Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2021-01-25

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Jan 25
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
237 head
▼ 229 vs last sale 466▲ 237 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 62▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 16▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold steady and slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement Cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.30/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$123.30
52 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$145
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.71
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2376124.7547019thin
Medium and Large 1502122.4761433
One grade step is worth $2.28/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale52 hd
123.30
—
AL average16 barns · 1,789 hd
120.59
+2.71
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—Average1,50876.661,1568thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29454.8370910
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06551.0454412
CowsLean 85-90%Average90443.6639510

Every lot

33 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1315162.50/cwt160.00–167.005125
Steers—Medium and Large 1368156.27/cwt150.00–160.005756
Steers—Medium and Large 1430145.09/cwt140.00–147.506244
Steers—Medium and Large 1480136.60/cwt135.00–140.006563
Steers—Medium and Large 1530131.98/cwt130.00–133.006994
Steers—Medium and Large 1572124.99/cwt122.50–127.507153
Steers—Medium and Large 1610116.61/cwt112.50–119.007114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330131.74/cwt127.50–135.004357
Heifers—Medium and Large 2391122.89/cwt120.00–125.004807
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421117.55/cwt115.00–120.004955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433131.24/cwt127.50–135.0056810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466125.06/cwt122.50–127.505838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520119.93/cwt117.50–121.006245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563114.40/cwt112.50–116.006446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629110.63/cwt107.50–112.506964
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1342155.00/cwt152.50–157.505303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390147.47/cwt145.00–150.005754
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413140.67/cwt137.50–145.005818
Bulls—Medium and Large 1482130.92/cwt125.00–135.006316
Bulls—Medium and Large 1534123.76/cwt120.00–125.006618
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580109.60/cwt107.50–112.506365
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685105.24/cwt105.00–106.007214
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,26872.13/cwt71.00–74.009154
Bulls——1,74881.19/cwt79.00–83.001,4194
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90443.66/cwt42.00–45.0039510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06551.04/cwt49.00–53.0054412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,18859.04/cwt58.00–60.007016
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45348.51/cwt47.00–50.007054
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2853663.42/cwt575.00–750.005,6594
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,034513.72/cwt450.00–550.005,3124
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,053781.31/cwt700.00–850.008,2276
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,202880.66/cwt850.00–950.0010,5865
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2832752.56/cwt675.00–825.006,2613

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.