Sale reports / Alabama / Cullman Stockyards / 2019-09-26

Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Thu, Sep 26
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
819 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 675▲ 819 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 72▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 53▲ 30 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 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.28/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$115.28
127 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.93
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1642119.4276768
Medium and Large 3454112.385108thin
Medium and Large 2558110.2361551
One grade step is worth $9.19/cwt here — about $152 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 sale127 hd
115.28
—
AL average15 barns · 1,855 hd
113.35
+1.93
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,65975.011,2455thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36451.1869826
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55351.067932thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2607127.21/cwt122.00–128.0077216
Steers—Medium and Large 2702116.00/cwt116.00–116.008142
Steers—Medium and Large 1753123.00/cwt123.00–123.009264
Steers—Medium and Large 1843119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0033
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325135.00/cwt135.00–135.004391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355135.00/cwt135.00–135.004791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408127.48/cwt125.00–130.005202
Heifers—Medium and Large 3412115.00/cwt115.00–115.004743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417120.14/cwt117.00–124.005019
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460112.33/cwt112.00–113.005173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472124.99/cwt123.00–127.005903
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473118.04/cwt115.00–122.005586
Heifers—Medium and Large 3508108.51/cwt108.00–109.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520113.06/cwt110.00–116.005882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1552119.18/cwt113.00–120.0065815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583108.47/cwt105.00–112.0063215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628103.47/cwt100.00–106.006504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634113.00/cwt108.00–114.0071621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2682100.00/cwt100.00–100.0068213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added759123.00/cwt123.00–123.0093425
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2230162.00/cwt162.00–162.003731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2250155.00/cwt155.00–155.003881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2322144.31/cwt143.00–145.004653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410137.00/cwt137.00–137.005621
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415122.00/cwt122.00–122.005061
Bulls—Medium and Large 2436132.40/cwt125.00–140.005779
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463131.55/cwt130.00–137.006098
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472124.06/cwt120.00–135.0058611
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480115.00/cwt115.00–115.005521
Bulls—Medium and Large 3500112.00/cwt112.00–112.005601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505125.99/cwt125.00–127.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524117.98/cwt115.00–122.006186
Bulls—Medium and Large 2567115.81/cwt115.00–117.006575
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573119.00/cwt118.00–120.006822
Bulls—Medium and Large 2621108.26/cwt105.00–109.0067215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1624112.09/cwt110.00–117.006998
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675103.00/cwt103.00–103.006952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700101.00/cwt101.00–101.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 270897.50/cwt97.00–98.006902
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20571.00/cwt71.00–71.008561
Bulls——1,77376.01/cwt73.00–78.001,3484
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19446.18/cwt45.00–47.005514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38151.80/cwt48.00–54.0071520
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,53855.00/cwt55.00–55.008462
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55351.06/cwt50.00–52.007932
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,090790.00/cwt790.00–790.008,6111
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,9881

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.