Cullman Stockyard Cattle Auction Market Report

Cullman, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 26, 2022

774 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $157.00/cwt ≈ $1,047/hd at 667 lb · 42 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.67/cwt +6.66 vs last sale · ≈ $923/hd at 629 lb · 38 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $159.31/cwt -14.69 vs last sale · ≈ $860/hd at 540 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	774	417	818
Feeder cattle	619	361	698
Slaughter cattle	91	36	85
Replacement cattle	64	20	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower with high yielding bulls up to 120. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady with best demand on pairs.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	197.00	$197.00	$798	—
515–522	518	9	170.00–176.00	$173.31	$898	-10.04
555–580	566	7	160.00–167.00	$162.44	$919	-10.90
664 value added	664	35	159.00	$159.00	$1,056	—
682	682	7	147.00	$147.00	$1,003	—
705	705	1	138.00	$138.00	$973	—
775 value added	775	6	146.00	$146.00	$1,132	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	172.50	$172.50	$802	—
523–547	540	20	158.00–162.50	$159.31	$860	-14.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
594	594	6	158.00	$158.00	$939	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	2	129.00	$129.00	$774	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–420	413	5	162.00–165.00	$164.39	$679	+4.39
504–540	518	9	148.00–154.00	$151.14	$783	+1.11
550–595	567	5	143.00–148.00	$145.95	$828	+1.21
607–634 fancy	628	34	147.00–149.00	$147.40	$926	—
635–645	641	4	139.00–141.00	$140.50	$901	+0.49
660–694	690	13	131.00–135.00	$131.68	$909	-3.32
715–745	730	2	126.00	$126.00	$920	—
770–790	778	4	117.00–124.00	$120.74	$939	—
895 fancy	895	3	123.00	$123.00	$1,101	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	170.00	$170.00	$544	—
405–435	424	4	154.00–157.00	$155.52	$659	+1.96
450–465	452	8	148.00–152.50	$151.49	$685	+7.67
530–545	539	6	143.00–146.00	$144.00	$776	+4.69
550–585	566	7	135.00–142.00	$139.88	$792	+3.67
650–670	660	2	122.00–125.00	$123.52	$815	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	170.00	$170.00	$442	—
305–330	318	2	162.00	$162.00	$515	—
397	397	2	154.00	$154.00	$611	—
400–440	425	3	150.00	$150.00	$638	+3.00
455–490	476	6	140.00–145.00	$143.18	$682	—
500–530	518	3	137.00–140.00	$138.36	$717	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	6	200.00	$200.00	$628	—
353	353	10	193.00	$193.00	$681	-2.07
405–435	427	8	180.00–183.00	$181.15	$774	-4.07
455–465	460	2	170.00–174.00	$172.02	$791	-2.89
505–525	515	2	160.00	$160.00	$824	-7.59
550–595	569	6	152.00–157.00	$153.69	$874	-5.23
605–640	612	9	148.00–150.00	$149.32	$914	+1.03
605–625 fancy	615	2	156.00–158.00	$157.02	$966	—
650–660	655	2	142.00–148.00	$145.02	$950	+3.02
715–730	723	2	130.00–132.00	$130.99	$947	-3.79
750 fancy	750	2	132.00	$132.00	$990	—
795	795	1	122.00	$122.00	$970	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	233	2	210.00–215.00	$212.63	$495	—
290	290	1	207.00	$207.00	$600	+7.00
340	340	1	192.00	$192.00	$653	-5.00
350–370	363	3	180.00–187.00	$183.98	$668	-3.33
405–425	415	3	172.00–176.00	$174.33	$723	+3.19
492	492	7	164.00	$164.00	$807	-2.68
515–545	527	3	154.00–155.00	$154.66	$815	-3.84
570–580	575	4	144.00–150.00	$146.49	$842	—
610–615	613	2	137.00–140.00	$138.51	$849	+1.15
675–690	682	3	130.00–134.00	$132.01	$900	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	225	2	200.00–205.00	$202.39	$455	—
305–345	329	4	180.00–185.00	$181.78	$598	—
360–385	377	5	172.00–177.00	$174.97	$660	—
425–440	433	3	160.00–169.00	$164.72	$713	+2.72
520–530	525	2	147.00–150.00	$148.49	$780	-1.51
605	605	1	130.00	$130.00	$786	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1120	991	85-90%	4	59.00–63.00	$61.12	$606	—
935–1065	1000	85-90%	4	55.00–58.00	$56.29	$563	—
865–1180	1030	85-90%	18	65.00–70.00	$67.65	$697	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1170	1062	80-85%	8	71.00–76.00	$73.62	$782	—
1100–1300	1200	80-85%	15	77.00–82.00	$79.31	$952	—
1235–1375	1298	80-85%	3	83.00–84.00	$83.33	$1,082	-5.25

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1315	1285	75-80%	3	76.00–79.00	$76.99	$989	—
1305–1570	1443	75-80%	8	81.00–86.00	$83.60	$1,206	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1550	1255	3	95.00–99.00	$97.46	$1,223	—
1765	1765	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,800	—
1780–2190	1972	3	109.00–111.00	$109.97	$2,169	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–940	841	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	600.00–750.00	$646.30
940–1035 fancy	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	825.00–875.00	$842.28

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030 fancy	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1050–1100 fancy	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1005–1135	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00–925.00	$894.22
1020–1390	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	950.00–1,100.00	$1,033.94

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–940	878	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–900.00	$865.17

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,395.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.