Sale reports / Alabama / Dothan Stockyards / 2020-02-17

Dothan Stockyards

Name: Dothan Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dothan, Alabama · Mon, Feb 17

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1996

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Feeder Cattle receipts

452 head

▲ 452 vs last sale 0▲ 452 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

87 head

▲ 87 vs last sale 0▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

93 head

▲ 93 vs last sale 0▲ 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $150.75/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −49.50 against this barn's trailing median of $200.25.

Average price

$150.75

103 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$31.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.37

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	474	154.90	734	55
Medium and Large 2	459	149.19	685	42
Medium and Large 3	507	123.67	627	6thin

One grade step is worth $31.23/cwt here — about $107 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 sale103 hd

150.75

—

AL average14 barns · 808 hd

142.38

+8.37

This barn, trailing median10 sales

200.25

−49.50

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

10 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.31, low $169.83, median $200.25 across 10 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	—	Average	1,857	85.16	1,582	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,247	66.36	828	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,655	64.00	1,059	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,020	52.58	536	7thin

Every lot

68 lots · USDA AMS · Dothan Livestock Co. - Dothan, 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	629	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	181.99/cwt	181.00–183.00	679	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	168.87/cwt	165.00–173.00	638	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	393	156.51/cwt	155.00–158.00	615	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	477	159.00/cwt	157.00–163.00	758	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	155.65/cwt	155.00–157.00	828	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	148.99/cwt	148.00–154.00	848	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	583	142.72/cwt	140.00–144.00	832	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	140.70/cwt	139.00–142.00	878	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	135.74/cwt	132.00–138.00	892	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	740	117.52/cwt	115.00–120.00	870	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	237	136.69/cwt	135.00–140.00	324	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	295	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	472	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	154.81/cwt	152.00–159.00	508	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	162.05/cwt	161.00–163.00	535	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	146.40/cwt	142.00–150.00	546	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	388	126.08/cwt	122.00–130.00	489	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	158.41/cwt	156.00–160.00	623	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	412	140.61/cwt	139.00–142.00	579	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	151.13/cwt	150.00–154.00	630	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	471	132.65/cwt	129.00–137.00	625	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	144.99/cwt	144.00–146.00	686	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	137.01/cwt	135.00–140.00	699	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	123.22/cwt	122.00–127.00	702	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	578	111.60/cwt	107.00–116.00	645	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	615	103.03/cwt	102.00–105.00	634	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	117.49/cwt	117.00–119.00	726	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	659	113.02/cwt	112.00–116.00	745	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	717	91.67/cwt	90.00–95.00	657	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	108.71/cwt	107.00–112.00	788	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	285	180.11/cwt	177.00–182.00	513	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	317	173.60/cwt	170.00–175.00	550	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	327	182.79/cwt	180.00–190.00	598	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	355	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	469	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	378	172.55/cwt	170.00–180.00	652	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	383	160.10/cwt	155.00–165.00	613	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	162.28/cwt	160.00–167.00	682	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	426	150.63/cwt	145.00–155.00	642	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	471	154.57/cwt	152.00–157.00	728	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	472	143.25/cwt	140.00–145.00	676	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	524	143.44/cwt	142.00–148.00	752	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	543	135.77/cwt	132.00–137.00	737	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	574	128.97/cwt	125.00–132.00	740	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	578	137.24/cwt	135.00–140.00	793	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	617	129.34/cwt	129.00–130.00	798	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	660	127.50/cwt	127.00–128.00	842	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	683	119.61/cwt	118.00–123.00	817	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	740	110.53/cwt	106.00–115.00	818	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,819	90.82/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,652	5
Bulls	—	—	1,871	83.14/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,556	9
Bulls	—	—	1,925	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,444	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	928	42.53/cwt	40.00–45.00	395	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	529	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	58.34/cwt	58.00–59.00	646	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,112	65.35/cwt	64.00–66.00	727	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,123	59.79/cwt	59.00–60.00	671	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	69.95/cwt	68.00–72.00	944	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,655	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,059	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,057.50/cwt	1,050.00–1,065.00	—	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963.33/cwt	945.00–1,000.00	—	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885.00/cwt	840.00–900.00	—	4
Bred Cows	—	Small 3	—	861.67/cwt	850.00–885.00	—	3
Bred Cows	—	Small 3	—	690.00/cwt	665.00–740.00	—	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,141.67/cwt	1,100.00–1,225.00	—	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 3	—	853.13/cwt	700.00–875.00	—	16

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 →

Dothan Livestock Co. - Dothan, AL

Mon Feb 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 452Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 93Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	132.00	132.00
2	—	635	115.00	115.00
2	—	435	130.00	130.00
1	—	545	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	471	152.00–157.00	154.57
8	—	378	170.00–180.00	172.55
7	—	524	142.00–148.00	143.44
7	—	327	180.00–190.00	182.79
4	—	660	127.00–128.00	127.50
3	—	617	129.00–130.00	129.34
10	—	420	160.00–167.00	162.28
8	—	578	135.00–140.00	137.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	140.00–145.00	143.25
2	—	740	106.00–115.00	110.53
7	—	574	125.00–132.00	128.97
7	—	426	145.00–155.00	150.63
7	—	317	170.00–175.00	173.60
5	—	285	177.00–182.00	180.11
4	—	543	132.00–137.00	135.77
4	—	383	155.00–165.00	160.10
3	—	683	118.00–123.00	119.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	157.00–163.00	159.00
2	—	378	165.00–173.00	168.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	532	155.00–157.00	155.65
8	—	657	132.00–138.00	135.74
7	—	624	139.00–142.00	140.70
6	—	569	148.00–154.00	148.99
4	—	373	181.00–183.00	181.99
1	—	340	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	140.00–144.00	142.72
2	—	740	115.00–120.00	117.52
2	—	393	155.00–158.00	156.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	102.00–105.00	103.03
3	—	717	90.00–95.00	91.67
3	—	237	135.00–140.00	136.69
2	—	578	107.00–116.00	111.60
2	—	388	122.00–130.00	126.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	471	129.00–137.00	132.65
9	—	373	142.00–150.00	146.40
8	—	412	139.00–142.00	140.61
8	—	328	152.00–159.00	154.81
4	—	659	112.00–116.00	113.02
4	—	618	117.00–119.00	117.49
4	—	570	122.00–127.00	123.22
3	—	725	107.00–112.00	108.71
2	—	295	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	417	150.00–154.00	151.13
6	—	510	135.00–140.00	137.01
5	—	393	156.00–160.00	158.41
4	—	473	144.00–146.00	144.99
4	—	330	161.00–163.00	162.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,108	58.00–59.00	58.34
2	—	980	54.00	54.00
2	—	928	40.00–45.00	42.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,350	68.00–72.00	69.95
5	—	1,123	59.00–60.00	59.79
3	—	1,112	64.00–66.00	65.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,871	80.00–85.00	83.14
5	—	1,819	90.00–94.00	90.82
1	—	1,925	75.00	75.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	850.00–885.00	861.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	665.00–740.00	690.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	945.00–1,000.00	963.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,050.00–1,065.00	1,057.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	840.00–900.00	885.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	—	700.00–875.00	853.13

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,100.00–1,225.00	1,141.67

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.