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Cullman Stockyards

Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Tue, Apr 23

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001

← Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

499 head

▼ 352 vs last sale 851▼ 232 vs year ago 731 · −31.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

87 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 114▼ 18 vs year ago 105 · −17.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

54 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 67▲ 11 vs year ago 43 · +25.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $277.69/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −130.83 against this barn's trailing median of $408.53.

Average price

$277.69

37 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$34.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.62

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	296.44	1,550	8thin
Medium and Large 2	537	273.70	1,469	26
Medium and Large 3	518	262.35	1,359	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.09/cwt here — about $191 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale37 hd

277.69

—

AL average12 barns · 176 hd

273.08

+4.62

This barn, trailing median33 sales

408.53

−130.83

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 500–600 lb

33 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $452.37, low $341.07, median $408.53 across 33 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	—	Low	1,858	152.19	2,828	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,401	127.43	1,786	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,256	126.20	1,585	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	999	118.34	1,182	4thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,933	3thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	351.71/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,460	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,441	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	323.35/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,481	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,591	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	784	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	311.36/cwt	310.00–312.00	990	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	326.74/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,052	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	292.05/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,098	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	306.55/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,171	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	279.66/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,194	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	427	263.44/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,125	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	295.02/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,266	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	263.24/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,229	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	284.95/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,336	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	266.83/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,361	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	249.77/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,306	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	243.26/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,391	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	233.29/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,334	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	234.02/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,435	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	227.48/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,410	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	350.59/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,181	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,259	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	353.57/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,280	14
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	339.18/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,265	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	322.27/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,350	16
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	336.42/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,423	19
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	290.35/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,234	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	463	276.16/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,279	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	324.54/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,545	23
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	293.00/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,401	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	306.92/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,571	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	518	262.35/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,359	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	280.89/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,466	19
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,471	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	254.17/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,467	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,500	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	608	244.64/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,487	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	247.87/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,629	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,580	142.28/cwt	141.00–144.00	2,248	3
Bulls	—	—	1,888	152.15/cwt	147.00–157.00	2,873	8
Bulls	—	—	2,057	162.22/cwt	159.00–167.00	3,337	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	999	118.34/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,182	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	135.51/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,664	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,252	126.94/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,589	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	120.81/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,538	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,335	132.90/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,774	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	126.12/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,791	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,771	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1

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 Apr 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 499Last week 851Year ago 731

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 114Year ago 105

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 67Year ago 43

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	131.00–135.00	132.90
5	—	1,420	124.00–129.00	126.12
1	—	1,440	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	999	117.00–120.00	118.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,252	124.00–130.00	126.94
4	—	1,228	132.00–138.00	135.51
8	—	1,273	118.00–123.00	120.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,580	141.00–144.00	142.28
8	—	1,888	147.00–157.00	152.15
3	—	2,057	159.00–167.00	162.22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	280.00	280.00
3	300–350	322	320.00–330.00	326.74
3	350–400	382	305.00–310.00	306.55
16	400–450	429	290.00–300.00	295.02
14	450–500	469	275.00–295.00	284.95
11	500–550	510	260.00–275.00	266.83
13	550–600	572	240.00–250.00	243.26
3	600–650	613	232.00–235.00	234.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	310.00–312.00	311.36
5	350–400	376	290.00–295.00	292.05
15	400–450	427	270.00–285.00	279.66
13	450–500	467	250.00–270.00	263.24
13	500–550	523	240.00–257.00	249.77
3	550–600	572	230.00–235.00	233.29
4	600–650	620	225.00–230.00	227.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	260.00–265.00	263.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	365.00	365.00
14	350–400	362	345.00–360.00	353.57
19	400–450	423	330.00–345.00	336.42
23	450–500	476	315.00–335.00	324.54
6	500–550	512	300.00–317.00	306.92
2	550–600	555	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	600	250.00	250.00
8	650–700	657	247.00–248.00	247.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	345.00–355.00	350.59
7	350–400	373	330.00–345.00	339.18
16	400–450	419	310.00–330.00	322.27
15	450–500	478	280.00–305.00	293.00
19	500–550	522	270.00–292.00	280.89
7	550–600	577	250.00–260.00	254.17
3	600–650	608	240.00–247.00	244.64
1	650–700	650	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	280.00–300.00	290.35
4	450–500	463	270.00–280.00	276.16
3	500–550	518	260.00–265.00	262.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	350.00–355.00	351.71
1	450–500	475	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	335.00	335.00
3	450–500	458	320.00–325.00	323.35

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,800.00	1,800.00

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.