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Russellville Stockyards

Name: Russellville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Sep 22

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007

← Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

283 head

▼ 160 vs last sale 443▼ 108 vs year ago 391 · −27.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

22 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 38▼ 53 vs year ago 75 · −70.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to weaker. Feeder steers and bull sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $362.73/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 10 of 25 comparable sales and sits −14.36 against this barn's trailing median of $377.09.

Average price

$362.73

20 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$19.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.33

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	372.51	1,987	10thin
Medium and Large 2	549	352.94	1,938	10thin

One grade step is worth $19.57/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale20 hd

362.73

—

AL average14 barns · 418 hd

354.40

+8.33

This barn, trailing median25 sales

377.09

−14.36

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

25 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $432.93, low $334.34, median $377.09 across 25 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	1,877	195.00	3,659	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,215	160.44	1,950	9thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,590	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	397.56/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,039	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,290	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,302	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	397.48/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,427	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	413.11/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,512	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	385.35/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,607	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	377.21/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,584	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	370.67/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,757	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	356.00/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,702	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	346.63/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,785	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	358.33/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,881	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	347.48/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,946	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	330.82/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,919	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	322.51/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,977	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	311.93/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,937	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	282	503.37/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,420	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	465.28/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,480	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	486.53/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,567	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	369	424.92/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,568	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	420.43/cwt	340.00–450.00	1,568	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	416.60/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,741	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	397.62/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,738	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	373.57/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,756	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	392.02/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,874	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	516	367.41/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,896	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	375.02/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,973	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	362.47/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,041	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	343.30/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,960	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	321.24/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,021	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,833	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,483	2
Bulls	—	—	1,920	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,840	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	158.16/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,779	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	169.40/cwt	165.00–172.00	2,089	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,252	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,878	3

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 Sep 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 283Last week 443Year ago 391

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 38Year ago 75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,833	190.00	190.00
2	—	1,920	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	165.00–172.00	169.40
3	—	1,252	150.00	150.00
2	—	1,125	155.00–160.00	158.16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	500.00–505.00	503.37
3	300–350	322	480.00–490.00	486.53
8	350–400	373	340.00–450.00	420.43
10	400–450	418	410.00–425.00	416.60
10	450–500	478	385.00–400.00	392.02
8	500–550	526	365.00–390.00	375.02
2	550–600	563	360.00–365.00	362.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	460.00–470.00	465.28
8	350–400	369	420.00–430.00	424.92
13	400–450	437	390.00–405.00	397.62
11	450–500	470	365.00–380.00	373.57
4	500–550	516	360.00–370.00	367.41
6	550–600	571	340.00–350.00	343.30
4	600–650	629	320.00–325.00	321.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	430.00	430.00
8	350–400	366	405.00–425.00	413.11
10	400–450	417	365.00–400.00	385.35
7	450–500	474	365.00–375.00	370.67
3	500–550	525	355.00–360.00	358.33
4	550–600	560	345.00–350.00	347.48
4	600–650	613	320.00–325.00	322.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	420.00	420.00
6	350–400	359	390.00–400.00	397.48
7	400–450	420	370.00–380.00	377.21
5	450–500	478	350.00–360.00	356.00
8	500–550	515	340.00–352.00	346.63
6	550–600	580	325.00–340.00	330.82
5	600–650	621	310.00–315.00	311.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	530.00	530.00
2	500–550	513	395.00–400.00	397.56
1	550–600	565	375.00	375.00

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.