Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 13, 2020

3,849 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 steers $124.61/cwt +3.28 vs last sale · ≈ $719/hd at 577 lb · 70 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $114.27/cwt -0.76 vs last sale · ≈ $496/hd at 434 lb · 59 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $109.00/cwt +1.01 vs last sale · ≈ $735/hd at 674 lb · 51 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,849	1,678	800
Feeder cattle	3,357	1,339	655
Slaughter cattle	372	222	93
Replacement cattle	120	117	52

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. All feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Trade was moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs were mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	376	15	137.00–150.00	$142.60	$536	-1.80
405–445	424	9	135.00–147.00	$142.04	$602	+8.72
455–480	465	23	130.00–145.00	$139.05	$647	+8.56
505–546	539	15	126.00–134.00	$129.47	$698	+5.30
555–585	577	70	122.00–130.00	$124.61	$719	+3.28
608–648	625	42	117.00–124.00	$118.90	$743	+2.51
660–695	681	32	114.00–120.00	$116.28	$792	+2.76
704–745	719	14	110.00–116.00	$114.85	$826	—
754	754	11	114.00	$114.00	$860	+5.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	330	2	160.00–165.00	$162.39	$536	+1.24
365–370	368	3	154.00–156.00	$155.00	$570	+9.35
425–445	436	7	146.00–155.00	$149.85	$653	+8.39
460–490	479	4	136.00–152.00	$145.47	$697	+10.96
505–545	523	11	130.00–143.00	$134.93	$706	-2.07
610	610	1	136.00	$136.00	$830	+16.72
655–685	672	32	120.00–128.00	$120.43	$809	+2.78
715–744	741	42	117.00–122.00	$117.53	$871	+2.52
765	765	20	124.00	$124.00	$949	+9.68
825	825	2	112.00	$112.00	$924	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	130.00	$130.00	$370	-1.60
360–395	378	3	130.00–140.00	$135.89	$514	+8.49
465–470	468	2	121.00–125.00	$122.99	$576	—
530–540	535	2	115.00–120.00	$117.48	$629	—
586	586	7	118.00	$118.00	$691	+8.49
635	635	1	110.00	$110.00	$698	+5.00
775	775	2	105.00	$105.00	$814	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	5	138.00–148.00	$142.64	$461	+19.53
360–395	374	34	127.00–136.00	$129.49	$484	+6.10
400–435	421	16	117.00–132.00	$124.81	$525	+5.03
450–485	462	12	106.00–128.00	$111.49	$515	-4.91
500	500	1	101.00	$101.00	$505	-8.87
500–530	516	22	103.00–126.00	$115.11	$594	+5.24
550–570	564	8	88.00–99.00	$97.03	$547	-9.44
550–592	578	25	100.00–115.00	$107.90	$624	+1.43
610–645	617	43	97.00–116.00	$110.30	$681	+2.59
645	645	1	85.00	$85.00	$548	-22.71
655–695	674	51	95.00–112.00	$109.00	$735	+1.01
705–726	722	41	86.00–110.00	$104.66	$756	+5.94
785	785	1	85.00	$85.00	$667	-10.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	333	10	122.00–131.00	$126.02	$420	-2.17
350–390	371	15	118.00–135.00	$123.93	$460	+5.02
400–446	434	59	105.00–127.00	$114.27	$496	-0.76
450–490	470	45	102.00–124.00	$111.52	$524	+0.82
500–535	522	44	95.00–115.00	$105.98	$553	+0.19
555–595	575	38	105.00–112.00	$109.89	$632	+7.52
605–645	628	8	100.00–106.00	$101.26	$636	+1.26
660	660	1	97.00	$97.00	$640	-3.17
715–745	730	4	95.00–97.00	$95.98	$701	-2.44

