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Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Thu, Aug 22
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
615 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 593▲ 615 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 85▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 50▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.95/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −84.55 against this barn's trailing median of $209.50.
Average price
$124.95
96 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.25
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2506126.2763958
Medium and Large 1579123.2871335
Medium and Large 3498119.005933thin
One grade step is worth $7.27/cwt here — about $46 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale96 hd
124.95
—
AL average15 barns · 1,151 hd
122.70
+2.25
This barn, trailing median12 sales
209.50
−84.55
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

12 sales
231203174146median 209.5003/2406/1608/0409/2210/20
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.18, low $159.81, median $209.50 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,81879.991,4548thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01854.475552thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21254.4065930

Every lot

52 lots · USDA AMS · Cullman Stockyard Cattle Auction - Cullman, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006963
Steers—Medium and Large 1580136.79/cwt135.00–137.007939
Steers—Medium and Large 2640120.00/cwt120.00–120.007681
Steers—Medium and Large 2670117.01/cwt115.00–119.007842
Steers—Medium and Large 1702128.00/cwt128.00–128.0089914
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3405118.00/cwt118.00–118.004781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2411121.51/cwt120.00–122.004994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415127.00/cwt127.00–127.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455125.00/cwt125.00–125.005691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474119.26/cwt117.00–120.005654
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1502120.25/cwt119.00–123.006044
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537114.00/cwt113.00–115.006125
Heifers—Medium and Large 2574111.88/cwt111.00–113.006429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600117.50/cwt117.50–117.5070522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635108.00/cwt108.00–108.006862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665108.00/cwt108.00–108.007181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added672117.30/cwt116.00–120.007886
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285160.00/cwt160.00–160.004561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2322152.79/cwt150.00–155.004925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358153.49/cwt152.00–155.005492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358145.00/cwt145.00–145.005192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413133.97/cwt130.00–137.0055315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425144.00/cwt144.00–144.006121
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435127.00/cwt127.00–127.005521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455138.00/cwt138.00–138.006281
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490129.02/cwt125.00–132.006323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1512127.87/cwt127.00–132.006556
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528121.78/cwt120.00–125.006434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570122.00/cwt121.00–125.006956
Bulls—Medium and Large 2587117.66/cwt117.00–120.0069121
Bulls—Medium and Large 3595110.00/cwt110.00–110.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615109.80/cwt107.00–114.006755
Bulls—Medium and Large 1616118.50/cwt115.00–121.0073011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added650120.00/cwt120.00–120.007803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675113.67/cwt112.00–115.007673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1708111.01/cwt109.00–113.007862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2770103.00/cwt103.00–103.007932
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,75977.82/cwt77.00–79.001,3694
Bulls——1,87682.16/cwt81.00–84.001,5414
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01854.47/cwt54.00–55.005552
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08560.51/cwt59.00–63.006573
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16751.06/cwt48.00–52.005968
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25154.84/cwt53.00–58.0068619
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,088866.03/cwt839.00–895.009,4222
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,100649.62/cwt605.00–685.007,1463
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,108858.46/cwt800.00–900.009,5123
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,150825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,4882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,8001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1671,195.00/cwt1,125.00–1,250.0013,94615
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1921,291.67/cwt1,275.00–1,300.0015,3976

This sale against other markets

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.