Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2021-01-04

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Jan 4
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
273 head
▼ 134 vs last sale 407▼ 39 vs year ago 312 · −12.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 59▼ 4 vs year ago 69 · −5.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 33▼ 19 vs year ago 35 · −54.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available, market not covered last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.62/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$118.62
77 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$531
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.20
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1473119.9056850
Medium and Large 2401116.2746627
One grade step is worth $3.63/cwt here — about $101 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 sale77 hd
118.62
—
AL average5 barns · 291 hd
117.43
+1.20
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,65375.711,2518thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,25952.7466415
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10348.1953214
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03643.244484thin

Every lot

40 lots · USDA AMS · Northwest Alabama Livestock Cattle Sale - Russellville, 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1358152.55/cwt150.00–160.005464
Steers—Medium and Large 2366144.57/cwt140.00–147.505295
Steers—Medium and Large 2425138.29/cwt135.00–140.005883
Steers—Medium and Large 1438146.69/cwt145.00–147.506436
Steers—Medium and Large 2471133.06/cwt130.00–137.506275
Steers—Medium and Large 1481143.98/cwt142.50–145.006935
Steers—Medium and Large 1513135.96/cwt130.00–142.506975
Steers—Medium and Large 1673106.03/cwt102.50–110.007145
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2286126.14/cwt125.00–130.003614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310131.25/cwt130.00–132.504074
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327123.27/cwt120.00–125.004033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361125.98/cwt125.00–127.504555
Heifers—Medium and Large 2389118.73/cwt115.00–120.004628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439124.08/cwt123.00–125.0054513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2444113.00/cwt112.50–115.005025
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458110.64/cwt110.00–112.505074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478119.54/cwt117.00–122.5057110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513102.48/cwt100.00–107.505263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530114.37/cwt110.00–117.5060612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630109.85/cwt105.00–112.506926
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377138.27/cwt135.00–140.005213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390149.19/cwt147.50–150.005823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422131.78/cwt127.50–135.005567
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425145.87/cwt145.00–147.506203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467142.04/cwt137.50–145.006635
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516132.56/cwt127.50–137.506847
Bulls—Medium and Large 2537120.06/cwt115.00–125.006457
Bulls—Medium and Large 2567110.01/cwt107.50–112.506243
Bulls—Medium and Large 1569118.20/cwt115.00–125.006739
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628112.46/cwt110.00–115.007063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675103.75/cwt102.50–107.507004
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32671.39/cwt69.00–73.009474
Bulls——1,98080.03/cwt78.00–82.001,5854
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03643.24/cwt43.00–44.004484
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10348.19/cwt46.00–50.0053214
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25952.74/cwt51.00–55.0066415
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2803459.78/cwt450.00–470.003,6922
Bred Cows—Small 1-2945398.81/cwt375.00–425.003,7692
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,078698.32/cwt675.00–725.007,5282
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,162784.07/cwt725.00–850.009,1113

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.