Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, November 10, 2020

4,835 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $148.06/cwt +1.80 vs last sale · ≈ $705/hd at 476 lb · 83 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.19/cwt +14.11 vs last sale · ≈ $843/hd at 684 lb · 81 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $130.00/cwt +0.26 vs last sale · ≈ $815/hd at 627 lb · 75 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,835	3,116	2,581
Feeder cattle	4,095	2,441	2,013
Slaughter cattle	574	344	206
Replacement cattle	166	331	362

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter classes sold steady to 4.00 higher. All feeder classes sold 2.00 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
350–393	380	18	156.00–174.00	$165.78	$630	+0.27
415–445	427	16	154.00–168.00	$161.06	$688	+2.90
453–496	476	83	139.00–156.00	$148.06	$705	+1.80
500–544	534	36	136.00–141.00	$136.98	$731	+0.02
550–590	573	74	130.00–142.00	$135.40	$776	-1.20
600–642	627	75	124.00–135.00	$130.00	$815	+0.26
655–675	671	29	120.50–134.35	$123.17	$826	-0.79
715 value added	715	2	127.00	$127.00	$908	-6.75
780–796	795	14	113.00–120.00	$119.51	$950	+2.54
801	801	9	118.00	$118.00	$945	-0.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	175.00	$175.00	$490	+6.00
315–345	330	14	160.00–172.00	$167.42	$552	+2.54
355–395	373	20	140.00–165.00	$155.90	$582	-2.94
415–445	430	8	131.00–155.00	$147.13	$633	-3.10
455–495	479	28	126.00–152.00	$146.86	$703	+2.24
500–545	524	49	117.00–145.00	$137.80	$722	+5.38
555–592	576	23	125.00–138.00	$133.20	$767	-1.30
610–640	626	12	114.00–131.00	$124.54	$780	-0.35
659–679	666	18	105.00–125.00	$121.72	$811	+3.21
715	715	3	119.00	$119.00	$851	+5.49
756–771	762	11	115.00–117.00	$115.18	$878	+4.68

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	328	3	145.00–150.00	$147.24	$483	-0.46
355–366	364	7	131.00–140.00	$132.25	$481	-6.05
425–445	430	4	140.00–145.00	$142.03	$611	+11.02
470–493	487	4	115.00–137.00	$120.31	$586	-13.69
570–595	578	30	100.00–128.00	$121.84	$704	+4.34
620	620	2	121.00–122.00	$121.50	$753	—
680–695	688	3	112.00–119.00	$116.02	$798	+12.46
734	734	7	114.00	$114.00	$837	—
775–790	780	3	105.00–112.00	$109.64	$855	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	160.00	$160.00	$320	—
300–345	314	14	129.00–157.00	$139.56	$438	—
350–380	366	19	126.00–142.00	$134.24	$491	-2.50
405–445	425	27	123.00–140.00	$131.92	$561	+0.49
450–495	466	70	116.00–134.00	$122.92	$573	-3.96
500–545	522	24	110.00–126.00	$118.96	$621	-0.11
525–537 value added	527	40	122.00–127.00	$126.11	$665	—
550–595	576	28	107.00–122.00	$116.80	$673	-1.74
588 value added	588	44	119.50	$119.50	$703	—
605–645	631	14	103.00–119.00	$110.95	$700	-1.36
660–695	673	23	95.00–112.00	$110.39	$743	+1.31
652–690 value added	689	58	114.00–128.75	$128.27	$884	—
715–720	718	2	119.00–127.00	$122.99	$883	+17.49
715–728	724	4	88.00–105.00	$98.30	$712	-7.20
725 value added	725	4	116.00	$116.00	$841	—
759	759	13	105.50	$105.50	$801	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	130.00–137.50	$133.85	$385	-1.08
300–345	325	24	120.00–142.00	$133.99	$435	+1.50
350–395	372	36	115.00–137.00	$129.58	$482	-1.12
375	375	1	133.00	$133.00	$499	+2.30
400–445	427	60	111.00–134.00	$126.99	$542	+2.20
450–496	479	57	103.00–125.00	$116.95	$560	-4.12
500–540	522	34	100.00–120.00	$113.30	$591	-2.34
550–590	569	62	93.00–117.00	$110.07	$626	-0.90
620–645	629	29	90.00–111.00	$108.00	$679	+4.64
655–690	673	8	89.00–109.00	$104.70	$705	-1.30
715–745	729	6	80.00–108.00	$98.84	$721	-1.38

