503.37
3	300–350	322	480.00–490.00	486.53
8	350–400	373	340.00–450.00	420.43
10	400–450	418	410.00–425.00	416.60
10	450–500	478	385.00–400.00	392.02
8	500–550	526	365.00–390.00	375.02
2	550–600	563	360.00–365.00	362.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	460.00–470.00	465.28
8	350–400	369	420.00–430.00	424.92
13	400–450	437	390.00–405.00	397.62
11	450–500	470	365.00–380.00	373.57
4	500–550	516	360.00–370.00	367.41
6	550–600	571	340.00–350.00	343.30
4	600–650	629	320.00–325.00	321.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	430.00	430.00
8	350–400	366	405.00–425.00	413.11
10	400–450	417	365.00–400.00	385.35
7	450–500	474	365.00–375.00	370.67
3	500–550	525	355.00–360.00	358.33
4	550–600	560	345.00–350.00	347.48
4	600–650	613	320.00–325.00	322.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	420.00	420.00
6	350–400	359	390.00–400.00	397.48
7	400–450	420	370.00–380.00	377.21
5	450–500	478	350.00–360.00	356.00
8	500–550	515	340.00–352.00	346.63
6	550–600	580	325.00–340.00	330.82
5	600–650	621	310.00–315.00	311.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	530.00	530.00
2	500–550	513	395.00–400.00	397.56
1	550–600	565	375.00	375.00

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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