Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, December 16, 2020

3,200 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $112.95/cwt -4.41 vs last sale · ≈ $657/hd at 582 lb · 59 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $109.79/cwt -6.45 vs last sale · ≈ $739/hd at 673 lb · 44 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $115.77/cwt -3.74 vs last sale · ≈ $606/hd at 523 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,200	5,152	3,094
Feeder cattle	2,300	4,055	2,359
Slaughter cattle	384	646	271
Replacement cattle	516	451	464

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle and feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold steady to firm.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	6	169.00	$169.00	$431	—
305–340	319	4	150.00–156.00	$152.87	$488	—
355–395	373	26	136.00–157.00	$145.10	$541	-9.97
405–445	422	16	134.00–155.00	$140.43	$593	-8.79
455–495	474	33	132.00–151.00	$138.22	$655	-9.43
500–545	522	31	125.00–148.00	$136.20	$711	-4.12
555–595	570	29	120.00–140.00	$128.78	$734	-5.13
635–645	639	11	120.00–124.00	$121.54	$777	-5.72
660–695	686	29	110.00–129.00	$125.55	$861	+3.61
725–742	739	11	119.00–120.00	$119.18	$881	-5.65
915	915	1	100.00	$100.00	$915	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	337	9	136.00–142.00	$139.34	$470	-0.84
375	375	3	134.00	$134.00	$502	-11.18
405–445	429	11	127.00–140.00	$134.28	$576	-4.46
455–490	465	9	124.00–135.00	$127.84	$594	-5.56
505–535	522	9	122.00–126.00	$123.77	$646	-5.84
555–595	575	11	110.00–130.00	$119.85	$689	-3.67
635–640	639	9	121.00–124.00	$123.34	$788	-1.78
700	700	2	112.00–115.00	$113.50	$794	-5.00
755	755	1	116.00	$116.00	$876	-3.10

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	339	16	125.00–140.00	$132.64	$450	-7.65
375–395	379	17	124.00–132.00	$127.70	$484	-9.34
405–425	416	4	120.00–126.00	$122.69	$510	-19.08
500–545	524	14	110.00–130.00	$116.92	$613	+3.73
580	580	7	118.00	$118.00	$684	-9.00
605–645	629	6	115.00–120.00	$116.31	$732	-1.15

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	337	3	133.00–135.00	$133.98	$452	+4.42
355–396	371	21	117.00–137.00	$123.26	$457	-5.22
405–445	425	22	112.00–132.00	$118.80	$505	-6.04
455–495	468	39	110.00–128.00	$119.05	$557	-3.27
505–545	521	32	105.00–124.00	$113.09	$589	-6.42
533 value added	533	8	126.50	$126.50	$674	—
550–598	580	51	102.00–120.00	$112.00	$650	-5.36
595 value added	595	8	119.00	$119.00	$708	—
605–645	618	24	100.00–117.00	$104.90	$648	-6.37
655–685	669	14	96.00–104.00	$99.12	$663	-2.60
658–690 value added	675	30	113.75–116.00	$114.77	$775	-3.13
708 value added	708	8	115.00	$115.00	$814	—
710–725	721	11	95.00–105.00	$99.20	$715	-6.72
880	880	1	85.00	$85.00	$748	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	2	140.00	$140.00	$371	+13.27
300–345	310	11	120.00–135.00	$129.08	$400	+2.28
355–390	370	34	105.00–132.00	$118.25	$438	-4.55
405–445	432	31	106.00–125.00	$114.72	$496	-5.15
455–495	473	23	100.00–122.00	$109.95	$520	-4.19
520–545	534	25	96.00–120.00	$105.57	$564	-3.17
565–595	583	14	92.00–115.00	$100.22	$584	-4.42
645	645	1	112.00	$112.00	$722	+12.12
655–670	660	6	90.00	$90.00	$594	-4.49
790	790	2	81.00	$81.00	$640	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	284	9	110.00–130.00	$114.61	$325	—
325–349	340	15	107.00–120.00	$113.57	$386	-5.03
360–395	371	9	101.00–114.00	$106.65	$396	-10.51
400–445	417	17	95.00–120.00	$105.82	$441	-2.96
480–485	484	4	112.00–115.00	$113.50	$549	+4.10
520–545	529	16	90.00–101.00	$95.19	$504	-2.00
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	+8.17

