Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, December 2, 2020

3,865 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.33/cwt +0.95 vs last sale · ≈ $580/hd at 432 lb · 68 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $112.81/cwt -3.05 vs last sale · ≈ $693/hd at 615 lb · 62 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $168.83/cwt +4.28 vs last sale · ≈ $630/hd at 373 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,865	5,018	5,754
Feeder cattle	3,126	4,196	4,658
Slaughter cattle	381	623	614
Replacement cattle	358	199	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
247	247	18	179.00	$179.00	$442	+8.00
305–345	328	13	167.00–175.00	$172.04	$564	+1.14
350–395	375	32	160.00–180.00	$169.85	$637	+3.15
400–445	430	22	152.00–170.00	$161.27	$693	-2.39
455–498	478	38	136.00–158.00	$146.00	$698	-11.08
515–545	536	29	130.00–156.00	$136.18	$730	-4.28
555–590	578	27	127.00–133.00	$129.81	$750	-7.05
605–645	619	46	117.00–132.00	$126.74	$785	-1.98
656–695	661	25	115.00–125.00	$122.57	$810	-0.57
700–740	718	23	110.00–125.00	$122.83	$882	-2.74
755–795	783	36	105.00–122.00	$117.00	$916	+2.24
815–823	821	4	107.00–110.00	$109.26	$897	-0.74
840 value added	840	1	112.00	$112.00	$941	—
850	850	1	108.00	$108.00	$918	—
900–910	905	2	101.00–105.00	$103.01	$932	-1.99
960–985 value added	973	2	106.00–109.00	$107.52	$1,046	—
1020	1020	1	90.00	$90.00	$918	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–345	325	21	135.00–173.00	$164.29	$534	+2.36
360–395	383	16	150.00–170.00	$161.63	$619	+0.55
404–440	417	16	140.00–155.00	$149.68	$624	+2.78
452–480	459	16	130.00–154.00	$136.43	$626	-8.19
520–530	526	21	125.00–143.00	$135.07	$710	-1.76
570–575	571	11	114.00–125.00	$120.82	$690	-10.84
605–647	628	21	110.00–125.00	$119.97	$753	-6.59
665–690	682	3	105.00–112.00	$108.99	$743	-11.68
715–719	718	7	102.00–122.00	$118.30	$849	+5.18
760–790	784	8	110.00–116.00	$114.27	$896	+3.20
841	841	7	101.00	$101.00	$849	—
963	963	2	106.00	$106.00	$1,021	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	339	4	140.00–159.00	$148.62	$504	-5.77
360–390	380	4	128.00–150.00	$138.28	$525	—
410–435	416	4	130.00	$130.00	$541	—
455–495	463	6	115.00–122.00	$119.76	$554	-8.24
765	765	1	100.00	$100.00	$765	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	333	21	137.00–148.00	$140.92	$469	-0.84
350–385	368	38	130.00–141.00	$135.45	$498	-1.19
400–445	432	68	128.00–144.00	$134.33	$580	+0.95
450–497	472	58	121.00–135.00	$126.53	$597	-1.59
500–540	524	42	116.00–126.00	$120.80	$633	+1.28
565	565	1	125.00	$125.00	$706	+10.37
560–595	577	29	110.00–118.00	$113.31	$654	-1.32
603 fancy	603	2	115.00	$115.00	$693	—
600–645	615	60	106.00–115.00	$112.74	$693	+0.69
657 value added	657	13	115.00	$115.00	$756	-10.08
650–695	673	29	102.00–110.00	$107.45	$723	-1.16
705–735	711	19	100.00–112.00	$106.30	$756	+9.35
813	813	11	112.25	$112.25	$913	—
885	885	1	87.00	$87.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	3	131.00	$131.00	$295	+3.47
270–295	280	5	130.00–138.00	$132.77	$372	+6.71
305–345	323	34	122.00–139.00	$130.90	$423	-1.16
360–395	369	52	121.00–138.00	$128.13	$473	+1.26
405–445	428	27	118.00–134.00	$126.44	$541	-3.23
455–499	485	43	115.00–124.00	$117.75	$571	+1.01
500–545	534	47	107.00–120.00	$115.03	$614	-0.18
560–590	576	35	102.00–114.00	$107.92	$622	-1.66
600–630	620	12	105.00–111.00	$107.08	$664	+2.33
675–695	688	7	105.00–106.00	$105.14	$723	+8.32
765	765	1	65.00	$65.00	$497	-22.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	279	9	120.00–125.00	$123.59	$345	+8.59
305–340	322	12	115.00–125.00	$120.13	$387	+3.16
360–395	372	8	112.00–120.00	$116.22	$432	-1.10
405–445	424	15	108.00–125.00	$114.49	$485	+6.52
460–485	473	3	92.00–114.00	$105.51	$499	-7.11
505–545	520	10	100.00–112.00	$106.22	$552	+6.97
560–595	580	4	88.00–100.00	$94.84	$550	-1.22
625–640	630	3	89.00–95.00	$92.97	$586	+4.04