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	109.00	$109.00	$371	-14.28
355–375	365	15	100.00–125.00	$109.22	$399	-11.82
412–445	423	13	100.00–121.00	$110.84	$469	-4.35
475–495	478	10	105.00–117.00	$109.13	$522	-0.83
505–530	521	17	95.00–113.00	$103.90	$541	-1.97
560–580	568	6	90.00–110.00	$101.74	$578	—
645	645	1	85.00	$85.00	$548	—
760	760	2	85.00	$85.00	$646	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	277	6	165.00–172.00	$167.19	$463	+6.47
300–345	328	11	142.50–165.00	$153.75	$504	-7.60
360–395	382	19	135.00–157.00	$148.07	$566	-6.86
410–445	427	28	127.00–154.00	$144.44	$617	-2.47
450–490	470	22	123.00–145.00	$135.15	$635	+1.29
505–545	524	30	110.00–135.00	$125.54	$658	-0.39
555–575	568	15	115.00–130.00	$123.61	$702	+3.15
600–635	613	8	90.00–123.00	$106.71	$654	-7.22
655–695	679	4	103.00–110.00	$107.47	$730	+0.29
725	725	2	105.00	$105.00	$761	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	197.50	$197.50	$415	—
255–290	273	3	175.00–180.00	$177.26	$484	+3.38
305–345	326	9	156.00–175.00	$167.29	$545	+1.07
350–395	369	17	146.00–167.00	$157.53	$581	-2.34
405–445	431	14	144.00–160.00	$151.68	$654	-1.21
450–495	473	19	128.00–148.00	$137.64	$651	-0.79
500–545	518	13	118.00–141.00	$131.52	$681	-0.44
555–595	568	13	108.00–135.00	$124.32	$706	-1.01
600–635	621	7	100.00–125.00	$107.17	$666	-11.43
650–670	660	2	107.00–115.00	$111.06	$733	-3.47
705	705	3	112.00	$112.00	$790	+1.00
765	765	1	80.00	$80.00	$612	-27.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	228	2	140.00–142.00	$140.95	$321	—
300–345	330	6	130.00–150.00	$136.21	$449	—
350–395	362	9	122.00–144.00	$134.20	$486	-3.16
405–430	422	15	120.00–139.00	$131.41	$555	+2.13
480–495	491	7	120.00–129.00	$124.70	$612	-1.32
505–545	520	12	97.00–120.00	$110.56	$575	-11.44
555–585	571	10	90.00–120.00	$109.56	$626	-0.21
620–645	633	3	107.00–113.00	$109.98	$696	+23.53
665–695	680	3	100.00–105.00	$102.36	$696	+6.67
720–725	723	6	95.00–105.00	$100.00	$723	+20.00
780–795	788	2	90.00–95.00	$92.52	$729	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1450	1162	80-85%	58	45.00–54.00	$50.67	$589	+2.07
855–1465	1195	80-85%	94	51.50–59.00	$55.83	$667	—
1040–1470	1260	80-85%	13	59.00–68.00	$61.50	$775	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1175	1007	85-90%	51	43.00–55.00	$50.77	$511	+7.40
800–1235	1031	85-90%	45	34.00–50.00	$42.80	$441	-0.57
890–1210	1071	85-90%	11	53.00–59.00	$57.53	$616	-0.58

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1590	1393	75-80%	10	59.00–61.00	$59.71	$832	—
1245–1515	1402	75-80%	16	45.00–55.00	$52.69	$739	+4.69
1035–1915	1491	75-80%	27	50.00–58.00	$56.37	$840	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1830	1592	20	68.00–78.00	$74.40	$1,184	—
1370–1990	1686	7	82.00–90.00	$83.93	$1,415	—
1320–2060	1703	26	75.00–88.00	$80.92	$1,378	—

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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	7	350.00–475.00	$457.14

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	360.00–450.00	$403.33

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1025	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–975.00	$900.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	650.00–850.00	$730.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	700.00–900.00	$800.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	725.00–775.00	$758.33
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	500.00–650.00	$590.00

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)	10	410.00–700.00	$549.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	400.00–600.00	$487.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
990	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	620.00–700.00	$660.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	500.00–670.00	$600.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	325.00–350.00	$337.50

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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	11	800.00–1,075.00	$881.82	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	685.00	$685.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	450.00	$450.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00–780.00	$726.67	—

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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.