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Cullman Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Tue, Nov 11
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001
Feeder Cattle receipts
872 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 799▼ 4 vs year ago 876 · −0.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 48▼ 58 vs year ago 125 · −46.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 22▼ 56 vs year ago 82 · −68.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.18/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 7 of 33 comparable sales and sits −61.85 against this barn's trailing median of $395.03.
Average price
$333.18
69 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,790
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.47
vs AL average
−30.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533341.231,82029
Medium and Large 2540327.341,76840
One grade step is worth $13.89/cwt here — about $52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale69 hd
333.18
—
AL average14 barns · 459 hd
327.71
+5.47
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−30.78
This barn, trailing median33 sales
395.03
−61.85
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
446399352305median 395.0303/0305/0507/0709/0110/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.76, low $319.07, median $395.03 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,576175.882,7714thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,541151.332,3328thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,312149.931,96719
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,210126.881,5353thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,6752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,3501thin

Every lot

50 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
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7753
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy498362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8059
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2507360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,82521
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy532342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8229
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy570340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,93819
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2598347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,0754
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2659320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,10915
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2258402.52/cwt400.00–405.001,0394
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316401.72/cwt400.00–405.001,2696
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326394.12/cwt390.00–395.001,28512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372391.73/cwt390.00–395.001,4573
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376376.85/cwt365.00–385.001,41719
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413379.02/cwt370.00–387.001,56512
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425358.31/cwt355.00–370.001,52320
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468355.50/cwt350.00–365.001,66413
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468342.10/cwt335.00–345.001,60111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519340.08/cwt335.00–345.001,76522
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531329.17/cwt325.00–332.501,74832
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement565400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576320.04/cwt315.00–325.001,8438
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy580355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0591
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581331.78/cwt330.00–335.001,9285
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610320.87/cwt320.00–325.001,95719
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612346.50/cwt346.50–346.502,12186
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627309.68/cwt305.00–315.001,94215
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368436.61/cwt435.00–440.001,6073
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375428.23/cwt425.00–430.001,60611
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411420.32/cwt415.00–435.001,72816
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421398.05/cwt390.00–405.001,67611
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475378.85/cwt372.50–390.001,80010
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475364.99/cwt355.00–370.001,73418
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523358.98/cwt355.00–365.001,87710
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532341.91/cwt335.00–347.001,81916
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559335.42/cwt335.00–340.001,87512
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570326.23/cwt320.00–330.001,8608
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2602317.99/cwt315.00–320.001,9145
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1612325.88/cwt320.00–332.501,99420
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0962
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670302.48/cwt300.00–305.002,0274
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,528180.59/cwt180.00–181.002,7592
Bulls——1,623171.17/cwt169.00–173.002,7782
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,210126.88/cwt126.00–129.001,5353
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242152.02/cwt148.00–156.001,8888
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,255167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,0961
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,348162.30/cwt158.00–165.002,1883
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,369143.19/cwt140.00–146.001,9608
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,538142.05/cwt141.00–143.002,1852
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,599151.90/cwt147.00–155.002,4295
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,675.00/head2,650.00–2,700.002,6752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501

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.