Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Alabama Daily Auction Summary, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

1,678 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $115.03/cwt +2.07 vs last sale · ≈ $492/hd at 428 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $110.70/cwt -2.08 vs last sale · ≈ $523/hd at 472 lb · 23 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 3 steers $127.40/cwt +7.40 vs last sale · ≈ $501/hd at 393 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,678	2,751	800
Feeder cattle	1,339	2,340	655
Slaughter cattle	222	269	93
Replacement cattle	117	142	52

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter classes sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. All feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 higher. Trade was moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs were mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	172.00	$172.00	$464	+3.28
305–345	323	6	150.00–170.00	$161.15	$521	-1.84
355–365	362	3	145.00–147.00	$145.65	$527	-10.25
410–445	433	6	140.00–145.00	$141.46	$613	-2.65
460–475	468	2	134.00–135.00	$134.51	$630	-0.89
510–515	513	2	136.00–138.00	$137.00	$703	+6.85
580–590	586	5	122.00–125.00	$122.79	$720	-3.22
615–640	633	10	116.00–124.00	$119.28	$755	-5.97
665–690	678	20	114.00–120.00	$117.65	$798	-5.92
700–725	713	5	100.00–122.00	$115.01	$820	-6.56
755–780	770	6	108.00–118.00	$114.32	$880	+5.32
860	860	1	107.00	$107.00	$920	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	283	2	145.00–152.00	$148.53	$420	—
300–345	323	2	140.00–147.50	$143.49	$463	-5.40
360–395	380	14	137.00–148.00	$144.40	$549	+3.26
415–420	417	3	130.00–135.00	$133.32	$556	-4.34
455–480	469	8	126.00–132.00	$130.49	$612	-0.55
510–540	521	7	123.00–126.00	$124.17	$647	-1.24
560–580	567	15	114.00–123.00	$121.33	$688	-0.86
610–645	628	3	113.00–119.00	$116.39	$731	-4.75
660–675	668	2	112.00–115.00	$113.52	$758	-0.95
770	770	6	109.00	$109.00	$839	-3.15

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–270	265	3	130.00–135.00	$131.60	$349	—
310	310	1	125.00	$125.00	$388	-9.16
360–395	393	22	120.00–128.00	$127.40	$501	+7.40
575–590	587	12	107.00–110.00	$109.51	$643	—
620	620	2	105.00	$105.00	$651	-5.66
660	660	3	100.00	$100.00	$660	-9.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	329	10	118.00–135.00	$128.19	$422	+4.49
360–385	375	14	118.00–120.00	$118.91	$446	+1.37
415–445	428	28	110.00–120.00	$115.03	$492	+2.07
455–495	472	23	108.00–114.00	$110.70	$523	-2.08
500–545	524	16	100.00–110.00	$105.79	$554	-2.30
565–585	577	9	95.00–107.00	$102.37	$591	-4.70
625	625	1	100.00	$100.00	$625	-2.41
655–660	660	12	100.00–102.00	$100.17	$661	-0.82
735–745	739	7	96.00–100.00	$98.42	$727	+3.49
760–790	780	3	81.00–91.00	$87.29	$681	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	333	6	120.00–138.00	$123.11	$410	-14.28
350–395	374	14	122.00–126.00	$123.39	$461	-7.31
400–445	431	20	117.00–127.00	$119.78	$516	-3.42
450–495	470	12	114.00–119.00	$116.40	$547	-3.27
505–535	524	18	105.00–115.00	$109.87	$576	-4.22
550–580	566	10	103.00–114.00	$106.47	$603	-5.73
620–645	636	21	105.00–110.00	$107.71	$685	-2.85
655–680	668	6	107.00–109.00	$107.99	$721	+0.47
720–745	726	4	95.00–100.00	$98.72	$717	-6.86
750–785	768	5	90.00–100.00	$95.07	$730	-3.41

