Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, December 9, 2020

4,834 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.00/cwt -12.27 vs last sale · ≈ $543/hd at 424 lb · 107 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.14/cwt -0.42 vs last sale · ≈ $592/hd at 473 lb · 82 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $118.13/cwt -6.92 vs last sale · ≈ $502/hd at 425 lb · 79 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,834	7,185	3,929
Feeder cattle	3,986	6,430	3,389
Slaughter cattle	582	602	242
Replacement cattle	266	153	298

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	277	11	153.00–160.00	$156.69	$434	-18.31
300–320	313	3	172.00–173.00	$172.32	$539	+5.05
360–395	372	12	154.00–169.00	$163.77	$609	-2.17
405–445	420	20	145.00–167.50	$157.52	$662	-3.12
450–493	467	52	140.00–165.00	$148.54	$694	-11.35
496 value added	496	9	137.00	$137.00	$680	—
506–545	529	47	130.00–146.00	$137.15	$726	-10.25
563 value added	563	10	139.00	$139.00	$783	+4.00
555–585	576	43	125.00–139.00	$134.01	$772	+0.01
603 value added	603	4	145.00	$145.00	$874	—
601–635	612	33	120.00–129.00	$126.05	$771	-6.28
655–689	668	38	115.00–120.00	$116.43	$778	-12.23
705	705	1	123.00	$123.00	$867	-1.53
715–747 value added	740	23	122.00–123.00	$122.79	$909	—
755–775	768	8	105.00–116.00	$107.85	$828	-7.77
808–815	810	6	110.00	$110.00	$891	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	333	28	137.00–165.00	$146.98	$489	-14.89
350–395	372	32	136.00–157.50	$145.04	$540	-19.54
410–445	433	25	130.00–160.00	$142.14	$615	-13.07
455–495	473	19	125.00–145.00	$135.91	$643	-10.77
505–540	526	27	120.00–140.00	$131.69	$693	-5.27
560–595	579	14	115.00–134.00	$126.98	$735	-4.73
612–647	629	15	110.00–122.00	$117.98	$742	-12.49
655–690	672	6	100.00–117.00	$111.66	$750	-10.59
770–790	781	7	106.00–115.00	$110.67	$864	-1.35

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	333	16	130.00–149.00	$138.65	$462	+2.56
355–395	373	11	135.00–145.00	$140.43	$524	-2.52
405–415	408	11	125.00–130.00	$128.61	$525	-8.89
455–490	463	10	115.00–130.00	$123.45	$572	—
525–545	529	5	113.00–120.00	$117.42	$621	-5.11
585	585	5	115.00–116.00	$115.40	$675	-4.60
625	625	2	110.00	$110.00	$688	-6.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
872 value added	872	44	120.00	$120.00	$1,046	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	282	11	140.00–143.00	$141.73	$400	—
305–345	325	26	132.50–140.00	$135.24	$440	-7.71
355–393	375	54	125.00–137.50	$130.11	$488	-6.58
410	410	1	135.00	$135.00	$554	+4.20
400–440	424	106	123.00–135.00	$127.93	$542	-2.87
469 value added	469	15	129.00	$129.00	$605	—
450–495	474	67	117.00–132.00	$124.28	$589	-1.28
525	525	3	122.00–124.00	$123.33	$647	+0.16
500–545	526	64	110.00–127.00	$117.45	$618	-5.72
555–595	570	36	105.00–119.00	$113.28	$646	-7.52
615 value added	615	25	126.50	$126.50	$778	—
600–635	620	50	100.00–113.00	$107.05	$664	-8.87
650–675	664	19	95.00–104.00	$98.11	$651	-20.14
703–745	717	23	90.00–109.00	$101.73	$729	-14.52

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	326	40	120.00–130.00	$124.51	$406	-7.65
365–395	380	33	117.00–135.00	$125.98	$479	-4.25
405–445	425	79	111.00–125.00	$118.13	$502	-6.92
450–495	474	42	110.00–120.00	$115.33	$547	-3.76
505–545	529	52	100.00–115.00	$107.46	$568	-4.85
550–591	566	33	99.00–113.00	$104.81	$593	-5.92
615–640	626	18	85.00–106.00	$97.96	$613	-9.59
655–675	668	6	90.00–93.00	$92.02	$615	-4.91
700–735	713	8	90.00–100.00	$96.13	$685	-6.17

