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Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Tue, Jan 19
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
950 head
▲ 543 vs last sale 407▲ 233 vs year ago 717 · +32.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 32▲ 32 vs year ago 49 · +65.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 0▲ 63 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 steady to weaker. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with very good 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 $144.05/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −65.45 against this barn's trailing median of $209.50.
Average price
$144.05
127 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.82
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476153.7273137
Medium and Large 2488140.8868878
Medium and Large 3465134.8462712thin
One grade step is worth $18.88/cwt here — about $104 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
144.05
—
AL average15 barns · 1,390 hd
128.23
+15.82
This barn, trailing median12 sales
209.50
−65.45
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—Low1,51876.381,1597thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57753.948507thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18452.6962430
CowsLean 85-90%Average99350.665033thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2595134.00/cwt134.00–134.007973
Steers—Medium and Large 2691120.00/cwt120.00–120.0082919
Steers—Medium and Large 1712120.00/cwt120.00–120.008544
Steers—Medium and Large 1775117.93/cwt117.00–119.0091417
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370134.59/cwt132.00–137.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370130.00/cwt130.00–130.004811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408135.98/cwt135.00–137.005552
Heifers—Medium and Large 3414121.99/cwt120.00–123.005054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430130.24/cwt125.00–132.0056014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457131.75/cwt130.00–132.006028
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463115.98/cwt115.00–117.005372
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479123.60/cwt120.00–126.005927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513126.84/cwt125.00–131.0065114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518118.89/cwt117.00–122.006169
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525109.21/cwt109.00–110.005735
Heifers—Medium and Large 3550107.00/cwt107.00–107.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572111.60/cwt110.00–112.006385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580117.94/cwt116.00–121.006843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609112.81/cwt112.00–116.006875
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615107.00/cwt107.00–107.006581
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy642101.00/cwt101.00–101.006482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy655118.00/cwt118.00–118.007731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674109.82/cwt106.00–112.007409
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open777108.00/cwt108.00–108.008397
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2210187.00/cwt187.00–187.003931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270174.81/cwt172.00–177.004724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273184.45/cwt180.00–190.005044
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315157.00/cwt157.00–157.004951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323180.00/cwt180.00–180.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325168.99/cwt165.00–172.005493
Bulls—Medium and Large 3360155.00/cwt155.00–155.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371176.19/cwt171.00–180.006544
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378165.36/cwt162.00–169.006256
Bulls—Medium and Large 1412167.17/cwt164.00–170.006897
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418154.28/cwt150.00–160.0064511
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420141.34/cwt137.00–147.005943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466155.82/cwt155.00–158.007266
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468146.37/cwt140.00–148.0068510
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478132.54/cwt130.00–135.006342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507143.29/cwt140.00–150.007263
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513135.08/cwt130.00–138.0069325
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518126.31/cwt124.00–128.006543
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550135.50/cwt134.00–137.007452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2566126.32/cwt125.00–128.007156
Bulls—Medium and Large 3568119.00/cwt118.00–120.006762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2642112.17/cwt111.00–117.007205
Bulls—Medium and Large 2673110.72/cwt108.00–112.007454
Bulls—Medium and Large 1712113.14/cwt110.00–116.008067
Bulls—Medium and Large 2718101.33/cwt100.00–102.007283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1770107.00/cwt107.00–107.008241
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44779.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1433
Bulls——1,57174.41/cwt72.00–76.001,1694
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99350.66/cwt49.00–52.005033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03847.22/cwt45.00–49.004906
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20157.00/cwt57.00–57.006854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22453.47/cwt50.00–56.0065420
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55058.00/cwt58.00–58.008991
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58153.26/cwt52.00–54.008426
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,000800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050834.00/cwt800.00–850.008,7575
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,050775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,1381
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,087911.67/cwt900.00–925.009,9103
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,110905.00/cwt900.00–910.0010,0462

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.