Sale reports / Alabama / Cullman Stockyards / 2019-10-03

Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Thu, Oct 3
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
752 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 819▲ 752 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 68▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 30▲ 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 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade active with moderate 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 $115.13/cwt on 118 head.
Average price
$115.13
118 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.12
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1649116.6475791
Medium and Large 2535110.2559025
Medium and Large 3515107.505542thin
One grade step is worth $9.14/cwt here — about $203 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 sale118 hd
115.13
—
AL average16 barns · 2,070 hd
110.02
+5.12
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—Average2,02073.001,4751thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53349.467584thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18848.2057315
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05241.654383thin

Every lot

54 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 2529129.90/cwt127.00–131.0068718
Steers—Medium and Large 2640123.54/cwt123.00–124.0079111
Steers—Medium and Large 1707132.00/cwt132.00–132.0093314
Steers—Medium and Large 1784127.00/cwt127.00–127.0099613
Steers—Medium and Large 1818121.00/cwt121.00–121.0099027
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405125.00/cwt125.00–125.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426119.97/cwt118.00–122.005114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470116.30/cwt115.00–118.005473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474120.32/cwt120.00–122.005706
Heifers—Medium and Large 3490112.00/cwt112.00–112.005491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525115.17/cwt115.00–116.006056
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530110.93/cwt105.00–112.0058810
Heifers—Medium and Large 3540103.00/cwt103.00–103.005561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567114.82/cwt112.00–115.0065117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2574106.21/cwt103.00–107.006105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616110.62/cwt107.00–112.0068111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy635119.00/cwt119.00–119.007569
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650100.00/cwt100.00–100.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675105.46/cwt103.00–108.007122
Heifers—Medium and Large 272593.50/cwt92.00–95.006782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy726108.00/cwt108.00–108.007843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added750120.00/cwt120.00–120.0090035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760102.00/cwt102.00–102.007751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415127.50/cwt125.00–130.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430137.53/cwt135.00–140.005912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468125.57/cwt120.00–127.0058810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1469134.05/cwt130.00–136.006294
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518125.42/cwt124.00–130.006507
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520111.00/cwt111.00–111.005771
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523116.54/cwt115.00–120.006104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2584112.76/cwt112.00–115.006594
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610116.98/cwt116.00–118.007142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668113.46/cwt110.00–117.007582
Bulls—Medium and Large 2683105.73/cwt102.00–108.007223
Bulls—Medium and Large 271898.29/cwt95.00–100.007063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1720109.00/cwt109.00–109.007851
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,02073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,4751
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01544.00/cwt44.00–44.004471
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07040.47/cwt40.00–41.004332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14542.97/cwt42.00–44.004922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19247.74/cwt45.00–51.0056911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20855.99/cwt54.00–58.006762
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53349.46/cwt47.00–52.007584
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,8252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,038808.33/cwt800.00–820.008,3903
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,055937.00/cwt902.00–972.009,8852
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,063732.50/cwt720.00–745.007,7862
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,075739.50/cwt734.00–745.007,9502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,090822.00/cwt804.00–840.008,9602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,100915.00/cwt915.00–915.0010,0651
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,113956.00/cwt940.00–972.0010,6402
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,2751,105.00/cwt1,105.00–1,105.0014,0891

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.