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	276	18	110.00–120.00	$113.93	$314	-16.65
325	325	10	111.00–124.00	$116.30	$378	-4.51
360–375	371	10	115.00–119.00	$116.39	$432	-2.14
420–440	428	18	106.00–116.00	$111.68	$478	-1.81
470–495	481	20	84.00–109.00	$99.87	$480	-11.29
506–545	526	21	80.00–107.00	$96.44	$507	-11.11

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	10	154.00–162.00	$158.81	$381	—
265–295	279	13	148.00–170.00	$152.92	$427	-14.21
300–345	328	29	145.00–167.00	$152.83	$501	-8.39
350–395	378	25	140.00–157.00	$147.73	$558	-9.62
400–445	419	28	135.00–155.00	$140.73	$590	-8.22
455–495	470	30	125.00–145.00	$130.69	$614	-7.17
505–545	523	34	115.00–132.00	$119.63	$626	-9.28
550–595	565	15	109.00–120.00	$112.52	$636	-5.76
605–645	625	26	102.00–110.00	$105.94	$662	-6.31
655–690	675	8	100.00–105.00	$102.62	$693	-8.47
705–735	715	4	85.00–100.00	$92.06	$658	-9.41
805	805	1	78.00	$78.00	$628	—
880–881	881	2	75.00–80.00	$77.50	$683	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	316	9	145.00–173.00	$165.62	$523	-9.76
350–390	372	24	148.00–170.00	$160.49	$597	-4.22
404–445	418	46	140.00–162.00	$152.45	$637	-6.24
450–495	470	33	138.00–152.00	$143.28	$673	-7.93
510–530	524	11	130.00–139.00	$135.25	$709	-4.35
560–590	570	24	114.00–122.50	$118.44	$675	-8.91
600–645	619	7	113.00–137.00	$124.60	$771	+2.14
650–695	673	13	104.00–113.00	$109.15	$735	-12.05
705–725	712	3	102.00	$102.00	$726	-13.00
775	775	1	98.00	$98.00	$760	—
815	815	1	91.00	$91.00	$742	—
855	855	1	90.00	$90.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
201	201	5	154.00	$154.00	$310	—
290	290	4	140.00	$140.00	$406	—
310–345	338	20	130.00–147.50	$138.68	$469	-12.14
395	395	1	150.00	$150.00	$592	+9.78
400–440	414	17	110.00–140.00	$119.57	$495	-17.97
455–480	472	10	115.00–130.00	$120.45	$569	-7.33
510–525	519	8	108.00–120.00	$112.01	$581	-6.62
550–555	551	4	90.00–117.00	$96.80	$533	-10.46
615–643	629	8	95.00–101.00	$97.93	$616	-9.69

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1655	1164	80-85%	100	43.00–63.00	$54.66	$636	—
690–1540	1169	80-85%	38	41.00–55.00	$52.02	$608	—
840–1580	1211	80-85%	70	58.00–69.00	$64.19	$777	+11.73

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1155	924	85-90%	13	35.00–45.00	$41.21	$381	—
785–1185	941	85-90%	9	51.00–55.00	$52.81	$497	—
635–1235	988	85-90%	43	22.00–50.00	$44.77	$442	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1440	1280	75-80%	3	40.00–45.00	$43.24	$553	—
1045–1670	1325	75-80%	26	50.00–67.00	$60.70	$804	—
840–1725	1356	75-80%	33	47.00–60.00	$52.24	$708	-1.94

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–2070	1484	25	65.00–79.00	$69.62	$1,033	—
1190–1955	1561	9	80.00–92.00	$82.47	$1,287	—
1270–2080	1625	23	73.00–83.00	$75.93	$1,234	-1.62

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–1015	848	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	649.00–825.00	$742.55

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1365	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	600.00–775.00	$703.49
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	725.00–975.00	$830.26
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,225.00	$1,091.67
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	850.00–875.00	$862.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	700.00–925.00	$759.38
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	425.00–800.00	$597.78

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
530–625	562	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	350.00–520.00	$413.06
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	550.00–700.00	$628.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	375.00–500.00	$415.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	600.00–675.00	$640.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	860.00	$860.00
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	610.00	$610.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	525.00–750.00	$616.67
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	400.00–460.00	$430.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	610.00–790.00	$700.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	400.00–460.00	$422.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	325.00–350.00	$337.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	340.00	$340.00
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	450.00–520.00	$490.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	650.00–800.00	$703.08

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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	48	1,100.00–1,650.00	$1,421.88	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,550.00–1,800.00	$1,610.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	14	660.00–860.00	$735.71	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	900.00–975.00	$925.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	540.00–690.00	$600.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	460.00–675.00	$603.33	—

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	650.00–950.00	$850.00	—

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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.