Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, November 18, 2020

3,217 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $113.49/cwt +0.39 vs last sale · ≈ $588/hd at 519 lb · 59 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $117.38/cwt +2.95 vs last sale · ≈ $610/hd at 520 lb · 52 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.46/cwt +0.34 vs last sale · ≈ $554/hd at 425 lb · 50 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,217	4,261	5,427
Feeder cattle	2,563	3,501	4,310
Slaughter cattle	325	558	571
Replacement cattle	329	202	546

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady. All feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 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
350–390	370	26	158.00–172.50	$165.70	$613	-1.69
405–445	426	29	155.00–168.00	$158.75	$676	-3.89
450–485	472	45	137.00–160.00	$144.09	$680	-5.14
500–545	530	50	129.00–148.00	$136.43	$723	-2.76
550–585	569	24	125.00–139.00	$131.02	$746	-0.30
605–625	622	24	124.00–130.00	$125.50	$781	-3.79
655–675	665	11	123.00–128.00	$125.45	$834	-1.50
710–720	715	8	122.00–126.00	$124.24	$888	+4.02
765	765	2	123.00	$123.00	$941	+1.20
815	815	1	100.00	$100.00	$815	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	3	166.00	$166.00	$410	—
280	280	1	167.00	$167.00	$468	—
320–345	330	8	156.00–165.00	$160.48	$530	-1.39
375–390	379	9	150.00–162.50	$156.65	$594	-1.56
420–445	434	11	143.00–152.00	$148.98	$647	+4.73
455–485	468	21	128.00–142.00	$135.99	$636	-9.30
565–593	581	23	120.00–126.00	$123.57	$718	-6.37
615–620	616	7	115.00–120.00	$118.56	$730	-4.86
660–695	670	17	110.00–118.00	$115.70	$775	-5.62
740	740	7	113.00	$113.00	$836	-3.40
750	750	3	110.00	$110.00	$825	-2.82

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537–545	538	9	113.00–118.00	$114.67	$617	-9.33
565	565	4	113.00	$113.00	$638	—
660	660	6	110.00	$110.00	$726	—
775	775	2	105.00	$105.00	$814	+3.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	150.00	$150.00	$368	—
300–345	331	17	127.50–142.00	$137.04	$454	+0.58
350–390	372	48	125.00–137.00	$133.23	$496	-2.67
405–445	425	50	124.00–136.00	$130.46	$554	+0.34
455–495	467	39	121.00–130.00	$124.36	$581	-0.30
510–540	520	52	113.00–122.00	$117.38	$610	+2.95
553 value added	553	5	126.00	$126.00	$697	+12.00
555–575	567	11	111.00–117.00	$114.28	$648	+0.59
600–635	612	15	106.00–116.00	$110.78	$678	-2.15
650–690	670	18	101.00–108.00	$105.69	$708	-1.23
705	705	2	103.00	$103.00	$726	-1.10
850	850	1	82.50	$82.50	$701	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	140.00	$140.00	$280	—
310–345	325	27	122.50–136.00	$129.00	$419	-14.70
360–395	374	24	120.00–132.00	$125.15	$468	-0.33
410–440	421	19	120.00–129.00	$123.74	$521	-0.89
455–495	479	47	109.00–125.00	$116.51	$558	-2.91
508–525	517	53	103.00–116.00	$108.22	$559	-4.88
532	532	6	160.00	$160.00	$851	+46.90
550–590	571	31	95.00–109.00	$106.13	$606	-4.99
610–640	625	4	99.00–104.00	$101.56	$635	-5.74
765	765	1	92.00	$92.00	$704	+8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	282	3	119.00–125.00	$123.12	$347	—
320–345	331	20	112.00–126.00	$118.24	$391	+5.78
355–385	377	10	110.00–122.00	$115.55	$436	-3.50
410–445	434	6	110.00–120.00	$112.38	$488	+2.35
460–495	473	22	100.00–116.00	$106.08	$502	-1.25
510–545	537	12	99.00–110.00	$100.66	$541	-2.42

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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	192.00	$192.00	$403	-3.00
275	275	5	170.00	$170.00	$468	-0.63
310–345	336	16	165.00–170.00	$168.00	$564	+0.59
350–385	372	23	160.00–172.50	$166.99	$621	+8.18
415–445	431	37	152.00–167.00	$156.24	$673	+0.73
450–490	463	19	135.00–153.00	$146.27	$677	+1.93
510–545	530	31	124.00–138.00	$130.86	$694	-0.45
560–582	568	20	122.00–125.00	$123.47	$701	+2.47
600–645	626	22	110.00–125.00	$119.61	$749	+8.89
650–675	663	9	105.00–114.00	$111.38	$738	+6.38
705	705	1	100.00	$100.00	$705	-0.14
775	775	1	95.00	$95.00	$736	-9.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	264	11	164.00–166.00	$165.08	$436	-2.40
300–340	321	20	150.00–162.50	$154.99	$498	-1.01
360–380	369	21	147.50–155.00	$151.71	$560	+7.11
425–440	432	20	135.00–147.50	$140.23	$606	-3.74
450–495	481	42	122.00–142.50	$130.56	$628	-3.87
530–540	535	16	116.00–132.00	$120.36	$644	-4.67
555–590	571	18	108.00–125.00	$117.20	$669	-2.96
620–645	637	12	97.50–115.00	$107.70	$686	-10.76
660	660	3	103.00	$103.00	$680	-5.58
725	725	3	96.00–103.00	$100.67	$730	+2.15

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	147.50	$147.50	$538	+20.10
435	435	4	118.00	$118.00	$513	-19.65
475–480	476	4	114.00–123.00	$119.73	$570	-0.37
505–515	511	8	105.00–115.00	$109.49	$559	+2.03
580	580	2	110.00	$110.00	$638	+20.00
665–670	668	2	95.00–101.00	$97.99	$655	-0.48

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1320	1132	80-85%	30	40.00–59.00	$52.52	$595	—
875–1570	1152	80-85%	68	48.00–66.00	$57.28	$660	—
940–1520	1196	80-85%	42	53.00–71.00	$66.26	$792	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–970	848	85-90%	9	35.00–44.00	$39.80	$338	—
820–1060	955	85-90%	10	51.00–53.50	$52.01	$497	—
780–1280	1018	85-90%	44	41.00–62.00	$49.00	$499	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1505	1246	75-80%	10	53.00–95.00	$58.82	$733	—
990–1560	1308	75-80%	23	48.00–68.00	$56.63	$741	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1710	1436	11	58.00–74.00	$65.31	$938	—
1380–1890	1635	2	80.00–81.00	$80.58	$1,317	—
1070–2065	1662	20	71.00–83.00	$79.20	$1,316	+0.94

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	550.00–720.00	$606.79

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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)	78	700.00–1,090.00	$869.94
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	35	600.00–950.00	$712.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	800.00–1,310.00	$1,024.29
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	670.00–820.00	$746.11

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)	5	450.00–585.00	$497.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	600.00–890.00	$783.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	550.00–850.00	$730.71
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	550.00–675.00	$592.69

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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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,050.00–1,175.00	$1,084.38	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,125.00–1,200.00	$1,162.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	725.00–1,070.00	$868.50	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	675.00	$675.00	—

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	425.00–500.00	$462.50	—

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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.