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	112.00	$112.00	$252	—
290	290	1	110.00	$110.00	$319	-2.21
320–340	328	3	117.00–122.00	$119.66	$392	+17.28
355–390	374	12	100.00–110.00	$104.30	$390	+9.30
405–445	431	19	90.00–118.00	$104.09	$449	—
455–480	474	10	105.00–117.00	$108.68	$515	+19.15
525–545	535	9	99.00–110.00	$102.58	$549	+17.34
565–585	578	28	61.00–105.00	$96.00	$555	—
665–675	670	4	70.00–80.00	$74.96	$502	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	152.00	$152.00	$486	+2.59
370–395	381	6	128.00–140.00	$133.64	$509	+0.12
400–445	429	26	122.00–144.00	$133.12	$571	+1.12
460–495	475	36	120.00–137.00	$123.11	$585	+0.89
500–545	519	28	108.00–130.00	$121.40	$630	+11.03
555–590	572	10	108.00–120.00	$112.00	$641	+1.19
605–645	629	30	94.00–115.00	$108.57	$683	+5.77
655–699	680	13	82.00–105.00	$98.22	$668	+1.59
705–745	729	10	79.00–102.00	$94.17	$686	+4.17
755–765	759	5	90.00–95.00	$92.02	$698	+0.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	166.00	$166.00	$423	-1.00
300–335	313	5	154.00–163.00	$158.10	$495	-3.88
350–395	370	16	144.00–155.00	$150.27	$556	+7.13
400–445	426	27	136.00–147.00	$142.24	$606	+7.34
450–495	472	28	129.00–145.00	$137.05	$647	+8.21
500–545	526	10	115.00–142.00	$129.44	$681	+8.75
555–585	568	19	105.00–128.00	$122.86	$698	+9.27
600–635	615	7	100.00–120.00	$111.59	$686	+2.85
650–655	652	7	92.00–112.00	$108.44	$707	+1.95
705–720	715	5	88.00–107.00	$93.63	$669	-11.52
755–795	774	8	81.00–100.00	$87.79	$679	-2.21

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	332	3	127.00–135.00	$132.31	$439	-2.82
360–390	378	6	120.00–127.00	$123.61	$467	+2.54
410–435	425	16	110.00–132.00	$119.03	$506	-6.09
455–495	473	4	110.00–125.00	$117.67	$557	+6.76
515–540	527	30	105.00–120.00	$111.49	$588	+6.00
555–595	570	8	86.00–100.00	$92.89	$529	-2.11
600–615	608	6	83.00–103.00	$95.32	$580	+2.32
665–670	668	2	80.00–87.00	$83.49	$558	-6.51
755–790	767	3	55.00–90.00	$76.87	$590	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1210	946	85-90%	36	33.00–44.00	$39.05	$369	+3.34
800–1165	1016	85-90%	42	35.00–49.00	$44.67	$454	+2.82
885–1250	1065	85-90%	14	45.50–56.00	$53.30	$568	+2.98

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1345	1167	80-85%	13	50.00–59.00	$55.42	$647	—
1090–1410	1205	80-85%	23	35.00–51.00	$45.80	$552	—
1045–1500	1281	80-85%	36	38.00–57.00	$50.08	$642	+0.13

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1525	1338	75-80%	21	43.00–54.00	$48.35	$647	—
1120–1435	1368	75-80%	7	40.50–48.00	$45.52	$623	—
1265–1715	1425	75-80%	8	44.00–58.00	$48.33	$689	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1690	1403	10	58.00–72.00	$67.31	$944	+3.96
1175–1865	1462	14	67.00–77.00	$72.16	$1,055	—
1740–1775	1758	4	77.00–80.00	$78.49	$1,380	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	775.00	$775.00
995–1045	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–825.00	$808.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	750.00–960.00	$864.55
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	575.00–650.00	$603.13
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	725.00–850.00	$803.13
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	650.00–925.00	$758.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	800.00–960.00	$892.50

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	300.00–425.00	$362.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	475.00–575.00	$500.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	450.00–850.00	$637.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	325.00–700.00	$476.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–610.00	$580.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	850.00–1,025.00	$937.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	735.00–750.00	$742.50	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	710.00	$710.00	—

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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.