Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2022-08-29

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 29
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
490 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 517▲ 35 vs year ago 455 · +7.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 71▲ 17 vs year ago 68 · +25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 14▼ 29 vs year ago 39 · −74.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher and slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher with high of 92.00. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 - 5.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $172.09/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −26.73 against this barn's trailing median of $198.82.
Average price
$172.09
135 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.46
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1483178.3886162
Medium and Large 2489166.7581573
One grade step is worth $11.63/cwt here — about $46 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 sale135 hd
172.09
—
AL average15 barns · 1,572 hd
160.63
+11.46
This barn, trailing median3 sales
198.82
−26.73
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—Low1,482101.171,4999thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42979.121,1316thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12675.3184828
CowsLean 85-90%Low99252.7752313

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$7501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)770$7001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)875$9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,245$1,2132thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1357213.32/cwt212.50–215.007623
Steers—Medium and Large 1415200.00/cwt200.00–200.008302
Steers—Medium and Large 1620164.96/cwt162.50–167.501,0232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2343160.84/cwt157.50–165.005523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372167.28/cwt165.00–170.006229
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385153.34/cwt150.00–157.505903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405162.50/cwt160.00–165.006584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426144.64/cwt142.50–150.006166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470157.38/cwt155.00–159.0074014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485137.45/cwt135.00–142.506674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509153.51/cwt150.00–155.007817
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532131.97/cwt130.00–135.0070210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576149.02/cwt147.00–150.008587
Heifers—Medium and Large 2591129.60/cwt127.50–130.007666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613137.62/cwt135.00–143.008447
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613125.49/cwt122.50–127.507695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659131.20/cwt130.00–132.008655
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680122.50/cwt122.50–122.508331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713126.25/cwt125.00–127.509002
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2268202.75/cwt200.00–207.505433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1280217.50/cwt217.50–217.506091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318211.26/cwt210.00–212.506724
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323193.49/cwt190.00–197.506252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373203.41/cwt197.50–207.507599
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390185.85/cwt182.50–190.007256
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409192.21/cwt187.50–197.5078612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424176.63/cwt172.50–180.0074914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466179.59/cwt177.50–182.508377
Bulls—Medium and Large 2492170.45/cwt162.50–172.5083917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510170.05/cwt167.50–172.508678
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523159.83/cwt155.00–162.5083619
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570147.48/cwt142.50–150.008414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571158.98/cwt157.50–162.5090812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628153.10/cwt150.00–155.009614
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630137.52/cwt135.00–140.008664
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1657147.33/cwt145.00–150.009683
Bulls—Medium and Large 1715140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715128.72/cwt127.50–130.009202
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775127.50/cwt127.50–127.509881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,05084.65/cwt84.00–85.008893
Bulls——1,698109.43/cwt108.00–113.001,8586
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91045.88/cwt44.00–47.004183
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01061.01/cwt59.00–64.006163
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01952.19/cwt50.00–54.005327
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08567.90/cwt65.00–70.0073711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14877.96/cwt76.00–81.0089512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16285.25/cwt84.00–87.009915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36182.48/cwt80.00–85.001,1234
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56572.40/cwt72.00–73.001,1332
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1751,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3151,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2875900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2770700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070750.00/head750.00–750.007501

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.