Name: Russellville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle too few to trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $365.72/cwt on 7 head, down $9.82 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 20 comparable sales and sits −21.37 against this barn's trailing median of $387.09.

Average price

$365.72

▼ 9.82 vs prior sale

7 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,947

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$27.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.49

vs AL average

−65.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	377.39	1,996	4thin
Medium and Large 2	537	350.16	1,880	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.23/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale7 hd

365.72

—

AL average9 barns · 70 hd

378.21

−12.49

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−65.82

This barn, trailing median20 sales

387.09

−21.37

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	1,873	195.00	3,653	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	177.61	2,549	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	158.43	1,898	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	140.00	1,456	1thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,715	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,805	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,430	2
Bulls	—	—	2,010	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	4,121	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	162.04/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,011	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,647	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	177.61/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,549	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,062	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	413.96/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,743	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	415.10/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,262	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	337.50/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	377.39/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,996	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,117	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	462.56/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	442.78/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,046	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	433.93/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	435.03/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	451.67/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,287	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	350.16/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,891	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,955	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,715.00/head	1,700.00–1,730.00	1,715	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	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 Feb 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 106Last week 307Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 36Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 14Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle too few to trend.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,805	190.00	190.00
1	—	2,010	205.00	205.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,241	160.00–165.00	162.04
3	—	1,098	150.00	150.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	175.00–180.00	177.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	140.00	140.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	450.00–455.00	451.67
1	300–350	315	430.00	430.00
2	350–400	388	410.00–420.00	415.10
8	400–450	421	400.00–425.00	413.96
3	500–550	537	340.00–355.00	350.16
1	600–650	640	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	455.00–470.00	462.56
4	350–400	369	430.00–440.00	435.03
5	400–450	427	430.00–445.00	433.93
1	450–500	485	435.00	435.00
4	500–550	529	360.00–395.00	377.39
2	600–650	600	335.00–340.00	337.50
1	750–800	770	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	500.00	500.00
1	400–450	440	430.00	430.00
1	500–550	525	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	565	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	615.00	615.00
2	300–350	345	545.00	545.00
1	400–450	425	460.00	460.00
7	450–500	462	430.00–460.00	442.78
1	500–550	510	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	580	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	560.00	560.00
1	400–450	420	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	510	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	550	420.00	420.00
1	650–700	660	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	445.00	445.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,700.00–1,730.00	1,715.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,750.00	2,750.00

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

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