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	276	7	110.00–115.00	$112.21	$310	-16.39
310–330	325	8	100.00–110.00	$102.38	$333	-16.72
360	360	2	95.00	$95.00	$342	-18.58
455–465	460	2	87.00–92.00	$89.53	$412	-19.62
520–545	538	4	80.00–89.00	$85.24	$459	-20.48

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	170.00	$170.00	$416	-6.32
285	285	2	167.00	$167.00	$476	+2.93
305–325	316	4	157.00–167.00	$161.98	$512	+3.47
380–395	390	3	142.00–145.00	$143.14	$558	-4.05
410–445	423	10	130.00–145.00	$134.90	$571	-4.04
450–490	466	12	126.00–135.00	$128.84	$600	-2.03
510–540	523	13	119.00–126.00	$120.69	$631	-3.27
570–595	583	9	108.00–119.00	$113.59	$662	-5.24
605–645	628	8	105.00–114.00	$108.74	$683	-5.12
660–690	673	4	105.00–108.00	$106.49	$717	-4.57
710–740	724	7	103.00–108.00	$105.15	$761	-3.29
790	790	1	90.00	$90.00	$711	-13.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	324	7	142.50–157.00	$149.41	$484	+2.49
375–395	385	9	130.00–140.00	$133.52	$514	-6.36
410–445	431	10	125.00–142.00	$132.00	$569	-2.16
455–497	473	16	112.00–132.00	$122.22	$578	-2.23
505–540	521	8	100.00–116.00	$110.37	$575	-7.70
560–580	573	5	100.00–119.00	$110.81	$635	-2.40
610–645	624	4	100.00–107.00	$102.80	$641	-1.23
655–680	672	3	95.00–100.00	$96.63	$649	-7.69
730	730	1	90.00	$90.00	$657	-15.75
785	785	4	92.00	$92.00	$722	-8.66

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	278	2	141.00–145.00	$142.91	$397	-2.09
310–330	317	3	132.00–141.00	$135.13	$428	-6.19
365–390	368	8	115.00–122.00	$121.07	$446	-9.47
415–435	425	2	120.00–130.00	$125.12	$532	+0.25
465–495	480	4	108.00–114.00	$110.91	$532	-4.17
505–545	534	11	102.00–109.00	$105.49	$563	-3.61
580	580	2	95.00	$95.00	$551	-12.74
640	640	2	93.00	$93.00	$595	-9.05
670	670	2	90.00	$90.00	$603	+5.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1370	1142	80-85%	6	40.00–45.00	$43.14	$493	-10.29
1050–1740	1295	80-85%	32	47.00–54.00	$49.95	$647	—
1290–1565	1428	80-85%	12	52.00–55.00	$53.64	$766	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1050	947	85-90%	11	31.00–40.00	$35.71	$338	-2.41
890–1450	1006	85-90%	23	37.00–45.00	$41.85	$421	-2.23
1025–1160	1059	85-90%	8	45.00–52.00	$50.32	$533	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1580	1452	75-80%	10	40.00–52.00	$45.10	$655	-4.55
1470	1470	75-80%	2	52.00	$52.00	$764	+2.35
1455–1580	1509	75-80%	4	37.50–39.00	$38.11	$575	-7.45

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1655	1411	7	60.00–65.00	$63.35	$894	—
1565–1725	1611	13	70.00–80.00	$74.44	$1,199	-3.15
1575–1825	1700	2	81.00–82.00	$81.46	$1,385	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	440.00–530.00	$485.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–800.00	$733.33
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,120.00–1,140.00	$1,126.67
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	960.00–1,050.00	$1,005.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–725.00	$712.50
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	775.00–815.00	$796.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	785.00–850.00	$817.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	620.00–700.00	$654.29

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	605.00	$605.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	450.00–625.00	$537.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	485.00	$485.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	480.00	$480.00

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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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,230.00–1,275.00	$1,245.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	800.00–925.00	$853.57	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	575.00–635.00	$605.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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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.