Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, January 19, 2021

7,216 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $118.55/cwt +1.88 vs last sale · ≈ $691/hd at 583 lb · 86 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.42/cwt -1.03 vs last sale · ≈ $560/hd at 420 lb · 82 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $117.49/cwt +4.59 vs last sale · ≈ $611/hd at 520 lb · 77 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,216	4,450	4,833
Feeder cattle	6,351	3,681	4,210
Slaughter cattle	594	443	413
Replacement cattle	271	326	210

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold mostly 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
220	220	1	166.00	$166.00	$365	—
300–345	326	24	163.00–200.00	$175.87	$573	+0.81
355–395	373	15	156.00–179.00	$167.64	$625	+1.13
400–445	424	16	150.00–180.00	$160.98	$683	+3.27
452 value added	452	14	174.00	$174.00	$786	—
455–485	471	38	144.00–168.00	$153.81	$724	+4.23
500–545	522	31	138.00–151.00	$143.68	$750	+2.42
559 value added	559	7	139.50	$139.50	$780	—
550–595	579	50	124.00–139.00	$133.83	$775	+0.87
600–645	613	25	120.00–135.00	$129.55	$794	-1.28
626 value added	626	11	129.00	$129.00	$808	—
655–696	675	58	114.00–132.50	$123.96	$837	-2.72
689 value added	689	7	124.00	$124.00	$854	-9.50
710–740	720	9	109.00–120.00	$114.50	$824	-4.07
755–795	768	37	108.00–119.00	$116.68	$896	-3.32
815 value added	815	48	124.25	$124.25	$1,013	+3.25
1005–1025	1015	2	97.00–98.00	$97.50	$990	-3.50
1253	1253	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,065	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	160.00	$160.00	$432	—
320–345	325	25	165.00–172.00	$167.85	$546	+3.59
350–385	372	11	140.00–167.00	$160.97	$599	+4.28
405–445	430	17	155.00–166.00	$157.44	$677	+6.68
460–495	481	9	135.00–156.00	$145.00	$697	+0.99
510–545	531	31	129.00–152.00	$145.09	$770	+13.00
565–595	584	6	120.00–134.00	$129.49	$756	+1.16
616–646	632	68	112.00–128.00	$123.76	$782	-2.27
665–691	681	39	119.00–125.00	$120.61	$821	-3.54
707–743	723	13	104.00–117.00	$115.28	$833	—
755–795	788	12	93.00–116.00	$108.56	$855	+8.56
800	800	1	82.00	$82.00	$656	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	326	5	157.00–160.00	$158.41	$516	+13.86
365–390	378	11	148.00–155.00	$151.99	$575	+7.22
405–445	424	8	140.00–150.00	$145.65	$618	+3.20
455–480	459	25	115.00–142.00	$135.96	$624	+7.25
504–545	530	23	118.00–141.00	$132.97	$705	+10.41
550–570	560	4	110.00–127.00	$121.93	$683	—
600–645	627	5	117.00–124.00	$120.59	$756	+3.59
665–695	674	5	96.00–115.00	$106.87	$720	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225	217	3	155.00–192.00	$176.04	$382	—
300–345	334	17	134.00–144.00	$140.86	$470	—
350 value added	350	7	144.00	$144.00	$504	—
350–395	373	42	126.00–143.00	$136.26	$508	-3.26
405 value added	405	19	142.50	$142.50	$577	—
400–445	424	63	120.00–140.00	$130.68	$554	-3.77
455–490	471	47	118.00–134.00	$123.49	$582	-2.95
505–545	520	34	112.00–131.00	$122.54	$637	+1.19
550–598	583	86	109.00–122.00	$118.55	$691	+1.88
600–645	631	39	106.00–117.00	$113.57	$717	-0.15
655 fancy	655	1	118.00	$118.00	$773	—
650–687	673	58	105.00–113.00	$108.10	$728	-2.05
725–746	743	36	100.00–103.00	$101.19	$752	-3.30
777	777	7	108.00	$108.00	$839	+7.50
785 value added	785	57	116.25	$116.25	$913	—
825 value added	825	2	97.00	$97.00	$800	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–265	263	2	138.00–140.00	$139.01	$366	+7.02
300–345	330	47	124.00–144.00	$133.01	$439	-0.19
350–395	374	50	118.00–137.00	$127.58	$477	-2.95
400–445	427	75	112.00–133.00	$124.73	$533	+4.66
455–497	478	65	105.00–126.00	$117.89	$564	-3.07
500–545	520	77	104.00–122.00	$117.49	$611	+4.59
550–595	567	39	99.00–118.00	$114.00	$646	+1.73
605–640	619	13	105.00–114.00	$110.30	$683	+1.63
642	642	2	101.00	$101.00	$648	-7.67
670–695	678	5	104.00–110.00	$106.38	$721	+0.73
710–735	724	5	95.00–103.00	$97.58	$706	+1.16
775–790	777	7	90.00–96.00	$91.73	$713	-8.27