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	200.00	$200.00	$470	—
320–345	338	29	167.50–179.00	$173.37	$586	+11.37
355–395	373	61	160.00–174.00	$168.83	$630	+4.28
403–445	423	40	152.00–172.00	$158.82	$672	-0.51
455–495	472	24	140.00–149.00	$144.75	$683	-3.70
505–540	525	39	126.00–141.00	$131.29	$689	-9.74
560–585	566	16	116.00–127.50	$121.45	$687	-4.87
610–640	624	14	110.00–120.00	$114.73	$716	+1.10
680	680	2	111.00	$111.00	$755	+8.97
700–730	719	6	101.00–105.00	$102.68	$738	+6.68
765	765	1	101.00	$101.00	$773	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	169.00	$169.00	$346	—
285	285	1	168.00	$168.00	$479	—
315–345	332	16	142.00–168.00	$159.26	$529	-4.24
355–390	379	14	150.00–162.00	$155.92	$591	+4.39
405–445	430	27	142.00–168.00	$149.80	$644	-0.33
455–495	473	35	131.00–140.00	$134.87	$638	-2.93
515–545	528	28	111.00–145.00	$124.80	$659	-5.79
555–590	573	10	112.00–120.00	$114.30	$655	-3.18
610–640	625	15	106.00–117.00	$110.18	$689	-7.66
675	675	1	104.00	$104.00	$702	-9.74
735	735	1	105.00	$105.00	$772	+7.37

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	323	3	150.00–152.00	$150.68	$487	-3.98
380	380	1	147.00	$147.00	$559	+15.47
400–445	431	6	135.00–142.00	$139.42	$601	+6.57
460–495	485	4	120.00–127.00	$124.76	$605	-1.68
510–545	530	5	114.00–120.00	$117.74	$624	+0.92
565–590	578	4	111.00–116.00	$113.73	$657	+6.18
605–615	608	3	95.00–101.00	$97.02	$590	-12.98
705	705	1	80.00	$80.00	$564	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1410	1104	80-85%	32	39.00–56.00	$47.88	$529	—
770–1600	1133	80-85%	86	43.00–63.00	$54.11	$613	—
785–1430	1178	80-85%	38	52.00–69.00	$63.74	$751	+15.97

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1025	931	85-90%	8	22.00–43.00	$30.58	$285	—
810–1165	983	85-90%	10	41.00–46.00	$43.75	$430	+1.79
820–1350	987	85-90%	23	30.00–53.00	$40.86	$403	-1.10
1305	1305	85-90%	1	51.00	$51.00	$666	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275	1275	75-80%	1	54.00	$54.00	$688	—
1120–1500	1320	75-80%	6	44.00–48.00	$46.26	$611	—
980–1825	1450	75-80%	21	46.50–67.00	$56.79	$823	—
1475	1475	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$885	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–2275	1531	24	65.00–84.00	$77.19	$1,182	—
1000–1910	1534	19	61.00–76.00	$70.75	$1,085	—
1570–2125	1872	6	74.00–79.00	$76.52	$1,432	—

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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	11	300.00–450.00	$353.64

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–855	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–675.00	$638.98

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	600.00–925.00	$735.21
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	500.00–700.00	$652.27
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00–700.00	$675.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–900.00	$800.00
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	550.00–660.00	$607.50

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1020–1245	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	775.00–875.00	$821.86
1075–1280	1188	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	850.00–1,100.00	$948.53
1230	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	650.00–900.00	$748.68
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00–950.00	$825.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	600.00–775.00	$670.00

Medium 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	400.00–575.00	$452.08
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	550.00–675.00	$607.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	500.00–600.00	$567.31

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1280–1515	1358	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,195.13
1300–1615	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	800.00–900.00	$851.84
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,107.14

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)	6	430.00–580.00	$518.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	400.00–525.00	$453.75

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640–915	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	350.00–600.00	$513.33
945–995	964	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	625.00–850.00	$755.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00

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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
1105	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,010.00	$1,010.00	—
1125–1190	1141	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	775.00–900.00	$840.78	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	825.00–1,100.00	$1,029.41	—
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	780.00–800.00	$790.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080–1240	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,075.00–1,250.00	$1,177.84	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1045–1185	1139	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	925.00–1,025.00	$969.11	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785–1035	942	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	675.00–875.00	$763.74	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070–1335	1261	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00–1,225.00	$1,196.16	—
1410 fancy	1410	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	600.00–830.00	$717.00	—

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	650.00–725.00	$687.50	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1470 fancy	1470	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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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.