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Russellville Stockyards

Name: Russellville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-06-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Jun 27

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007

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Feeder Cattle receipts

404 head

▲ 164 vs last sale 240▼ 139 vs year ago 543 · −25.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

112 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 127▲ 25 vs year ago 87 · +28.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

35 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 35▼ 16 vs year ago 51 · −31.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold unevenly steady and slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher with a high of 99.00. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 - 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $156.20/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −42.62 against this barn's trailing median of $198.82.

Average price

$156.20

112 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$27.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.43

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	388	175.63	681	16thin
Medium and Large 2	471	155.58	733	62
Medium and Large 3	439	148.19	650	34

One grade step is worth $27.44/cwt here — about $31 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 sale112 hd

156.20

—

AL average15 barns · 1,108 hd

146.77

+9.43

This barn, trailing median3 sales

198.82

−42.62

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,539	109.58	1,686	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,286	88.42	1,137	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	993	76.85	763	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	841	54.08	455	7thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,035	$775	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	925	$745	10
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	860	$725	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,129	$921	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$868	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	678	$649	12

Every lot

63 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	181.30/cwt	180.00–182.50	689	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	174.04/cwt	170.00–177.50	727	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	166.33/cwt	162.50–170.00	773	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	775	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	555	149.36/cwt	147.50–150.00	829	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	862	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	133.85/cwt	130.00–137.50	908	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	275	156.23/cwt	152.50–160.00	430	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	147.11/cwt	145.00–150.00	456	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	156.57/cwt	155.00–162.50	506	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	153.30/cwt	152.50–155.00	567	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	387	142.91/cwt	140.00–145.00	553	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	147.89/cwt	145.00–150.00	621	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	136.53/cwt	135.00–140.00	583	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	454	132.01/cwt	130.00–135.00	599	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	143.95/cwt	142.50–145.00	704	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	514	127.51/cwt	125.00–130.00	655	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	138.49/cwt	135.00–140.00	719	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	132.16/cwt	130.00–135.00	765	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	282	170.99/cwt	167.50–172.50	482	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	284	184.35/cwt	182.50–185.00	524	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	315	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	599	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	321	162.09/cwt	160.00–167.50	520	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	338	177.03/cwt	175.00–180.00	598	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	359	178.95/cwt	177.50–180.00	642	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	371	154.99/cwt	152.50–157.50	575	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	386	168.17/cwt	165.00–172.50	649	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	403	161.88/cwt	160.00–165.00	652	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	413	172.06/cwt	170.00–177.50	711	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	417	149.99/cwt	147.50–152.50	625	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	450	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	754	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	466	156.78/cwt	155.00–160.00	731	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	143.13/cwt	140.00–148.00	673	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	525	138.56/cwt	135.00–140.00	727	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	530	147.25/cwt	145.00–152.50	780	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	564	143.49/cwt	140.00–145.00	809	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	577	133.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	770	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	618	122.43/cwt	120.00–125.00	757	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	627	132.45/cwt	130.00–135.00	830	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	693	122.49/cwt	120.00–125.00	849	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	765	112.47/cwt	110.00–117.50	860	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,130	93.01/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,051	3
Bulls	—	—	1,428	106.64/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,523	3
Bulls	—	—	1,851	121.28/cwt	118.00–124.00	2,245	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	798	56.75/cwt	55.00–60.00	453	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	898	50.52/cwt	48.00–53.00	454	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	943	75.78/cwt	74.00–78.00	715	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	945	68.32/cwt	65.00–70.00	646	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,085	83.83/cwt	82.00–86.00	910	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,224	90.98/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,114	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	82.87/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,177	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	855	707.55/head	600.00–850.00	708	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	800.85/head	750.00–850.00	801	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	735	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	864.53/head	825.00–900.00	865	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	930	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,327	1,060.40/head	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,060	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small 1-2	566	502.33/head	435.00–600.00	502	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	733.94/head	640.00–775.00	734	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	818	920.14/head	915.00–925.00	920	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Northwest Alabama Livestock Cattle Sale - Russellville, AL

Mon Jun 27, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 404Last week 240Year ago 543

Slaughter CattleReceipts 112Last week 127Year ago 87

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 35Year ago 51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	386	165.00–172.50	168.17
3	—	765	110.00–117.50	112.47
11	—	466	155.00–160.00	156.78
4	—	564	140.00–145.00	143.49
8	—	530	145.00–152.50	147.25
4	—	693	120.00–125.00	122.49
3	—	627	130.00–135.00	132.45
8	—	403	160.00–165.00	161.88
6	—	338	175.00–180.00	177.03
4	—	284	182.50–185.00	184.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	120.00–125.00	122.43
5	—	525	135.00–140.00	138.56
7	—	321	160.00–167.50	162.09
5	—	470	140.00–148.00	143.13
5	—	577	130.00–135.00	133.52
4	—	371	152.50–157.50	154.99
3	—	282	167.50–172.50	170.99
3	—	417	147.50–152.50	149.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	413	170.00–177.50	172.06
2	—	450	167.50	167.50
1	—	315	190.00	190.00
7	—	359	177.50–180.00	178.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	370	152.50–155.00	153.30
7	—	489	142.50–145.00	143.95
5	—	519	135.00–140.00	138.49
9	—	420	145.00–150.00	147.89
7	—	579	130.00–135.00	132.16
9	—	323	155.00–162.50	156.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	514	125.00–130.00	127.51
4	—	275	152.50–160.00	156.23
5	—	427	135.00–140.00	136.53
9	—	387	140.00–145.00	142.91
10	—	454	130.00–135.00	132.01
6	—	310	145.00–150.00	147.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	142.50	142.50
2	—	465	162.50–170.00	166.33
4	—	555	147.50–150.00	149.36
2	—	380	180.00–182.50	181.30
2	—	678	130.00–137.50	133.85
1	—	500	155.00	155.00
3	—	418	170.00–177.50	174.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,085	82.00–86.00	83.83
18	—	943	74.00–78.00	75.78
10	—	945	65.00–70.00	68.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,420	81.00–85.00	82.87
13	—	1,224	89.00–93.00	90.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	798	55.00–60.00	56.75
3	—	898	48.00–53.00	50.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	104.00–109.00	106.64
3	—	1,130	90.00–95.00	93.01
5	—	1,851	118.00–124.00	121.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,030	750.00–850.00	800.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,035	775.00	775.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	855	600.00–850.00	707.55

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	725.00	725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	700.00	700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,327	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,060.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	925	825.00–900.00	864.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	566	435.00–600.00	502.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	775	640.00–775.00	733.94

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	818	915.00–925.00	920.14

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	860	725.00	725.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.