Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, January 6, 2021

2,859 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.89/cwt +3.72 vs last sale · ≈ $603/hd at 461 lb · 80 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $118.96/cwt +3.84 vs last sale · ≈ $617/hd at 519 lb · 57 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $120.00/cwt -0.84 vs last sale · ≈ $880/hd at 733 lb · 51 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,859	5,745	3,931
Feeder cattle	2,272	4,645	3,264
Slaughter cattle	379	756	442
Replacement cattle	208	344	225

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available due to markets being closed for the Holidays.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	335	14	160.00–170.00	$166.28	$557	-1.28
350–395	377	28	155.00–166.00	$163.27	$616	+7.00
405–445	427	27	150.00–165.00	$158.03	$675	+1.64
450–495	473	31	142.00–157.00	$148.16	$701	-1.16
505–543	517	50	135.00–146.00	$141.67	$732	-0.72
555–595	570	25	125.00–140.00	$135.35	$771	-0.04
600–640	619	36	118.00–134.00	$125.38	$776	-1.59
652	652	13	124.50	$124.50	$812	+0.56
705–748	733	51	110.00–122.50	$120.00	$880	+1.70
761–796	778	26	112.00–119.50	$115.93	$902	-0.36

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	160.00	$160.00	$448	—
300–340	325	11	155.00–162.00	$159.04	$517	+6.25
350–395	375	20	142.50–158.00	$152.19	$571	-3.23
410–440	423	11	142.50–154.00	$148.41	$628	-3.41
455–495	474	16	135.00–145.00	$138.72	$658	-5.84
505–545	538	8	130.00–136.00	$132.01	$710	-8.67
610–645	624	24	116.00–125.00	$118.42	$739	-3.68
660–690	675	12	107.00–122.00	$114.95	$776	-1.05
730–740	735	2	112.00–116.00	$114.01	$838	—
775	775	2	87.00	$87.00	$674	-18.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
759	759	38	127.00	$127.00	$964	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	154.00	$154.00	$439	—
310–345	328	9	145.00–151.00	$148.79	$488	-0.97
375–385	378	3	142.00–145.00	$143.98	$544	+2.45
420–445	438	6	126.00–145.00	$138.56	$607	+3.56
480–495	486	7	120.00–126.00	$124.00	$603	-11.57
505–510	507	6	120.00–122.00	$120.67	$612	-0.70
600	600	1	80.00	$80.00	$480	-26.38

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	3	137.50–144.00	$140.82	$483	+8.99
350–395	373	34	132.50–143.00	$138.15	$515	+8.04
405–435 fancy	420	2	134.00–135.00	$134.48	$565	—
400–445	423	38	125.00–140.00	$131.85	$558	+1.51
453 value added	453	51	135.00	$135.00	$612	—
450–495	475	29	118.00–133.00	$123.66	$587	-3.51
500–545	519	57	111.00–125.00	$118.96	$617	+3.84
550–590	572	43	103.00–122.00	$110.79	$634	-3.29
600–645	623	26	102.00–116.00	$105.74	$659	-7.51
616–642 value added	633	15	114.00–119.00	$116.66	$738	-0.34
650–691	668	38	96.00–108.00	$104.69	$699	-3.62
700–725	706	12	92.00–106.00	$102.02	$720	—
755	755	1	97.00	$97.00	$732	-8.00
810–815	813	2	86.00–91.00	$88.51	$720	—
855	855	1	89.00	$89.00	$761	—
975	975	3	65.00	$65.00	$634	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	326	17	125.00–141.00	$134.24	$438	+0.96
355–395	367	27	117.00–135.00	$129.92	$477	+5.00
400–445	427	31	112.50–131.00	$124.94	$533	+3.02
450–495	476	16	115.00–123.00	$119.25	$568	+1.09
500–545	529	21	101.00–119.00	$109.39	$579	-2.89
550–590	567	12	95.00–112.00	$104.46	$592	-6.78
600–640	626	8	97.00–107.00	$102.95	$644	-2.68
675–685	678	3	91.00–100.00	$94.03	$638	-3.53
725	725	2	80.00	$80.00	$580	-22.48

