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Cullman Stockyards

Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Tue, Aug 11

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001

← Jul 28Aug 11Aug 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

687 head

▼ 84 vs last sale 771▲ 687 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

100 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 76▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 121▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.58/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −68.92 against this barn's trailing median of $209.50.

Average price

$140.58

96 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$10.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.73

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	143.43	737	45
Medium and Large 2	503	138.81	699	45
Medium and Large 3	489	132.50	647	6thin

One grade step is worth $10.93/cwt here — about $90 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

140.58

—

AL average12 barns · 1,007 hd

129.85

+10.73

This barn, trailing median12 sales

209.50

−68.92

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,749	87.01	1,522	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,504	58.95	887	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,249	56.81	710	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,022	50.00	511	3thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	640	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	685	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	148.63/cwt	147.00–150.00	718	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	506	147.85/cwt	147.00–148.00	748	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	534	144.48/cwt	142.00–146.00	772	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	146.02/cwt	145.00–147.00	825	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	567	137.33/cwt	137.00–138.00	779	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	132.75/cwt	130.00–135.00	810	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	655	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	858	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	928	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	128.74/cwt	128.00–129.00	990	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	490	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	139.64/cwt	138.00–142.00	584	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	133.51/cwt	130.00–135.00	574	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	127.03/cwt	126.00–128.00	546	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	554	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	135.49/cwt	135.00–136.00	627	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	128.84/cwt	127.00–131.00	613	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	510	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	607	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	672	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	125.19/cwt	123.00–129.00	666	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	535	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	733	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	552	128.01/cwt	127.00–130.00	707	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	569	123.02/cwt	121.00–125.00	700	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	781	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	634	114.18/cwt	113.00–118.00	724	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	756	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	869	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	265	177.59/cwt	175.00–180.00	471	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	368	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	578	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	426	148.36/cwt	145.00–152.00	632	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	432	158.84/cwt	155.00–162.00	686	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	437	138.32/cwt	135.00–140.00	604	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	469	149.65/cwt	146.00–155.00	702	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	481	141.38/cwt	138.00–145.00	680	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	495	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	663	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	141.07/cwt	137.00–146.00	727	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	532	133.94/cwt	130.00–136.00	713	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	563	123.01/cwt	122.00–124.00	693	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	566	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	767	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	574	130.01/cwt	126.00–133.00	746	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	617	131.99/cwt	128.00–135.00	814	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	627	122.04/cwt	119.00–125.00	765	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	655	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	806	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	673	120.97/cwt	113.00–129.00	814	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,721	85.28/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,468	4
Bulls	—	—	1,805	90.48/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,633	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,022	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	511	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,088	53.41/cwt	52.00–54.00	581	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	57.94/cwt	55.00–61.00	755	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,504	58.95/cwt	57.00–62.00	887	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,413	992.50/cwt	985.00–1,000.00	14,024	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	1,125	1,015.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,025.00	11,419	6

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cullman Stockyard Cattle Auction - Cullman, AL

Tue Aug 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 687Last week 771Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 76Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 121Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	483	147.00–150.00	148.63
1	—	655	131.00	131.00
12	—	610	130.00–135.00	132.75
1	—	725	128.00	128.00
1	—	780	123.00	123.00
2	—	405	158.00	158.00
3	—	567	137.00–138.00	137.33
8	—	534	142.00–146.00	144.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	167.00	167.00
2	—	565	145.00–147.00	146.02
4	—	769	128.00–129.00	128.74
7	—	506	147.00–148.00	147.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	426	145.00–152.00	148.36
2	—	265	175.00–180.00	177.59
17	—	532	130.00–136.00	133.94
2	—	368	157.00	157.00
2	—	673	113.00–129.00	120.97
3	—	627	119.00–125.00	122.04
5	—	481	138.00–145.00	141.38
5	—	574	126.00–133.00	130.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	123.00	123.00
4	—	566	135.00–136.00	135.50
6	—	432	155.00–162.00	158.84
6	—	617	128.00–135.00	131.99
11	—	469	146.00–155.00	149.65
17	—	515	137.00–146.00	141.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	134.00	134.00
2	—	563	122.00–124.00	123.01
3	—	437	135.00–140.00	138.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	532	123.00–129.00	125.19
2	—	360	135.00–137.00	135.99
4	—	569	121.00–125.00	123.02
8	—	476	127.00–131.00	128.84
10	—	430	130.00–135.00	133.51
10	—	634	113.00–118.00	114.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	118.00	118.00
2	—	463	135.00–136.00	135.49
2	—	513	130.00–132.00	131.00
3	—	552	127.00–130.00	128.01
5	—	756	115.00	115.00
6	—	418	138.00–142.00	139.64
1	—	625	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	123.00	123.00
2	—	430	126.00–128.00	127.03
2	—	510	118.00–120.00	118.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,413	985.00–1,000.00	992.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,125	1,010.00–1,025.00	1,015.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,088	52.00–54.00	53.41
24	—	1,303	55.00–61.00	57.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,504	57.00–62.00	58.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,022	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,805	90.00–91.00	90.48
4	—	1,721	83.00–87.00	85.28

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.