Sale reports / Alabama / Dothan Stockyards / 2021-04-26

Dothan Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dothan, Alabama · Mon, Apr 26
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1996
Feeder Cattle receipts
459 head
▼ 341 vs last sale 800▼ 60 vs year ago 519 · −11.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 50▼ 22 vs year ago 78 · −28.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 118 vs last sale 146▼ 17 vs year ago 45 · −37.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.31/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −71.94 against this barn's trailing median of $200.25.
Average price
$128.31
89 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$26
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.23
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440140.016163thin
Medium and Large 2444133.0559143
Medium and Large 3481122.7559143
One grade step is worth $17.26/cwt here — about $26 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 sale89 hd
128.31
—
AL average16 barns · 1,258 hd
132.54
−4.23
This barn, trailing median10 sales
200.25
−71.94
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
228204180156median 200.2503/0204/2706/0108/1010/26
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High2,09689.111,8684thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29164.5283313
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07361.5566023
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59558.589344thin

Every lot

44 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3386141.51/cwt135.00–145.0054611
Steers—Medium and Large 2435145.16/cwt145.00–147.0063113
Steers—Medium and Large 2529137.17/cwt136.00–140.0072613
Steers—Medium and Large 2572134.34/cwt134.00–135.007686
Steers—Medium and Large 3593124.49/cwt122.00–127.007382
Steers—Medium and Large 2635128.95/cwt128.00–132.008194
Steers—Medium and Large 2733116.74/cwt112.00–119.008566
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330134.59/cwt132.00–140.004443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355135.00/cwt135.00–135.004792
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365130.49/cwt130.00–131.004762
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383124.13/cwt122.00–127.004757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405133.00/cwt133.00–133.005391
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426125.22/cwt124.00–129.0053312
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480113.96/cwt112.00–118.005473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483128.25/cwt127.00–129.0061916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521123.34/cwt123.00–126.006439
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531120.08/cwt117.00–122.006385
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545110.00/cwt110.00–110.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558121.00/cwt120.00–122.006754
Heifers—Medium and Large 358697.48/cwt90.00–100.005714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590117.00/cwt117.00–117.006905
Heifers—Medium and Large 2614105.99/cwt105.00–112.006517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615115.49/cwt115.00–116.007102
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3309136.64/cwt135.00–145.004226
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373132.82/cwt132.00–135.004957
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380138.62/cwt137.00–142.005279
Bulls—Medium and Large 2407135.45/cwt135.00–137.0055118
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413140.51/cwt140.00–141.005802
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470134.30/cwt133.00–135.006313
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477128.08/cwt125.00–132.0061112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495139.00/cwt139.00–139.006881
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518117.20/cwt116.00–123.006076
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533125.59/cwt125.00–133.0066913
Bulls—Medium and Large 3569111.39/cwt110.00–115.006347
Bulls—Medium and Large 3682101.77/cwt100.00–109.006945
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,09689.11/cwt88.00–93.001,8684
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97152.94/cwt49.00–54.005144
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06359.96/cwt58.00–62.0063710
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12967.15/cwt65.00–70.007589
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29164.52/cwt62.00–67.0083313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59558.58/cwt57.00–59.009344
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—882.86/cwt840.00–990.00—7
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—762.50/cwt730.00–795.00—4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,087.50/cwt1,000.00–1,175.00—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.