Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, January 12, 2021

2,975 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.00/cwt ≈ $711/hd at 539 lb · 89 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.25/cwt ≈ $817/hd at 674 lb · 75 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $126.75/cwt ≈ $948/hd at 748 lb · 67 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,975	2,722	5,340
Feeder cattle	2,547	2,223	4,637
Slaughter cattle	330	373	393
Replacement cattle	98	126	310

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	195.00	$195.00	$575	+15.00
305–345	329	12	165.00–185.00	$174.36	$574	+11.77
365–395	381	21	156.00–175.00	$167.82	$639	+6.76
405–445	429	5	150.00–168.00	$158.96	$682	+6.75
445 value added	445	1	190.00	$190.00	$846	+28.26
455–495	468	19	139.00–155.00	$147.96	$692	+3.95
485 value added	485	1	178.00	$178.00	$863	—
525 value added	525	8	166.00	$166.00	$872	—
505–545	527	8	135.00–142.00	$139.16	$733	-2.79
550–595	566	15	123.00–150.00	$133.35	$755	-4.81
603–648	621	22	116.00–135.00	$128.55	$798	+1.94
655–675	660	8	114.00–129.00	$123.97	$818	+5.12
704–724	710	29	113.00–122.25	$121.30	$861	+7.54
765	765	2	110.00	$110.00	$842	-5.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
619 value added	619	21	138.00	$138.00	$854	—
748 value added	748	67	126.75	$126.75	$948	—
753 value added	753	32	124.50	$124.50	$937	—
885–890	886	9	105.00–106.00	$105.22	$932	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	324	7	161.00–175.00	$165.53	$536	-3.59
365–380	374	9	154.00–162.00	$159.68	$597	+1.19
400–445	434	7	145.00–165.00	$154.57	$671	+1.80
455–475	469	6	140.00–159.00	$148.20	$695	+6.79
500–540	514	20	122.00–136.00	$134.20	$690	-1.03
555–595	563	21	114.00–137.00	$135.06	$760	+6.28
615–635	627	3	125.00–130.00	$126.64	$794	+5.88
655–690	677	15	104.00–125.00	$121.03	$819	+6.03
700–725	718	6	115.00–120.00	$118.02	$847	+8.02
765–775	770	2	112.00–114.00	$112.99	$870	+17.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	140.00	$140.00	$532	-10.00
455–495	479	5	127.00–135.00	$130.78	$626	-3.92
525–540	533	2	125.00	$125.00	$666	+5.66

