Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, December 1, 2020

5,018 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $115.86/cwt +5.94 vs last sale · ≈ $714/hd at 616 lb · 113 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $114.75/cwt +2.82 vs last sale · ≈ $659/hd at 575 lb · 106 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $129.67/cwt +7.39 vs last sale · ≈ $555/hd at 428 lb · 84 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,018	3,512	5,754
Feeder cattle	4,196	2,907	4,658
Slaughter cattle	623	422	614
Replacement cattle	199	183	482

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available due to the markets being closed last week for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	171.00	$171.00	$376	—
265–295	280	2	172.50–180.00	$176.05	$493	-7.65
315–345	323	10	162.50–185.00	$170.90	$552	-0.51
355–395	368	29	155.00–179.00	$166.70	$613	-1.15
405–448	418	27	154.00–176.00	$163.66	$684	+2.95
450–485	466	30	139.00–165.00	$157.08	$732	+11.80
470–484 value added	476	17	150.00–160.00	$155.00	$738	—
504–535	521	28	137.00–150.00	$140.46	$732	+4.84
550–599	568	36	126.00–141.00	$136.86	$777	+2.24
553–591 value added	572	32	132.50–141.00	$137.51	$787	—
601 value added	601	24	136.00	$136.00	$817	—
610–638	620	56	120.00–140.00	$128.72	$798	+2.31
654–696	675	24	118.50–130.00	$123.14	$831	-4.62
687 value added	687	16	133.50	$133.50	$917	+6.25
707–749	723	50	121.50–128.00	$125.57	$908	+6.19
770–775	771	4	112.00–121.00	$114.76	$885	+4.76
830	830	1	110.00	$110.00	$913	—
925	925	1	105.00	$105.00	$971	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	262	3	152.00–165.00	$158.92	$416	—
315–345	327	11	146.00–174.00	$161.93	$530	+3.03
360–395	380	12	150.00–169.00	$161.08	$612	+6.86
400–440	425	12	140.00–155.00	$146.90	$624	-0.88
455–493	481	35	130.00–150.00	$144.62	$696	+0.12
505–545	523	11	125.00–143.00	$136.83	$716	+1.16
558–593	581	46	115.00–137.00	$131.66	$765	+1.02
600–645	624	39	111.00–132.00	$126.56	$790	-1.70
665–680	675	6	114.00–125.00	$120.67	$815	+14.93
710–745	737	7	110.00–119.00	$113.12	$834	-0.51
770–795	784	7	98.00–118.00	$111.07	$871	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	326	5	150.00–160.00	$154.39	$503	+8.51
490	490	3	128.00	$128.00	$627	±0.00
505–545	520	5	111.00–130.00	$121.81	$633	-11.09
555–570	563	9	120.00–125.00	$122.81	$691	+10.16
605–625	620	5	110.00–119.00	$113.76	$705	+4.89
675	675	2	115.00	$115.00	$776	—
715	715	1	107.00	$107.00	$765	-5.99

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	5	145.00–147.00	$145.80	$430	+1.88
315–345	333	12	135.00–152.00	$141.76	$472	+2.50
350–395	372	24	128.00–147.00	$136.64	$508	+0.56
405–445	426	29	114.00–140.00	$133.38	$568	+1.28
455–466 value added	459	14	132.00–136.00	$134.55	$618	—
452–495	469	32	112.00–137.00	$128.12	$601	+1.37
500–540	517	58	105.00–130.00	$119.52	$618	+2.19
520–530 value added	527	18	120.00–121.00	$120.27	$634	—
554 value added	554	19	115.00–116.00	$115.32	$639	—
550–596	579	87	105.00–120.00	$114.63	$664	+2.70
605	605	1	113.00	$113.00	$684	+3.73
601–620 value added	611	66	113.50–123.75	$118.56	$724	+0.56
600–646	624	46	100.00–117.00	$112.05	$699	+2.78
660–692	684	19	95.00–116.00	$108.61	$743	+6.61
683–693 value added	689	32	120.00–128.50	$125.08	$862	+16.79
728 value added	728	3	117.00	$117.00	$852	—
730–745	738	2	92.00–102.00	$96.95	$715	-4.38
761 value added	761	22	124.00	$124.00	$944	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	218	11	122.00–130.00	$127.53	$278	-8.02
255–295	278	6	120.00–130.00	$126.06	$350	-6.65
300–345	326	18	120.00–145.00	$132.06	$431	-0.65
355–395	374	25	115.00–140.00	$126.87	$474	-1.95
405–445	428	84	108.00–136.00	$129.67	$555	+7.39
450–495	475	43	104.00–127.00	$116.74	$555	-1.40
510–540	525	62	95.00–120.00	$115.21	$605	+6.36
550–590	574	47	96.00–114.00	$109.58	$629	+3.12
600–645	618	18	93.00–110.00	$104.75	$647	+1.30
680–695	688	5	80.00–104.00	$96.82	$666	-0.95
705–735	714	15	90.00–107.00	$101.97	$728	+0.78
780	780	2	85.00–90.00	$87.50	$682	-7.93

