Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, November 4, 2020

2,067 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $131.84/cwt -3.05 vs last sale · ≈ $751/hd at 570 lb · 39 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.02/cwt +2.17 vs last sale · ≈ $531/hd at 418 lb · 37 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $135.54/cwt -5.97 vs last sale · ≈ $701/hd at 517 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,067	2,576	4,532
Feeder cattle	1,593	2,089	3,839
Slaughter cattle	219	355	395
Replacement cattle	255	132	298

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter classes sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold 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
275	275	2	168.00	$168.00	$462	-7.00
300–345	323	9	159.00–173.00	$165.98	$536	-12.76
350–395	379	33	150.00–164.00	$155.84	$591	-12.80
400–445	430	19	142.00–158.00	$148.66	$639	-2.87
450–495	477	19	136.00–151.00	$141.36	$674	-1.71
500–545	517	35	131.00–142.00	$135.54	$701	-4.58
562–568 value added	563	22	134.00–136.50	$136.04	$766	—
555–595	578	17	123.00–130.00	$126.41	$731	-8.48
614 value added	614	13	131.50	$131.50	$807	+8.91
605–645	630	16	118.00–128.00	$125.05	$788	-0.76
660 value added	660	4	125.00	$125.00	$825	-1.96
675–685	681	5	115.00–120.00	$118.20	$805	-11.55
705	705	2	112.00–115.00	$113.50	$800	—
765–795	778	3	107.50–112.00	$109.84	$855	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	160.00–162.00	$160.95	$431	—
305–345	329	12	145.00–168.00	$159.71	$525	+9.33
360–395	376	15	145.00–154.00	$147.37	$554	-5.11
410–445	423	18	133.00–147.00	$139.74	$591	-5.93
455–495	473	14	127.00–136.00	$133.10	$630	-2.85
500–540	517	13	120.00–130.00	$126.21	$653	-3.10
550–585	572	10	117.50–125.00	$120.37	$689	-7.31
605–625	613	5	117.00–120.00	$118.60	$727	-2.04
660–670	665	4	110.00–114.00	$111.98	$745	-8.02
840	840	1	100.00	$100.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	142.50	$142.50	$463	-9.06
388	388	2	128.00	$128.00	$497	-11.75
405–445	438	6	115.00–130.00	$122.13	$535	+0.13
455–465	460	2	120.00–122.00	$120.99	$557	-1.48
565–575	570	2	112.00–114.00	$113.01	$644	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	337	22	126.00–140.00	$135.27	$456	+6.41
355–395	382	31	126.00–137.00	$131.17	$501	+1.22
400–440	418	37	123.00–132.00	$127.02	$531	+2.17
450–495	473	25	117.00–127.00	$120.59	$570	-0.85
500–545	525	30	114.00–125.00	$116.70	$613	-2.42
555–595	569	19	108.00–114.00	$111.04	$632	-1.41
605–643	630	13	105.00–111.00	$107.14	$675	-3.17
660–685	667	9	102.00–107.00	$104.66	$698	-1.58
725	725	8	108.00	$108.00	$783	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	286	7	130.00–134.00	$132.33	$378	+3.75
303–345	329	11	117.00–132.00	$126.17	$415	-2.33
356–395	369	26	113.00–135.00	$118.91	$439	-5.10
400–445	427	21	110.00–125.00	$118.98	$508	-0.70
450–495	480	21	110.00–122.00	$115.60	$555	-2.88
500–545	531	19	109.00–117.00	$111.28	$591	+1.05
560–590	578	7	105.00–113.00	$107.25	$620	-2.34
605–645	617	7	96.00–105.00	$101.39	$626	-6.14
675–695	688	3	98.00–99.00	$98.67	$679	-4.36
735–745	740	2	88.00–89.00	$88.50	$655	-11.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	4	125.00–128.00	$126.50	$373	+3.26
305–345	329	6	115.00–123.00	$119.48	$393	+4.36
355–395	375	10	110.00–130.00	$118.66	$445	+7.30
405–445	422	13	107.00–115.00	$109.67	$463	-0.08
455–495	464	10	107.00–112.00	$109.89	$510	+5.76
520–545	534	4	100.00–105.00	$102.20	$546	+2.48

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	185.00–187.00	$186.00	$391	—
260–285	271	8	165.00–185.00	$174.26	$472	+8.74
305–345	329	17	157.50–173.00	$161.77	$532	+3.16
350–395	379	23	146.00–175.00	$153.60	$582	+2.18
400–445	431	20	140.00–155.00	$147.23	$635	-0.89
455–495	482	32	132.00–147.00	$137.29	$662	-3.26
505–545	527	17	125.00–135.00	$129.32	$682	-4.17
550–595	573	14	113.00–126.00	$119.70	$686	-3.94
605–625	614	15	112.00–120.00	$116.15	$713	-0.85
675–690	683	4	107.00–108.00	$107.50	$734	-6.14
725–745	735	2	104.00–105.00	$104.51	$768	-1.07
770–775	773	2	95.00–100.00	$97.51	$754	—
820	820	1	92.00	$92.00	$754	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	281	5	157.00–160.00	$158.83	$446	+1.50
300–345	320	12	150.00–172.00	$160.76	$514	+7.74
355–395	367	16	139.00–157.00	$146.08	$536	-0.31
405–440	422	19	132.00–147.00	$139.51	$589	+0.03
455–495	478	24	125.00–135.00	$130.29	$623	-1.83
505–535	521	18	118.00–131.00	$123.95	$646	-3.04
555–590	579	19	109.00–120.00	$113.88	$659	-5.46
605–635	619	10	105.00–115.00	$110.30	$683	-1.80
650–695	677	10	102.00–112.00	$107.36	$727	+2.62
700–725	717	3	90.00–100.00	$96.74	$694	—
755–785	770	2	90.00–94.00	$91.96	$708	-6.60
810	810	1	85.00	$85.00	$688	—
870–880	875	2	80.00–83.00	$81.49	$713	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	2	135.00–140.00	$137.66	$383	—
305–320	313	3	132.00–147.50	$138.25	$433	+0.90
355–395	368	12	122.50–132.50	$128.70	$474	-3.69
415–425	417	5	120.00–135.00	$123.85	$516	-0.57
455–490	467	7	113.00–127.00	$117.67	$550	-0.86
540–545	543	2	115.00–117.00	$116.00	$630	+7.91
585–590	588	5	104.00–105.00	$104.40	$614	+1.50
820	820	1	80.00	$80.00	$656	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1370	1157	80-85%	32	45.00–57.00	$53.50	$619	—
900–1480	1199	80-85%	58	47.00–63.00	$58.63	$703	—
1030–1520	1268	80-85%	14	53.00–67.00	$62.71	$795	+2.67

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1220	981	85-90%	21	40.00–49.50	$44.14	$433	—
995	995	85-90%	1	52.00	$52.00	$517	—
885–1245	1010	85-90%	5	38.00–45.00	$40.63	$410	-2.99

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1645	1390	75-80%	12	52.00–64.00	$59.68	$830	-1.62
1400–2050	1740	75-80%	4	56.00–68.00	$63.11	$1,098	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1810	1545	5	62.00–78.00	$69.47	$1,073	—
1310–2035	1602	16	74.00–85.00	$81.34	$1,303	—
1890	1890	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,606	+1.51

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	450.00–550.00	$517.50
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	750.00–975.00	$861.56

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	870.00	$870.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	900.00–1,200.00	$1,029.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	610.00–725.00	$653.85
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	575.00–925.00	$761.82
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,200.00–1,325.00	$1,271.88
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	525.00–700.00	$620.83

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)	8	310.00–505.00	$396.88
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	520.00–750.00	$652.78
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	650.00–850.00	$758.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	500.00–600.00	$563.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	600.00–700.00	$646.43

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	600.00–850.00	$680.38
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	750.00–950.00	$828.57

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,020.00	$1,020.00

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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
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,250.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	825.00–1,000.00	$913.89	—
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	775.00–825.00	$800.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	750.00–925.00	$795.83	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	610.00–725.00	$658.75	—

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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.