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	278	3	130.00–135.00	$131.77	$366	-1.57
310–345	335	33	120.00–130.00	$125.79	$421	+0.03
370–385	375	7	115.00–130.00	$120.56	$452	-0.68
400–445	428	38	103.00–123.00	$116.17	$497	+1.58
455–495	481	21	107.00–118.00	$111.58	$537	+0.45
510–545	526	15	105.00–110.00	$107.13	$564	-1.01
550–596	587	16	100.00–109.00	$104.85	$615	+0.53
605–630	612	6	96.00–106.00	$101.16	$619	+3.02
660–675	671	5	90.00–92.00	$91.00	$611	-11.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	2	195.00–202.00	$198.50	$427	+8.50
265–295	280	15	162.00–190.00	$169.57	$475	—
300–345	331	30	157.00–186.00	$167.49	$554	+1.30
350–395	373	29	152.00–180.00	$162.62	$607	+4.05
400–445	421	49	140.00–170.00	$152.67	$643	+4.62
450–480	466	36	129.00–158.00	$143.76	$670	+2.05
500–545	521	68	120.00–150.00	$130.99	$682	-3.43
550–595	570	36	113.00–137.00	$123.17	$702	-3.08
600–645	622	40	106.00–132.00	$115.54	$719	-0.62
650–695	675	22	105.00–127.00	$112.73	$761	-4.17
700–745	720	17	97.00–118.00	$107.92	$777	+3.41
755–790	768	7	91.00–115.00	$103.61	$796	-0.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	187.00	$187.00	$393	—
250–290	271	9	152.00–180.00	$167.93	$455	+5.59
305–340	322	10	150.00–172.00	$161.49	$520	+4.86
350–395	379	38	142.00–169.00	$153.88	$583	+10.54
400–445	423	58	132.00–160.00	$147.66	$625	+4.78
450–495	470	46	116.00–148.00	$137.99	$649	+5.27
500–545	519	63	117.00–138.00	$131.99	$685	+3.97
550–595	575	37	106.00–128.00	$121.08	$696	+1.60
605–648	623	20	104.00–122.00	$113.47	$707	-1.69
650–695	675	12	99.00–115.00	$109.51	$739	-2.77
700–740	719	7	85.00–108.00	$99.79	$717	-5.21
755–795	778	6	83.00–107.00	$100.69	$783	—
815	815	1	78.00	$78.00	$636	-13.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	278	3	141.00–158.00	$146.40	$407	-1.93
315–325	318	3	130.00–157.00	$145.71	$463	-0.30
355–395	368	14	137.00–155.00	$143.54	$528	+2.87
405–445	413	32	127.00–147.00	$133.48	$551	-3.74
455–495	467	23	112.00–136.00	$126.24	$590	-0.80
500–545	524	28	104.00–128.00	$117.78	$617	-0.87
555–580	571	11	105.00–120.00	$113.52	$648	+3.88
605–640	614	8	99.00–110.00	$103.14	$633	-3.61
665	665	1	85.00	$85.00	$565	-11.46
730–735	733	2	88.00–93.00	$90.51	$663	—
770–785	780	3	79.00–86.00	$81.64	$637	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1500	1127	80-85%	32	55.00–67.00	$59.71	$673	—
735–1635	1164	80-85%	47	44.00–54.00	$51.20	$596	+0.48
835–1520	1220	80-85%	91	48.00–60.00	$55.34	$675	-5.68

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1820	1353	75-80%	62	46.50–68.00	$57.94	$784	—
1035–1670	1380	75-80%	24	50.00–54.00	$52.91	$730	—
1215–1550	1383	75-80%	11	58.00–67.00	$62.27	$861	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1275	1038	85-90%	28	40.00–50.00	$45.64	$474	-3.00
705–1515	1059	85-90%	48	41.00–55.00	$50.30	$533	—
915–1330	1103	85-90%	11	49.00–59.00	$52.82	$583	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–2060	1431	28	68.00–77.00	$72.76	$1,041	—
1325–2035	1674	37	74.00–84.00	$79.55	$1,332	—
1330–2220	1726	17	80.00–94.00	$84.45	$1,458	—

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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	14	515.00–650.00	$582.50

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1145	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	800.00–850.00	$834.00
1100–1120	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–910.00	$905.00
1205–1245	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,050.82
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	750.00–1,040.00	$897.19
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	550.00–950.00	$740.22
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	550.00–750.00	$650.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
550–695	637	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	300.00–450.00	$383.03
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	400.00–500.00	$443.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	330.00–700.00	$494.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	500.00–700.00	$587.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1050–1110	1087	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–925.00	$911.67
1305	1305	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00–710.00	$706.67

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	200.00	$200.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	600.00–700.00	$625.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	750.00–800.00	$775.00

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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
1205	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00	$1,125.00	-68.94
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	800.00–950.00	$875.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	36	750.00–1,100.00	$920.83	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,050.00	$1,037.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	400.00–550.00	$493.75	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	625.00	$625.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	525.00–700.00	$612.50	—

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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.