Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2025-07-14

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Jul 14
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
419 head
▲ 182 vs last sale 237▼ 49 vs year ago 468 · −10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 31▼ 69 vs year ago 111 · −62.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 11▲ 10 vs year ago 6 · +166.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to weaker. Lightweight feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, heavyweight feeder bulls sold 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with best demand on weaned feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.89/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 3 of 24 comparable sales and sits −31.76 against this barn's trailing median of $355.65.
Average price
$323.89
51 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.95
vs AL average
−14.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541329.361,78018thin
Medium and Large 1-2520323.001,68022
Medium and Large 2544316.751,72311thin
One grade step is worth $12.61/cwt here — about $57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale51 hd
323.89
—
AL average16 barns · 631 hd
321.95
+1.95
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−14.85
This barn, trailing median24 sales
355.65
−31.76
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 500–600 lb

24 sales
427382337292median 355.6503/0206/0108/1009/2811/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.80, low $305.56, median $355.65 across 24 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—Average1,725201.123,4696thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,164162.921,89719
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,468156.672,3003thin

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)—$2,2252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,9001thin

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4701
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6741
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8031
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2584345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,01514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0571
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1292
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1782
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268430.50/cwt425.00–440.001,1543
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323407.52/cwt405.00–410.001,3164
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2337392.98/cwt390.00–395.001,3245
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1354389.35/cwt380.00–400.001,3787
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371370.74/cwt365.00–375.001,3755
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420366.33/cwt360.00–370.001,5397
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440349.29/cwt340.00–355.001,5377
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473344.23/cwt340.00–350.001,6287
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474332.96/cwt325.00–335.001,57810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520329.97/cwt325.00–335.001,7169
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,68022
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529319.19/cwt315.00–322.001,6897
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561328.74/cwt317.00–340.001,8449
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570312.48/cwt310.00–315.001,7814
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2614300.65/cwt295.00–305.001,8468
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617311.41/cwt307.00–315.001,9215
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8954
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1210550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,1551
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2251
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275469.45/cwt440.00–500.001,2912
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2317413.47/cwt410.00–420.001,3113
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335437.50/cwt430.00–445.001,4662
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1364419.83/cwt410.00–430.001,5288
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369389.31/cwt380.00–400.001,4376
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417395.92/cwt385.00–405.001,65111
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435367.07/cwt360.00–375.001,59712
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458355.58/cwt350.00–365.001,6299
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2459341.54/cwt335.00–345.001,56810
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510330.55/cwt325.00–335.001,6868
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518344.92/cwt340.00–350.001,7876
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8321
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2584324.41/cwt320.00–327.001,8957
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610308.75/cwt300.00–315.001,8838
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625329.92/cwt320.00–335.002,0625
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665315.95/cwt310.00–320.002,1015
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680300.11/cwt295.00–305.002,0414
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725293.30/cwt290.00–295.002,1263
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,715211.77/cwt205.00–217.003,6322
Bulls——1,730195.79/cwt192.00–200.003,3874
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,091152.51/cwt150.00–155.001,6645
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,106172.78/cwt170.00–177.001,9116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254162.02/cwt160.00–167.002,0328
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,0481
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,4322
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,225.00/head2,130.00–2,320.002,2252
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.