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	328	22	128.00–157.00	$138.20	$453	-9.74
360–395	378	25	125.00–150.00	$136.97	$518	-8.31
400–445	421	23	119.00–147.00	$129.77	$546	-12.18
450–490	477	31	115.00–144.00	$124.90	$596	-5.20
505–545	527	26	110.00–135.00	$117.18	$618	-6.88
555–595	573	13	106.00–117.00	$110.92	$636	-5.59
605–645	626	19	105.00–115.00	$108.06	$676	+1.06
660–690	675	8	100.00–112.00	$103.98	$702	+2.49
700–715	708	7	90.00–101.00	$97.60	$691	+0.97

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	323	5	140.00–160.00	$148.01	$478	+14.59
350–390	369	13	138.00–147.00	$140.38	$518	-17.01
405–445	426	22	132.00–140.00	$136.03	$579	-11.55
455–490	474	18	124.00–150.00	$134.49	$637	-5.01
500–545	522	13	122.00–146.00	$130.09	$679	-0.63
555–595	572	10	119.00–135.00	$124.91	$714	+2.04
630	630	3	118.00	$118.00	$743	+0.50
665–675	672	3	109.00–111.00	$109.66	$737	-7.37
705	705	2	100.00–102.00	$101.00	$712	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	265	4	145.00–152.00	$146.85	$389	+1.81
315–345	331	8	125.00–140.00	$133.67	$442	—
365–380	369	6	120.00–135.00	$125.11	$462	-5.05
435–445	440	4	122.00–132.00	$126.49	$557	+3.39
475–480	477	3	115.00–123.00	$120.31	$574	-7.91
505–545	530	20	95.00–110.00	$103.65	$549	-6.39
550–565	558	4	107.00–110.00	$108.75	$607	+3.32
610–630	618	3	94.00–102.00	$98.37	$608	+1.37
775	775	2	70.00	$70.00	$542	-16.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1225–1555	1428	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,126.63	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1575	1161	80-85%	72	42.00–55.00	$49.91	$579	-0.16
850–1500	1187	80-85%	46	39.00–50.00	$44.50	$528	-5.57
825–1655	1224	80-85%	19	49.00–61.00	$55.04	$674	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1095	966	85-90%	27	41.00–50.00	$45.73	$442	—
820–1195	981	85-90%	16	35.00–42.00	$39.04	$383	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1640	1332	75-80%	23	45.00–62.00	$49.21	$655	-1.99
1320–1525	1389	75-80%	4	46.00–47.00	$46.48	$646	-5.88
1355–1995	1698	75-80%	10	53.00–70.00	$67.88	$1,153	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1940	1574	15	64.00–76.00	$69.30	$1,091	-7.41
1200–2140	1761	16	68.00–77.00	$73.46	$1,294	—
1690–1880	1833	4	80.00–82.00	$80.46	$1,475	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–940	888	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	570.00–640.00	$596.35
795–1080	923	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	725.00–830.00	$765.94
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	500.00–570.00	$543.33

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	880.00	$880.00
1045–1055	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	925.00–975.00	$958.23
1115–1275	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	850.00–935.00	$877.50
1135–1220	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,110.00–1,150.00	$1,130.00
1220 fancy	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1060–1635	1311	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	900.00–1,100.00	$1,001.99
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	750.00–950.00	$868.29
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	1,000.00–1,650.00	$1,262.77
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,093.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	775.00–1,075.00	$938.79
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	610.00–850.00	$698.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	775.00–875.00	$817.86
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–995	949	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	725.00–925.00	$853.09
942–975	957	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	775.00–900.00	$831.26
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	500.00–700.00	$605.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	580.00–650.00	$615.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	475.00–675.00	$597.22

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1210	1073	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–820.00	$810.00
1085	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	650.00–725.00	$687.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	550.00–700.00	$631.25

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1010	909	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	725.00–900.00	$831.06
1015–1110	1059	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	1,075.00–1,225.00	$1,170.32
1070–1135 fancy	1113	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,425.00	$1,340.04

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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
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1090–1460	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,150.00–1,325.00	$1,230.57	+255.48
1265–1385 fancy	1348	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,375.00–1,500.00	$1,412.99	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	900.00–1,100.00	$1,008.33	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1220	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,010.00	$1,005.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	580.00–700.00	$640.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	700.00–800.00	$770.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	700.00–875.00	$800.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890–995	958	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,092.09	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	825.00	$825.00	—

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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.