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
706	706	26	119.00	$119.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	325	2	127.00–130.00	$128.48	$418	+5.01
350–395	371	10	120.00–127.00	$122.31	$454	+3.22
415–445	436	7	95.00–120.00	$113.56	$495	-0.16
470	470	2	115.00	$115.00	$540	+0.15
500	500	1	105.00	$105.00	$525	-2.85
560	560	1	107.00	$107.00	$599	+2.11

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	335	10	147.00–159.00	$154.34	$517	-2.56
355–390	378	14	137.00–155.00	$147.83	$559	+1.67
405–445	423	20	130.00–142.00	$135.81	$574	-7.90
450–495	472	25	120.00–143.00	$129.07	$609	-4.45
500–545	524	25	114.00–130.00	$124.28	$651	-1.10
555–595	577	35	108.00–120.00	$113.59	$655	-2.78
605–645	629	35	100.00–117.00	$107.60	$677	-0.92
660–675	667	3	100.00–110.00	$103.98	$694	-2.59
705–745	737	7	90.00–105.00	$95.06	$701	-2.60
790	790	1	87.00	$87.00	$687	+0.36

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	319	10	150.00–166.00	$160.40	$512	-2.74
350–395	375	25	142.00–166.00	$158.19	$593	-0.57
410–445	429	23	140.00–163.00	$154.27	$662	+6.36
450–495	463	24	134.00–154.00	$142.61	$660	+1.58
500–545	518	15	125.00–140.00	$133.10	$689	+1.71
555–590	576	9	115.00–123.00	$118.41	$682	-7.65
605–615	610	4	112.00–116.00	$113.98	$695	-2.44
655–685	664	5	107.00–109.00	$107.80	$716	-0.51
715–745	730	2	107.50–114.00	$110.82	$809	+1.19
795	795	2	90.00	$90.00	$716	-8.75

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	147.00	$147.00	$419	-16.24
315–345	330	7	132.00–142.00	$137.73	$455	-15.06
350–390	376	9	125.00–135.00	$131.17	$493	-14.56
400–445	424	12	122.00–133.00	$126.96	$538	-5.45
450–480	460	3	112.00–115.00	$113.96	$524	-7.73
505–540	524	9	105.00–120.00	$116.47	$610	-1.44
560–595	581	6	105.00–115.00	$108.13	$628	-0.35
610–625	615	4	100.00–102.00	$100.99	$621	+0.06

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1465	1146	80-85%	30	44.00–63.00	$49.40	$566	—
860–1490	1147	80-85%	63	45.00–58.00	$52.76	$605	—
920–1445	1152	80-85%	36	52.00–64.00	$59.08	$681	+4.49

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1745	1295	75-80%	37	48.00–61.00	$54.84	$710	—
1280–1730	1458	75-80%	12	46.00–52.00	$49.41	$720	—
1200–1695	1485	75-80%	14	53.00–68.00	$62.50	$928	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1050	948	85-90%	6	39.00–45.00	$41.82	$396	—
830–1310	1055	85-90%	27	39.00–50.00	$44.41	$469	—
1100–1120	1110	85-90%	2	48.00–48.50	$48.25	$536	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–2320	1519	13	61.00–76.00	$69.81	$1,060	—
1235–2270	1679	29	71.00–84.00	$78.92	$1,325	+1.31
1625–2255	1824	8	80.00–85.00	$82.48	$1,504	-0.39

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1260–1300	1280	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–1,060.00	$953.36

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	500.00–825.00	$683.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	875.00–1,100.00	$1,000.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,190.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	525.00–1,100.00	$806.11
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,125.00–1,200.00	$1,180.77

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)	4	480.00–560.00	$517.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–560.00	$555.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	275.00–550.00	$475.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	450.00–775.00	$594.64

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00
725–1340	1103	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	710.00–760.00	$731.08
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	550.00–775.00	$700.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	475.00–490.00	$482.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,175.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	775.00–1,050.00	$855.68	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,075.00–1,250.00	$1,166.67	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	590.00–750.00	$689.55	—

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	550.00–600.00	$566.67	—

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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.