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	115.00	$115.00	$310	—
305–345	324	7	112.00–125.00	$116.97	$379	-4.71
370–391	383	9	110.00–121.00	$117.32	$449	-0.44
405–445	433	19	102.00–117.00	$107.97	$468	-5.37
455–495	479	5	110.00–115.00	$112.62	$539	+2.92
505–545	531	17	92.00–110.00	$99.25	$527	-4.06
555–585	571	15	90.00–105.00	$96.06	$549	+6.06
605–645	624	7	85.00–100.00	$88.93	$555	+3.93
775	775	1	85.00	$85.00	$659	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	321	6	148.00–177.00	$163.50	$525	+12.25
355–395	376	21	116.00–165.00	$151.53	$570	-0.20
405–445	430	50	130.00–158.00	$150.13	$646	+8.77
450–495	475	34	120.00–147.00	$137.80	$655	+2.17
505–545	521	44	113.00–140.00	$130.59	$680	+3.10
550–595	581	23	105.00–125.00	$117.48	$683	-0.49
601–645	615	30	101.00–120.00	$117.84	$725	+8.24
655–695	675	14	110.00–119.00	$113.74	$768	+8.28
715–740	728	2	90.00–105.00	$97.63	$711	-1.37
785	785	2	105.00	$105.00	$824	+10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	166.00–172.00	$169.08	$487	-10.92
330	330	2	162.00	$162.00	$535	-4.10
355–395	373	23	154.00–174.00	$164.55	$614	-3.52
405–445	427	35	141.00–170.00	$159.33	$680	+2.47
450–495	473	22	141.00–160.00	$148.45	$702	+2.46
500–540	518	17	135.00–148.00	$141.03	$731	+13.67
550–580	570	4	120.00–130.00	$126.32	$720	-3.37
600–635	624	4	107.00–124.00	$113.63	$709	-2.37
650–690	670	2	101.00–103.00	$102.03	$684	-13.48
710	710	1	96.00	$96.00	$682	-15.64
795 value added	795	4	106.00	$106.00	$843	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	4	120.00–160.00	$140.34	$407	-2.71
305–345	319	6	150.00–157.00	$154.66	$493	+32.16
355–380	370	11	108.00–147.00	$131.53	$487	-10.47
415–445	427	6	127.00–137.00	$132.85	$567	+2.36
470–495	483	13	115.00–135.00	$126.44	$611	-2.22
505–545	523	17	105.00–125.00	$116.82	$611	+2.33
580–595	591	4	100.00–110.00	$107.55	$636	+0.18
610	610	1	110.00	$110.00	$671	+3.82
660–665	662	3	97.00–105.00	$99.68	$660	—
790	790	1	90.00	$90.00	$711	-0.28

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1410	1182	80-85%	29	45.00–52.00	$47.77	$565	-3.06
890–1615	1228	80-85%	114	40.00–59.00	$51.30	$630	-5.19
1005–1400	1228	80-85%	28	54.00–65.00	$59.55	$731	+3.06

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1295	982	85-90%	30	25.00–47.00	$41.96	$412	—
840–1375	1019	85-90%	55	30.00–53.00	$45.99	$469	-6.73
965–1230	1058	85-90%	23	50.00–59.00	$54.94	$581	+8.19

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1315	1227	75-80%	3	48.00–53.00	$50.81	$623	—
1150–1565	1399	75-80%	18	55.00–66.00	$62.11	$869	+12.98
1055–1775	1408	75-80%	62	45.00–60.00	$54.31	$765	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1695	1403	15	64.00–79.00	$72.04	$1,011	—
1075–2440	1602	28	75.00–90.00	$81.11	$1,299	+1.27
1555–2400	1847	15	80.00–99.00	$84.98	$1,570	—

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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	12	425.00–535.00	$480.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–960	841	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	450.00–600.00	$532.66

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1165	1098	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	825.00–944.00	$883.88

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1220	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–700.00	$655.58
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,175.00–1,250.00	$1,200.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	900.00–1,075.00	$1,061.54
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	550.00–775.00	$671.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	725.00–775.00	$745.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–825.00	$775.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	600.00–1,125.00	$809.38
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	610.00–800.00	$724.55
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	800.00–900.00	$850.00

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)	9	300.00–575.00	$483.89
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–550.00	$525.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	450.00–500.00	$475.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105–1205	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$837.50

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	700.00–825.00	$775.00	—

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	7	950.00–1,000.00	$967.86	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	510.00–530.00	$525.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	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.