Sale reports / Alabama / Cullman Stockyards / 2020-01-14

Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Tue, Jan 14
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,089 head
▲ 1,089 vs last sale 0▲ 1,089 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 0▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 0▲ 125 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 steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active with very 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 $138.91/cwt on 146 head.
Average price
$138.91
146 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.90
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2425139.6459454
Medium and Large 1489139.2468087
Medium and Large 3444125.405575thin
One grade step is worth $14.24/cwt here — about $37 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 sale146 hd
138.91
—
AL average14 barns · 2,005 hd
131.01
+7.90
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—Average1,79076.051,3614thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24546.8958419
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,51845.006832thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed333179.00/cwt179.00–179.005967
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed358172.00/cwt172.00–172.0061620
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy404165.00/cwt165.00–165.006676
Steers—Medium and Large 2453164.00/cwt164.00–164.0074325
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy494156.00/cwt156.00–156.0077114
Steers—Medium and Large 2553148.00/cwt148.00–148.008186
Steers—Medium and Large 1600151.00/cwt151.00–151.0090611
Steers—Medium and Large 2614142.00/cwt142.00–142.008724
Steers—Medium and Large 2707126.00/cwt126.00–126.0089112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2331156.00/cwt156.00–156.0051619
Heifers—Medium and Large 3355135.00/cwt135.00–135.004791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377156.05/cwt156.00–157.0058823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378146.08/cwt142.00–149.0055212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422133.30/cwt130.00–137.005637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423145.07/cwt140.00–148.0061419
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425127.00/cwt127.00–127.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458139.02/cwt138.00–140.006372
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463124.49/cwt124.00–125.005762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478128.82/cwt127.00–132.006165
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515116.00/cwt116.00–116.005971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523123.41/cwt120.00–125.006453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534133.06/cwt127.00–137.0071113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added556134.00/cwt134.00–134.007455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572128.31/cwt120.00–130.0073413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575117.51/cwt117.00–118.006762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620119.52/cwt118.00–122.007416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620113.27/cwt112.00–115.007024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668117.51/cwt115.00–118.007856
Heifers—Medium and Large 279294.00/cwt94.00–94.007442
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265185.00/cwt185.00–185.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265180.00/cwt180.00–180.004771
Bulls—Medium and Large 3295172.00/cwt172.00–172.005071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1324175.97/cwt175.00–177.005706
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335167.46/cwt165.00–170.005612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358171.99/cwt170.00–174.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370163.41/cwt160.00–165.006057
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432162.38/cwt162.00–165.0070115
Bulls—Medium and Large 3432146.34/cwt145.00–147.006323
Bulls—Medium and Large 2437156.33/cwt155.00–157.006833
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455136.01/cwt135.00–137.006192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458159.58/cwt157.00–160.0073112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465145.47/cwt142.00–148.006764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1514141.77/cwt140.00–145.007295
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520127.00/cwt127.00–127.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524134.48/cwt132.00–136.007058
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565133.22/cwt130.00–136.007534
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570125.99/cwt125.00–128.007185
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622123.87/cwt121.00–128.007707
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Gaunt665126.00/cwt126.00–126.008386
Bulls—Medium and Large 1688119.00/cwt118.00–120.008192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1855100.00/cwt100.00–100.008552
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1411
Bulls——1,84378.07/cwt75.00–80.001,4393
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15444.47/cwt43.00–45.005139
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32552.00/cwt52.00–52.006891
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32748.74/cwt46.00–51.006479
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51845.00/cwt45.00–45.006832
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,025825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,4561
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,075775.00/cwt750.00–800.008,3314
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,125700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,8751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1221,115.00/cwt1,100.00–1,150.0012,51010
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0015,9002

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.