Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, January 13, 2021

2,483 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $113.58/cwt -1.23 vs last sale · ≈ $701/hd at 617 lb · 91 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.29/cwt +4.24 vs last sale · ≈ $600/hd at 475 lb · 68 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $118.27/cwt +2.97 vs last sale · ≈ $771/hd at 652 lb · 65 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,483	2,975	2,408
Feeder cattle	1,991	2,547	2,052
Slaughter cattle	339	330	211
Replacement cattle	153	98	145

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	166.00	$166.00	$622	-1.82
405–445	423	37	145.00–160.00	$155.61	$658	-3.35
455–499	490	34	140.00–156.00	$146.69	$719	-1.27
505–545	527	48	131.00–143.00	$136.34	$719	-2.82
550–597	578	32	120.00–137.00	$128.98	$746	-4.37
605–645	621	37	115.00–130.00	$124.96	$776	-3.59
628 value added	628	9	130.00	$130.00	$816	—
657 value added	657	36	129.50	$129.50	$851	—
655–685	676	20	117.00–124.50	$122.60	$829	-1.37
700–740	721	4	114.00–122.00	$118.01	$851	-3.29
750–790	768	7	110.00–116.00	$114.30	$878	+4.30
792 value added	792	53	123.00	$123.00	$974	—
818	818	16	116.50	$116.50	$953	—
874 value added	874	8	111.50	$111.50	$975	—
970	970	1	100.00	$100.00	$970	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	383	4	145.00–158.00	$154.11	$590	-5.57
400–445	428	10	137.00–150.00	$144.49	$618	-10.08
455–475	465	10	127.00–145.00	$136.50	$635	-11.70
515–540	529	7	128.00–133.00	$129.99	$688	-4.21
570	570	1	122.00	$122.00	$695	-13.06
610–635	627	3	111.00–127.00	$116.19	$729	-10.45
655	655	1	120.00	$120.00	$786	-1.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	148.00–152.00	$150.03	$510	—
430–440	438	5	127.00–140.00	$137.45	$602	—
465	465	7	130.00–131.00	$130.14	$605	-0.64
500–545	520	3	120.00–125.00	$121.93	$634	-3.07
570–595	583	2	112.00–115.00	$113.47	$662	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	333	4	147.00–156.00	$153.21	$510	+11.83
364–395	376	34	130.00–150.00	$140.50	$528	-4.66
400–445	427	51	127.00–146.00	$135.89	$580	+3.77
466 fancy	466	8	136.00	$136.00	$634	—
450–498	476	60	120.00–134.00	$125.00	$595	+3.23
505–541	523	35	112.00–123.00	$116.38	$609	-4.45
550–595	567	16	106.00–123.00	$116.46	$660	+1.80
603 value added	603	9	123.75	$123.75	$746	—
609 fancy	609	14	121.00	$121.00	$737	—
600–647	621	68	105.00–121.00	$110.70	$687	-4.11
651 value added	651	62	118.80	$118.80	$773	—
665–675	672	3	106.00–110.00	$107.32	$721	-7.98
700–720	712	5	100.00–105.00	$101.97	$726	—
770–790	783	7	91.00–100.00	$98.74	$773	-7.26

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	150.00	$150.00	$420	—
300–345	320	8	131.00–144.00	$138.89	$444	-5.06
355–395	381	4	122.50–135.00	$130.31	$496	-6.08
400–440	417	12	117.50–135.00	$128.24	$535	+2.64
455–495	477	21	111.00–125.00	$119.13	$568	-3.11
500–545	521	26	107.00–121.00	$113.12	$589	-2.77
550–595	569	19	104.00–120.00	$111.37	$634	-0.40
600–645	621	8	100.00–110.00	$105.19	$653	-1.55
670–695	683	2	102.00	$102.00	$697	+1.66

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–320	318	2	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$399	+0.74
410–445	432	7	115.00–122.00	$118.98	$514	+0.79
455–490	480	11	110.00–119.00	$112.53	$540	-1.12
515–540	529	7	105.00–112.00	$107.69	$570	+3.35
555–595	571	10	80.00–107.00	$101.21	$578	-2.30
640	640	1	90.00	$90.00	$576	-10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	318	4	147.00–170.00	$155.34	$494	+0.06
350–390	374	9	140.00–153.00	$148.43	$555	-3.49
405–445	429	18	137.00–148.00	$142.83	$613	+2.59
455–495	474	19	125.00–140.00	$130.23	$617	-3.50
510–545	532	21	118.00–127.00	$122.66	$653	-6.89
555–595	576	23	105.00–123.00	$111.33	$641	-13.07
615–645	625	16	102.00–112.00	$107.16	$670	-5.11
665–698	686	7	94.00–110.00	$99.47	$682	-5.49
720–747	740	7	89.00–100.00	$92.07	$681	-16.17

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	330	10	157.00–180.00	$162.52	$536	-7.49
360–380	369	6	153.00–158.00	$155.99	$576	-6.48
405–440	420	23	140.00–159.00	$151.63	$637	+1.00
460–495	474	11	130.00–145.00	$135.91	$644	-9.67
500–545	523	30	121.00–136.00	$128.02	$670	-2.25
550–555	551	7	116.00–121.00	$118.43	$653	-2.55
610–645	628	4	112.00–114.00	$112.88	$709	-8.49
655–685	663	9	97.50–122.00	$107.81	$715	-5.05
700–740	720	3	100.00–110.00	$104.24	$751	+4.48
790	790	1	95.00	$95.00	$750	-10.44

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	150.00	$150.00	$382	-10.00
310–340	322	5	117.50–137.00	$131.86	$425	-22.18
380	380	1	132.00	$132.00	$502	-7.68
405–445	424	8	120.00–137.00	$129.49	$549	-5.24
455–495	473	8	115.00–127.00	$119.95	$567	-5.36
535–545	540	2	113.00–120.00	$116.47	$629	-5.55
575	575	1	115.00	$115.00	$661	+2.22
685	685	1	100.00	$100.00	$685	—
728	728	2	95.00	$95.00	$692	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1350	1100	80-85%	15	46.00–51.00	$49.06	$540	-2.55
740–1530	1135	80-85%	81	47.00–56.00	$53.48	$607	+1.87
770–1520	1162	80-85%	47	47.00–63.00	$57.63	$670	-3.47

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	75-80%	1	59.00	$59.00	$746	—
1245–1365	1307	75-80%	3	50.00–52.00	$51.30	$670	-3.09
980–1790	1394	75-80%	40	53.00–61.00	$55.44	$773	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1235	969	85-90%	11	40.00–45.00	$41.16	$399	-11.47
765–1185	991	85-90%	27	42.00–51.00	$45.28	$449	-7.35
995	995	85-90%	1	50.00	$50.00	$498	-2.63

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–2090	1571	9	69.00–78.00	$73.22	$1,150	—
1480–2235	1806	16	73.50–88.00	$78.03	$1,409	—
1970	1970	2	81.00–84.50	$82.75	$1,630	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–935	832	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	400.00–600.00	$549.90

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	600.00–750.00	$682.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	700.00–950.00	$837.50
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,133.33
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	400.00–600.00	$537.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	475.00–600.00	$525.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	375.00–675.00	$491.67

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)	2	500.00–575.00	$537.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	450.00–600.00	$512.50

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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
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,006.25	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	775.00–925.00	$829.17	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	450.00–625.00	$515.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	400.00–425.00	$412.50	—

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	600.00–675.00	$637.50	—

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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.