Name: Russellville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder heifers sold sharply lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $335.93/cwt on 10 head, up $1.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −61.44 against this barn's trailing median of $397.37.

Average price

$335.93

▲ 1.59 vs prior sale

10 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,808

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$24.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.14

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	353.31	1,874	3thin
Medium and Large 2	542	328.48	1,779	7thin

One grade step is worth $24.83/cwt here — about $95 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

23 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $432.93, low $334.34, median $397.37 across 23 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 sale10 hd

335.93

—

AL average15 barns · 383 hd

330.78

+5.14

This barn, trailing median23 sales

397.37

−61.44

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	—	Low	1,554	192.84	2,997	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,163	148.93	1,732	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	135.00	1,316	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	442.50/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,018	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	398.73/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,711	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,279	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	321.11/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	346.59/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	338.73/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	280.00/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	365.02/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,551	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	382.53/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,779	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	357.46/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	370.09/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,751	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	436.09/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,422	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	307.48/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	390.09/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,397	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	419.86/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,784	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	322.55/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	308.28/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,927	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	338.30/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,708	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,185	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,991	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	419.24/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,530	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	323.71/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	363.27/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,351	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	305.12/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	287.54/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,518	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,316	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	148.93/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,732	6
Bulls	—	—	1,265	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,277	1
Bulls	—	—	1,665	202.52/cwt	200.00–205.00	3,372	2
Bulls	—	—	1,577	190.67/cwt	190.00–192.00	3,007	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 Aug 31, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 149Last week 274Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 19Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 16Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,200.00	2,200.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	460.00	460.00
2	350–400	355	435.00–450.00	442.50
5	400–450	425	410.00–430.00	419.86
4	450–500	465	380.00–390.00	382.53
2	500–550	503	350.00–365.00	357.46
1	550–600	585	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	460.00	460.00
4	300–350	326	430.00–445.00	436.09
6	350–400	365	415.00–425.00	419.24
4	400–450	429	385.00–405.00	398.73
3	450–500	473	365.00–375.00	370.09
3	500–550	505	335.00–340.00	338.30
4	550–600	569	315.00–330.00	321.11
3	600–650	625	305.00–310.00	308.28
1	650–700	675	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	395.00	395.00
3	350–400	372	360.00–365.00	363.27
3	400–450	410	340.00–350.00	346.59
4	450–500	476	320.00–330.00	323.71
4	500–550	513	300.00–310.00	305.12
2	550–600	575	285.00–290.00	287.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	415.00	415.00
3	350–400	358	385.00–400.00	390.09
3	400–450	425	360.00–370.00	365.02
4	450–500	468	335.00–345.00	338.73
2	500–550	510	320.00–325.00	322.55
2	550–600	575	305.00–310.00	307.48
2	700–750	720	275.00–285.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	135.00	135.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,163	145.00–152.00	148.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	180.00	180.00
2	—	1,665	200.00–205.00	202.52
3	—	1,577	190.00–192.00	190.67

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle