Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, November 9, 2020

3,116 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $130.70/cwt +11.79 vs last sale · ≈ $482/hd at 369 lb · 43 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $136.60/cwt +4.76 vs last sale · ≈ $798/hd at 584 lb · 37 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.43/cwt +4.41 vs last sale · ≈ $557/hd at 424 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,116	2,067	2,581
Feeder cattle	2,441	1,593	2,013
Slaughter cattle	344	219	206
Replacement cattle	331	255	362

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter classes sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 6.00 to 10.00 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
270–295	283	3	175.00–180.00	$177.72	$503	+9.72
315–340	332	3	170.00–172.00	$170.63	$566	+4.65
355–395	380	14	159.00–170.00	$165.51	$629	+9.67
405–445	415	18	151.00–165.00	$158.16	$656	+9.50
455–495	477	7	142.00–148.00	$146.26	$698	+4.90
505–545	527	5	135.00–140.00	$136.96	$722	+1.42
570–595	584	37	130.00–142.00	$136.60	$798	+10.19
605–645	626	8	124.00–135.00	$129.74	$812	+4.69
655–685	673	3	122.00–127.00	$123.96	$834	+5.76
705 value added	705	28	133.75	$133.75	$943	—
705–735	723	4	114.00–125.00	$118.79	$859	+5.29
785–795	790	6	111.00–121.00	$116.97	$924	+7.13
810–845	821	14	109.00–121.00	$118.53	$973	—
915	915	1	101.00	$101.00	$924	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	169.00	$169.00	$482	+8.05
315–345	332	10	159.00–169.00	$164.88	$547	+5.17
360–370	369	7	158.00–163.00	$158.84	$586	+11.47
405–440	428	10	145.00–155.00	$150.23	$643	+10.49
455–480	464	12	134.00–150.00	$144.62	$671	+11.52
505–545	513	11	125.00–138.00	$132.42	$679	+6.21
585	585	2	133.00–136.00	$134.50	$787	+14.13
605–645	614	14	116.00–128.00	$124.89	$767	+6.29
680–690	685	4	115.00–120.00	$118.51	$812	+6.53
710–745	728	2	113.00–114.00	$113.51	$826	—
775–780	778	2	110.00–111.00	$110.50	$860	—
890	890	1	101.00	$101.00	$899	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	330	6	144.00–150.00	$147.70	$487	+5.20
380–390	383	3	135.00–140.00	$138.30	$530	+10.30
405–415	410	2	130.00–132.00	$131.01	$537	+8.88
485	485	1	134.00	$134.00	$650	+13.01
525	525	1	127.00	$127.00	$667	—
565	565	2	117.00–118.00	$117.50	$664	+4.49
670–695	683	2	100.00–107.00	$103.56	$707	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	272	3	133.00–137.00	$134.93	$367	+2.60
300–345	326	17	129.00–136.00	$132.49	$432	+6.32
355–390	369	43	125.00–135.00	$130.70	$482	+11.79
400–445	420	20	118.00–130.00	$124.79	$524	+5.81
450–490	468	35	115.00–125.00	$121.07	$567	+5.47
500–545	521	35	108.00–123.00	$115.64	$602	+4.36
550–585	573	13	105.00–118.00	$110.97	$636	+3.72
620–635	630	3	100.00–105.00	$103.36	$651	+1.97
662	662	7	106.00	$106.00	$702	+7.33
720–740	730	4	96.00–106.00	$100.22	$732	+11.72
755	755	1	102.00	$102.00	$770	—
830	830	5	100.00	$100.00	$830	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	384	13	134.00–140.00	$136.74	$525	+5.57
405–445	424	36	128.00–136.00	$131.43	$557	+4.41
450–496	476	32	120.00–130.00	$126.88	$604	+6.29
500–530	512	12	115.00–125.00	$119.07	$610	+2.37
550–595	580	17	110.00–125.00	$118.54	$688	+7.50
600–645	624	19	107.00–121.00	$112.31	$701	+5.17
650–695	673	15	106.00–113.00	$109.08	$734	+4.42
710–745	723	6	103.00–107.00	$105.50	$763	-2.50
815	815	1	100.00	$100.00	$815	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	273	7	122.00–131.00	$125.12	$342	-1.38
330–345	340	12	117.00–126.00	$123.28	$419	+3.80
365–385	372	3	120.00–123.00	$121.04	$450	+2.38
415–445	428	6	110.00–122.00	$115.19	$493	+5.52
455–480	471	9	105.00–120.00	$109.96	$518	+0.07
520–530	528	8	105.00–112.00	$105.87	$559	+3.67

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	282	10	170.00–177.50	$173.88	$490	-0.38
320–345	340	11	164.00–170.00	$166.22	$565	+4.45
350–395	380	15	154.00–166.00	$159.87	$608	+6.27
405–445	422	23	145.00–163.00	$152.89	$645	+5.66
455–495	483	11	135.00–142.00	$138.43	$669	+1.14
515–545	533	18	129.00–135.00	$131.96	$703	+2.64
560–595	574	20	120.00–130.00	$125.33	$719	+5.63
620–640	629	5	115.00–122.00	$118.60	$746	+2.45
655–695	670	4	113.00–116.00	$114.53	$767	+7.03
721	721	8	111.00	$111.00	$800	+6.49
780–795	788	2	106.00–108.00	$107.01	$843	+9.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	270	3	156.00–167.00	$160.72	$434	+1.89
305–345	331	5	160.00–163.00	$161.35	$534	+0.59
355–390	373	17	145.00–162.00	$154.93	$578	+8.85
400–445	423	25	134.00–155.00	$146.91	$621	+7.40
455–495	474	13	129.00–137.00	$133.86	$634	+3.57
500–548	528	24	121.00–130.00	$125.93	$665	+1.98
550–590	568	8	115.00–124.00	$120.46	$684	+6.58
605–645	631	22	106.00–118.00	$113.93	$719	+3.63
655–695	684	5	104.00–110.00	$107.18	$733	-0.18
780	780	1	102.00	$102.00	$796	+10.04
825–835	830	3	93.00–98.00	$96.33	$800	+11.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–375	364	5	130.00–145.00	$137.36	$500	+8.66
405–435	420	4	120.00–137.00	$129.28	$543	+5.43
455–470	463	2	125.00–127.00	$126.02	$583	+8.35
505	505	2	122.00	$122.00	$616	—
565–595	579	5	105.00–116.00	$109.77	$636	+5.37
605–645	625	2	85.00–88.00	$86.45	$540	—
685–695	688	3	85.00–102.00	$95.69	$658	—
745	745	1	80.00	$80.00	$596	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1535	1157	80-85%	12	46.00–53.00	$48.60	$562	-4.90
875–1635	1203	80-85%	70	50.00–60.00	$55.41	$667	—
875–1580	1352	80-85%	27	56.00–71.00	$64.67	$874	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1135	944	85-90%	24	41.00–57.00	$47.41	$448	—
705–1250	1021	85-90%	19	35.00–49.00	$43.37	$443	+2.74
1055–1120	1074	85-90%	14	56.00–59.00	$58.11	$624	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405	1405	75-80%	1	48.00	$48.00	$674	—
1415–1445	1430	75-80%	2	64.00–68.00	$66.02	$944	—
1335–1840	1517	75-80%	9	50.00–56.00	$51.96	$788	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1940	1374	14	70.00–79.50	$76.38	$1,049	—
1550–2165	1833	19	77.00–85.00	$81.78	$1,499	—
1580–2060	1918	4	87.00–90.50	$89.24	$1,712	—
2050	2050	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,968	—

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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	20	425.00–600.00	$512.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	445.00–560.00	$493.57

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1100	1047	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	850.00–950.00	$910.00
1175 fancy	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1050–1285	1177	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,050.00–1,175.00	$1,100.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	800.00–980.00	$887.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	700.00–725.00	$716.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,000.00–1,380.00	$1,245.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	630.00–680.00	$642.50
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	545.00–600.00	$567.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	725.00–800.00	$759.09

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)	3	750.00–820.00	$773.33

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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	26	800.00–1,350.00	$1,146.92	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	575.00–750.00	$650.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00	$875.00	—

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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.