Sale reports / Alabama / Cullman Stockyards / 2024-06-11

Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Tue, Jun 11
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
831 head
▲ 274 vs last sale 557▼ 200 vs year ago 1,031 · −19.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 121▼ 52 vs year ago 153 · −34.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 104▼ 18 vs year ago 53 · −34.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $275.68/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −164.32 against this barn's trailing median of $440.00.
Average price
$275.68
33 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.61
vs AL average
−23.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518297.501,5419thin
Medium and Large 2585267.501,56524
One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale33 hd
275.68
—
AL average12 barns · 176 hd
285.29
−9.61
National average149 barns · 7,793 hd
299.42
−23.74
This barn, trailing median15 sales
440.00
−164.32
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

15 sales
494437380324median 440.0003/0305/0506/0908/0410/20
Steers 500–600 lb: high $479.50, low $337.71, median $440.00 across 15 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—Low1,677154.602,5926thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,522146.232,22515
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,286145.881,87527
CowsLean 85-90%Average983123.331,2123thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,2502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,0252thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2442325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4374
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned472290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,36910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,4432
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5419
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,5688
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned595262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,56216
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5564
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,74219
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2699252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,76520
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2711245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,74680
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2821236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,93862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318327.52/cwt325.00–330.001,0424
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331337.79/cwt335.00–345.001,11810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367310.59/cwt307.00–315.001,1406
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375296.50/cwt290.00–305.001,11212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423289.29/cwt285.00–300.001,22417
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437272.58/cwt265.00–280.001,19110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned445260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,15711
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458281.44/cwt270.00–287.501,28924
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478261.61/cwt258.00–265.001,25013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518260.64/cwt260.00–262.001,3506
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520243.37/cwt240.00–245.001,2663
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned525240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2603
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529250.96/cwt250.00–255.001,32827
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553246.77/cwt242.00–247.501,36510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561257.70/cwt250.00–259.001,44613
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,46712
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1233365.00/cwt365.00–365.008503
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1262370.00/cwt370.00–370.009692
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285344.82/cwt340.00–350.009832
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2313337.48/cwt335.00–340.001,0562
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318351.49/cwt345.00–355.001,1189
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370327.60/cwt325.00–330.001,2124
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376341.35/cwt340.00–345.001,2837
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408322.77/cwt310.00–330.001,3179
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424299.34/cwt295.00–305.001,2697
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3434286.95/cwt280.00–290.001,2455
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465302.89/cwt295.00–310.001,4085
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478282.23/cwt275.00–285.001,34925
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523260.42/cwt255.00–262.501,36214
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528269.06/cwt265.00–275.001,4219
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2569252.39/cwt250.00–255.001,4367
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575261.36/cwt260.00–262.001,5033
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,408144.25/cwt140.00–148.002,0312
Bulls——1,728158.37/cwt158.00–159.002,7373
Bulls——2,060164.00/cwt164.00–164.003,3781
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%983123.33/cwt123.00–124.001,2123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,196136.72/cwt135.00–138.001,6354
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,277145.66/cwt141.00–149.001,86017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370152.59/cwt151.00–155.002,0906
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510154.53/cwt152.00–158.002,3335
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,521143.53/cwt141.00–147.002,1837
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,542138.70/cwt138.00–139.002,1393
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—2,025.00/head2,000.00–2,050.002,0252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001

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.