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Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Tue, Sep 7
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
754 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 742▲ 53 vs year ago 701 · +7.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 57▼ 6 vs year ago 70 · −8.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $153.77/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −55.73 against this barn's trailing median of $209.50.
Average price
$153.77
111 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$780
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.91
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516158.7981947
Medium and Large 2510150.6776850
Medium and Large 3470148.0069514thin
One grade step is worth $10.79/cwt here — about $124 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 sale111 hd
153.77
—
AL average9 barns · 885 hd
139.86
+13.91
This barn, trailing median12 sales
209.50
−55.73
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—Low1,66595.531,59010
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,59471.451,1397thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26569.2487618
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10063.006931thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2490160.00/cwt160.00–160.007841
Steers—Medium and Large 1514161.75/cwt160.00–162.508314
Steers—Medium and Large 1550147.00/cwt147.00–147.008091
Steers—Medium and Large 1652144.80/cwt144.00–145.0094410
Steers—Medium and Large 2671134.00/cwt134.00–134.0089911
Steers—Medium and Large 2743131.00/cwt131.00–131.009733
Steers—Medium and Large 1774133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,03313
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417143.30/cwt140.00–148.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 3429135.79/cwt134.00–138.005836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435154.00/cwt154.00–154.006702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470144.97/cwt144.00–146.006813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477136.70/cwt135.00–140.0065210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485133.00/cwt133.00–133.006451
Heifers—Medium and Large 3505127.00/cwt127.00–127.006411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519141.37/cwt139.00–145.007345
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524134.36/cwt132.00–136.007049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553136.75/cwt136.00–137.007564
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558130.79/cwt127.00–134.0073024
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570126.00/cwt126.00–126.007181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2606128.21/cwt126.00–131.0077720
Heifers—Medium and Large 3610122.00/cwt122.00–122.007441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676128.44/cwt127.00–134.0086811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725126.00/cwt126.00–126.009143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780123.00/cwt123.00–123.009591
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323175.64/cwt175.00–177.005673
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365167.00/cwt167.00–167.006101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2369173.91/cwt170.00–177.006424
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370181.05/cwt180.00–182.006702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1414176.99/cwt175.00–182.007337
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420155.20/cwt154.00–157.006525
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424164.95/cwt162.00–170.006997
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473155.99/cwt150.00–160.0073812
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476146.00/cwt145.00–147.006955
Bulls—Medium and Large 1481162.06/cwt160.00–167.007809
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521145.80/cwt140.00–150.007608
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530155.74/cwt152.00–161.0082520
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540137.00/cwt137.00–137.007401
Bulls—Medium and Large 3550134.00/cwt134.00–134.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560150.98/cwt149.00–155.008456
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575140.59/cwt138.00–143.008082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2629133.57/cwt130.00–137.008409
Bulls—Medium and Large 3640128.00/cwt128.00–128.008191
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660128.31/cwt125.00–130.008473
Bulls—Medium and Large 2723124.97/cwt124.00–126.009042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1773127.68/cwt125.00–131.009873
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64388.74/cwt87.00–91.001,4584
Bulls——1,66596.18/cwt95.00–98.001,6013
Bulls——1,693103.94/cwt103.00–105.001,7603
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10063.00/cwt63.00–63.006931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25065.00/cwt65.00–65.008131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26068.17/cwt65.00–71.0085913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28673.79/cwt72.00–76.009494
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54773.10/cwt72.00–74.001,1313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63070.21/cwt68.00–72.001,1444

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.