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Cullman Stockyards

Name: Cullman Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cullman, Alabama · Tue, Jan 6

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2001

← Dec 16Jan 6Jan 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

920 head

▲ 373 vs last sale 547▲ 421 vs year ago 499 · +84.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

75 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 31▲ 36 vs year ago 39 · +92.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 27▲ 13 vs year ago 37 · +35.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available due to market being closed for holidays.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $365.67/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 13 of 33 comparable sales and sits −29.36 against this barn's trailing median of $395.03.

Average price

$365.67

64 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$31.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.99

vs AL average

−44.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	378.83	2,066	37
Medium and Large 2	546	347.62	1,898	27

One grade step is worth $31.21/cwt here — about $168 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 sale64 hd

365.67

—

AL average11 barns · 363 hd

366.66

−0.99

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−44.43

This barn, trailing median33 sales

395.03

−29.36

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,739	190.96	3,320	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,395	156.33	2,181	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,259	155.75	1,961	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	138.50	1,600	2thin

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)	—	$2,650	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,310	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,150	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,950	8

Every lot

63 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,066	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	413.26/cwt	412.50–415.00	2,281	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,211	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,338	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	671	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,436	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,395	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	253	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,341	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	321	438.18/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,407	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	457.67/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,487	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	440.29/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,629	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	424.76/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,597	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	407.07/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,693	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	431.53/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,799	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	402.67/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,852	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	372.46/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,762	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,184	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	375.52/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,956	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	353.61/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,874	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	568	390.77/cwt	387.50–397.50	2,220	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	354.19/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,015	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	335.64/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,940	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	331.37/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,005	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,273	94
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	341.71/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,088	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	335.20/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,206	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	669	316.53/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,118	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,238	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	755	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,492	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,410	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	264	548.29/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,447	7
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	272	586.28/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,595	8
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	535.93/cwt	530.00–555.00	1,694	8
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	510.55/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,649	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	476.54/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,725	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	444.89/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,713	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	424.07/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,785	34
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	437.72/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,852	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	429.65/cwt	420.00–437.00	2,006	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	407.02/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,921	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	411.98/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,113	19
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	386.20/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,039	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	385.37/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,189	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	358.29/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,071	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	354.76/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,207	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	343.09/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,151	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	342.39/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,311	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	322.43/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,176	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,315	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,353	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,647	186.77/cwt	182.00–193.00	3,076	6
Bulls	—	—	1,876	197.25/cwt	194.00–205.00	3,700	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	138.50/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,600	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	150.26/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,830	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,230	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,054	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	156.61/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,967	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,347	165.02/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,223	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,350	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,079	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,605	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,375	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	3,150.00/head	3,100.00–3,200.00	3,150	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	—	2,950.00/head	2,900.00–3,050.00	2,950	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,650.00/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,650	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	2,310.00/head	2,200.00–2,450.00	2,310	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	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 Jan 6, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 920Last week 547Year ago 499

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 31Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 27Year ago 37

No Trends available due to market being closed for holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	253	530.00	530.00
14	300–350	325	445.00–475.00	457.67
11	350–400	370	435.00–445.00	440.29
21	400–450	417	420.00–440.00	431.53
13	450–500	460	395.00–410.00	402.67
16	500–550	521	365.00–387.50	375.52
7	550–600	569	350.00–360.00	354.19
6	600–650	611	340.00–345.00	341.71
10	650–700	658	330.00–337.00	335.20
3	700–750	706	317.00	317.00
2	750–800	765	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	321	430.00–445.00	438.18
14	350–400	376	420.00–430.00	424.76
28	400–450	416	400.00–415.00	407.07
21	450–500	473	360.00–385.00	372.46
18	500–550	530	345.00–360.00	353.61
9	550–600	578	330.00–340.00	335.64
11	600–650	605	330.00–335.00	331.37
6	650–700	669	310.00–320.00	316.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
94	600–650	606	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	420.00	420.00
12	550–600	568	387.50–397.50	390.77
1	750–800	755	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	492	420.00	420.00
2	550–600	567	390.00	390.00
2	600–650	632	370.00	370.00
16	650–700	671	363.00	363.00
1	700–750	715	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	552	412.50–415.00	413.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	264	540.00–560.00	548.29
7	300–350	323	500.00–520.00	510.55
7	350–400	385	430.00–455.00	444.89
34	400–450	421	415.00–430.00	424.07
16	450–500	472	400.00–415.00	407.02
20	500–550	528	375.00–395.00	386.20
9	550–600	578	350.00–365.00	358.29
5	600–650	627	340.00–345.00	343.09
2	650–700	675	320.00–325.00	322.43
1	700–750	735	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	272	570.00–600.00	586.28
8	300–350	316	530.00–555.00	535.93
6	350–400	362	460.00–500.00	476.54
9	400–450	423	435.00–440.00	437.72
13	450–500	467	420.00–437.00	429.65
19	500–550	513	400.00–430.00	411.98
12	550–600	568	370.00–395.00	385.37
13	600–650	622	350.00–370.00	354.76
2	650–700	675	335.00–350.00	342.39
5	750–800	759	310.00	310.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,900.00–3,050.00	2,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	3,100.00–3,200.00	3,150.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	2,200.00–2,450.00	2,310.00

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)	4	—	—	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,650.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,256	154.00–160.00	156.61
12	—	1,218	145.00–153.00	150.26
6	—	1,347	161.00–169.00	165.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	167.00	167.00
1	—	1,350	154.00	154.00
1	—	1,605	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	138.00–139.00	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,876	194.00–205.00	197.25
6	—	1,647	182.00–193.00	186.77

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.