Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2021-04-05

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 5
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
168 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 165▲ 34 vs year ago 134 · +25.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 35▲ 21 vs year ago 35 · +60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 16▲ 33 vs year ago 6 · +550.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls and cows sold unevenly steady. Feeder cattle lightly tested, feeder bulls and steers sold steady to 5.00 higher and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.05/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −52.76 against this barn's trailing median of $198.82.
Average price
$146.05
48 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$703
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.52
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498147.7173628
Medium and Large 2458143.7365920
One grade step is worth $3.98/cwt here — about $77 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 sale48 hd
146.05
—
AL average15 barns · 1,160 hd
141.54
+4.52
This barn, trailing median3 sales
198.82
−52.76
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

3 sales
219201183164median 198.8103/3003/3005/1109/2809/28
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $205.37, low $178.07, median $198.82 across 3 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—High1,64987.761,4476thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,20561.447409thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,03657.3859422
CowsLean 85-90%Average97648.844768thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2313176.28/cwt175.00–177.505522
Steers—Medium and Large 2380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 2425167.50/cwt167.50–167.507121
Steers—Medium and Large 1430173.75/cwt172.50–175.007472
Steers—Medium and Large 1485161.70/cwt160.00–165.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 2522154.19/cwt152.50–155.008053
Steers—Medium and Large 1560155.00/cwt155.00–155.008681
Steers—Medium and Large 2560145.00/cwt145.00–145.008121
Steers—Medium and Large 2625130.12/cwt125.00–135.008132
Steers—Medium and Large 1715125.00/cwt125.00–125.008941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265160.90/cwt157.50–162.504263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305152.50/cwt152.50–152.504651
Heifers—Medium and Large 2341141.87/cwt140.00–145.004844
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368139.20/cwt137.50–140.005123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387145.85/cwt145.00–150.005646
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425135.00/cwt135.00–135.005743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439142.18/cwt140.00–145.006248
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455132.50/cwt132.50–132.506031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545137.50/cwt137.50–137.507492
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608127.01/cwt125.00–129.007722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735120.00/cwt120.00–120.008821
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1309171.85/cwt170.00–177.505314
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340161.27/cwt160.00–162.505482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2361157.84/cwt150.00–160.005706
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390170.00/cwt170.00–170.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405160.00/cwt160.00–160.006481
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435148.14/cwt145.00–150.006444
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455142.50/cwt142.50–142.506481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476152.90/cwt150.00–155.007288
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515131.91/cwt130.00–135.006794
Bulls—Medium and Large 1529142.55/cwt140.00–147.507547
Bulls—Medium and Large 1592132.49/cwt130.00–135.007843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620128.32/cwt127.50–130.007963
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675116.21/cwt115.00–117.507842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1765115.00/cwt115.00–115.008801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46581.84/cwt81.00–84.001,1993
Bulls——1,83293.67/cwt92.00–96.001,7163
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86843.08/cwt42.00–44.003743
Cows—Boner 80-85%94953.50/cwt52.00–55.005088
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04052.29/cwt50.00–53.005445
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08559.60/cwt58.00–62.0064714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20561.44/cwt60.00–64.007409
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2810796.02/cwt700.00–870.006,4482
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2964780.16/cwt700.00–850.007,5215
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-21,000663.13/cwt650.00–675.006,6312
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-21,0251,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,5061
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,270916.90/cwt800.00–975.0011,6453
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3501,218.43/cwt1,200.00–1,225.0016,4494
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2925696.18/cwt625.00–725.006,4404
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,205700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,4352
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,209802.17/cwt775.00–850.009,6984
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,295932.38/cwt800.00–1,000.0012,0744
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,304971.48/cwt875.00–1,050.0012,6684

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.