Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2021-02-08

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Feb 8
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
199 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 305▼ 125 vs year ago 324 · −38.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 30▲ 14 vs year ago 32 · +43.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 19▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower, and feeder bulls sold 4.00 - 8.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cows sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.01/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$127.01
51 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.19
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1436130.8557033
Medium and Large 2404119.9748418thin
One grade step is worth $10.88/cwt here — about $86 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 sale51 hd
127.01
—
AL average16 barns · 1,263 hd
127.19
−0.19
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—Average1,65588.331,4623thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,25866.988432thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02057.8359014
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02645.414667thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1243182.53/cwt180.00–185.004442
Steers—Medium and Large 1283174.48/cwt172.50–175.004945
Steers—Medium and Large 1337168.37/cwt165.00–172.505673
Steers—Medium and Large 1360161.30/cwt160.00–165.005814
Steers—Medium and Large 1427152.96/cwt150.00–157.5065310
Steers—Medium and Large 1462143.29/cwt140.00–150.006623
Steers—Medium and Large 1535136.98/cwt135.00–140.007335
Steers—Medium and Large 1575126.27/cwt124.00–130.007263
Steers—Medium and Large 1690117.50/cwt117.50–117.508111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1263153.74/cwt152.50–155.004042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283132.47/cwt130.00–137.503753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327140.83/cwt139.00–142.504615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1356136.42/cwt135.00–137.504866
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373123.70/cwt120.00–125.004616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416119.39/cwt117.50–120.004974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428133.97/cwt130.00–135.005735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486127.11/cwt125.00–130.006186
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488114.96/cwt112.50–117.505612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513104.12/cwt100.00–107.505343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528121.98/cwt120.00–125.006444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558116.66/cwt115.00–120.006513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623108.71/cwt107.50–110.006772
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265162.41/cwt160.00–167.504303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318157.52/cwt155.00–160.005012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2324139.96/cwt135.00–142.504534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1366148.85/cwt145.00–152.505454
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370132.92/cwt130.00–135.004925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416142.03/cwt140.00–145.005915
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424123.07/cwt120.00–130.005225
Bulls—Medium and Large 1487133.20/cwt130.00–137.006493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516128.72/cwt125.00–130.006648
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568121.63/cwt120.00–125.006913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628117.54/cwt115.00–120.007383
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56384.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3132
Bulls——1,84097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,7851
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%98562.01/cwt60.00–64.006116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02645.41/cwt43.00–47.004667
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04654.70/cwt52.00–56.005728
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25866.98/cwt66.00–68.008432
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2598489.55/cwt485.00–500.002,9283
Bred Cows—Small 1-2861815.29/cwt775.00–875.007,0208
Bred Cows—Small 1-2883600.55/cwt500.00–650.005,3037
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105552.35/cwt500.00–650.006,1034
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,160820.91/cwt775.00–875.009,5232
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240914.47/cwt800.00–950.0011,3394
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2950450.00/cwt450.00–450.004,2751

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.