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	227	3	155.00–160.00	$156.69	$356	—
255	255	1	143.00	$143.00	$365	—
325–345	337	12	133.00–155.00	$141.38	$476	+4.27
351–390	370	40	129.00–165.00	$145.16	$537	+5.02
405–445	431	38	115.00–146.00	$132.12	$569	-0.60
450–496	480	34	111.00–134.00	$121.77	$584	-3.18
487 value added	487	10	123.00	$123.00	$599	-10.97
500–540 value added	522	18	132.00–137.00	$132.98	$694	—
500–545	522	48	109.00–127.00	$120.83	$631	+0.17
554–580 value added	559	7	128.00–134.00	$128.86	$720	+0.31
555–595	574	31	103.00–124.00	$114.66	$658	+0.93
605–645	623	31	109.00–119.50	$114.81	$715	-0.48
694–695	694	30	109.00–115.75	$115.30	$800	+6.55
782	782	7	106.00	$106.00	$829	+6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539	539	89	132.00	$132.00	$711	—
644 value added	644	14	121.25	$121.25	$781	—
674 value added	674	75	121.25	$121.25	$817	—
754 value added	754	11	115.50	$115.50	$871	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	322	17	133.00–162.00	$143.95	$464	+13.15
350–395	374	19	123.00–148.00	$136.39	$510	+4.22
405–445	425	28	106.00–138.00	$125.60	$534	+0.31
450–495	472	24	114.00–130.00	$122.24	$577	+3.25
500–549	529	40	106.00–122.00	$115.89	$613	+2.75
555–595	574	28	90.00–117.00	$111.77	$642	+2.52
615–635	625	4	105.00–110.00	$106.74	$667	-2.63
675–685	678	3	95.00–104.00	$100.34	$680	-3.17
725–730	726	5	95.00–102.00	$98.99	$719	-1.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	152.00	$152.00	$388	+22.84
305–345	327	8	110.00–130.00	$124.76	$408	+7.61
350–395	380	21	118.00–144.00	$125.71	$478	-2.37
400–445	421	22	108.00–130.00	$118.19	$498	+5.11
460–495	478	12	105.00–124.00	$113.65	$543	+5.70
520–540	532	3	104.00–105.00	$104.34	$555	-0.77
590–595	593	2	102.00–105.00	$103.51	$614	-1.24
605	605	1	100.00	$100.00	$605	-1.70
695	695	1	85.00	$85.00	$591	—
710	710	1	95.00	$95.00	$674	—
785	785	1	92.00	$92.00	$722	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–260	255	2	170.00–175.00	$172.45	$440	+12.29
305–340	324	9	140.00–166.00	$155.28	$503	+4.16
350–395	377	12	138.00–160.00	$151.92	$573	+0.35
400–445	423	32	120.00–156.00	$140.24	$593	-4.24
455–495	477	38	119.00–145.00	$133.73	$638	-0.66
500–545	527	28	120.00–136.00	$129.55	$683	+3.32
550–595	575	21	114.00–132.00	$124.40	$715	+6.46
600–645	625	21	105.00–124.00	$112.27	$702	-0.48
655–695	680	14	90.00–117.00	$104.96	$714	-2.85
710–720	718	4	107.00–112.00	$108.24	$777	—
750	750	1	90.00	$90.00	$675	—
805	805	1	80.00	$80.00	$644	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	286	4	170.00–187.00	$181.14	$518	+16.14
330–340	334	10	157.00–182.00	$170.01	$568	+8.22
350–385	368	17	141.00–177.00	$162.47	$598	+6.98
400–440	426	20	136.00–172.00	$150.63	$642	-1.67
455–490	468	22	134.00–165.00	$145.58	$681	+7.38
500–535	520	14	121.00–138.00	$130.27	$677	-1.00
555–590	574	4	115.00–127.00	$120.98	$694	-4.82
600–645	617	9	109.00–130.00	$121.37	$749	+2.21
655–670	662	6	106.00–122.00	$112.86	$747	-1.77
725–745	739	4	98.00–101.00	$99.76	$737	-6.89
755–775	765	2	101.00–110.00	$105.44	$807	+0.44

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	160.00	$160.00	$440	+8.67
300–320	308	3	150.00–157.00	$154.04	$474	—
355–395	373	18	137.00–146.00	$139.68	$521	-6.06
405–435	422	11	127.00–142.00	$134.73	$569	+2.21
480–495	489	6	120.00–130.00	$125.31	$613	+0.13
500–545	529	11	119.00–126.00	$122.02	$645	+8.02
565–595	578	4	105.00–117.00	$112.78	$652	-1.39
610–625	618	3	100.00–113.00	$106.72	$660	-5.28

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1370	1105	80-85%	11	47.00–54.00	$51.61	$570	-3.74
935–1605	1151	80-85%	37	55.00–67.00	$61.10	$703	+0.06
925–1705	1214	80-85%	59	48.00–61.00	$55.90	$679	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1660	1332	75-80%	19	48.00–59.00	$54.39	$724	-1.11
1165–2015	1464	75-80%	39	53.00–67.00	$59.20	$867	—
1245–1875	1533	75-80%	10	59.00–67.00	$61.24	$939	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1085	988	85-90%	8	50.00–57.00	$52.63	$520	+10.56
725–1630	1005	85-90%	24	43.50–54.00	$50.58	$508	—
815–1245	1093	85-90%	25	40.00–48.00	$45.66	$499	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1970	1444	18	64.00–76.00	$70.75	$1,022	—
1025–2245	1677	27	68.00–85.00	$77.21	$1,295	—
1410–2165	1728	15	80.00–96.00	$85.23	$1,473	—

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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	3	400.00–600.00	$533.33

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1230	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–925.00	$844.61
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	775.00–900.00	$839.29
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	600.00–800.00	$694.29
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	675.00–800.00	$737.50

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	650.00–785.00	$728.75

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
550–620	585	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	300.00–375.00	$339.74
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	330.00	$330.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	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
1335–1520	1432	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,135.68	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	775.00–1,030.00	$951.58	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	800.00–825.00	$805.00	—

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	500.00	$500.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	690.00	$690.00	—

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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.