Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, January 27, 2021

1,763 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.88/cwt +1.68 vs last sale · ≈ $670/hd at 528 lb · 47 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.61/cwt +3.47 vs last sale · ≈ $624/hd at 467 lb · 40 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $151.90/cwt +1.57 vs last sale · ≈ $636/hd at 419 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,763	3,410	3,648
Feeder cattle	1,370	2,803	3,061
Slaughter cattle	236	417	283
Replacement cattle	157	190	304

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 6.00 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
275	275	1	180.00	$180.00	$495	—
355–395	379	8	155.00–176.00	$162.43	$616	-12.42
400–445	432	15	149.00–168.00	$163.16	$705	+1.85
455–495	467	19	145.00–160.00	$153.33	$716	+1.80
505–545	524	28	135.00–160.00	$148.77	$780	-1.27
550–595	568	24	125.00–149.00	$140.11	$796	+2.55
568 value added	568	4	144.00	$144.00	$818	+1.00
605–645	628	11	120.00–129.00	$124.95	$785	-9.58
660–695	679	8	115.00–125.00	$119.01	$808	-2.51
705–742	727	9	110.00–119.00	$113.87	$828	-11.01
794	794	7	121.00	$121.00	$961	—
855	855	2	105.00	$105.00	$898	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	10	160.00–180.00	$172.40	$560	+5.91
355–395	378	14	146.00–172.00	$158.87	$601	-2.16
410–445	428	9	135.00–156.00	$145.60	$623	-8.73
450–495	479	18	128.00–155.00	$147.62	$707	-4.19
515–525	520	7	142.00–145.00	$143.27	$745	+9.39
560–585	582	18	133.00–136.00	$133.32	$776	+0.52
625	625	2	120.00	$120.00	$750	-8.52
660	660	2	116.00	$116.00	$766	-9.29
718–738	731	10	114.00–120.00	$118.49	$866	-1.51
757	757	3	112.00	$112.00	$848	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	320	2	146.00–156.00	$150.84	$483	-6.98
375–395	390	5	140.00–152.00	$147.80	$576	-1.95
480–490	485	2	140.00–142.00	$140.99	$684	+6.76

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	372	27	137.00–145.00	$141.65	$527	+8.00
400–445	423	29	129.00–140.00	$136.00	$575	+2.70
450–495	466	33	122.50–144.00	$132.04	$615	+6.94
473 fancy	473	7	141.00	$141.00	$667	—
510–545	528	47	122.00–132.00	$126.88	$670	+2.88
550–590	567	12	116.00–130.00	$122.69	$696	+3.02
610–640	628	15	110.00–123.00	$116.95	$734	-1.69
665–675	671	11	100.00–108.00	$104.63	$702	-6.11
705–725	715	3	100.00–105.00	$101.98	$729	-1.39
825	825	1	97.00	$97.00	$800	—
860–895	878	2	76.00–81.00	$78.45	$689	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	12	130.00–146.00	$139.11	$449	+3.70
355–395	373	15	129.00–141.00	$135.32	$505	+1.78
400–445	423	36	117.50–141.00	$130.75	$553	+1.05
450–495	477	31	113.00–135.00	$125.90	$601	-0.16
500–540	525	11	115.00–125.00	$119.40	$627	+0.38
555–595	564	13	109.00–117.00	$111.25	$627	-5.48
620	620	1	135.00	$135.00	$837	+23.31
610–630	622	11	101.00–111.00	$104.17	$648	-7.52
715	715	1	100.00	$100.00	$715	+0.81

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	320	15	127.00–142.00	$133.29	$427	+0.05
365–380	373	13	110.00–140.00	$126.01	$470	-0.20
400–445	417	10	100.00–127.00	$119.00	$496	+1.75
455–485	468	6	112.00–120.00	$113.87	$533	-4.45
500–545	522	5	97.00–115.00	$106.48	$556	-3.82
560–595	574	7	85.00–108.00	$99.27	$570	-0.72
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	22	150.00–192.00	$172.33	$560	+5.97
350–395	382	18	147.00–182.00	$151.30	$578	-9.43
400–445	419	38	139.00–167.00	$151.90	$636	+1.57
455–495	473	26	135.00–160.00	$148.05	$700	+5.63
500–545	521	29	125.00–149.00	$140.29	$731	+5.12
550–590	568	14	117.50–143.00	$132.03	$750	+1.77
600–645	618	18	113.00–127.00	$122.28	$756	+0.02
670–695	684	6	114.00–122.00	$117.86	$806	-2.49
705–740	720	13	101.00–117.00	$113.29	$816	+5.29
755–760	757	3	107.00–112.00	$108.67	$823	-0.24
830	830	1	98.00	$98.00	$813	—
905	905	2	91.00–100.00	$95.50	$864	—
1015	1015	1	90.00	$90.00	$914	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	292	3	180.00	$180.00	$526	+7.58
330–345	338	2	172.00	$172.00	$581	+12.81
355–390	372	12	135.00–176.00	$156.34	$582	-5.00
405–445	428	14	127.50–157.00	$146.99	$629	-1.10
450–495	471	20	130.00–152.00	$143.06	$674	+4.25
505–540	523	15	122.00–137.00	$133.51	$698	+3.21
570–595	580	5	113.00–127.00	$119.07	$691	-5.68
605–640	624	7	110.00–122.00	$114.83	$717	+0.89
715	715	1	95.00	$95.00	$679	-11.78
755	755	1	104.00	$104.00	$785	-4.99
830	830	1	95.00	$95.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	382	5	132.50–162.00	$153.38	$586	+4.30
405–415	409	4	138.00–145.00	$141.27	$578	+1.52
450–490	476	6	130.00–140.00	$134.95	$642	+4.47
517–530	520	4	119.00–127.00	$121.04	$629	-5.54
555–590	575	5	117.00–123.00	$121.05	$696	+6.54
940	940	1	70.00	$70.00	$658	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1505	1051	80-85%	15	57.00–70.00	$63.34	$666	—
790–1305	1072	80-85%	13	48.00–61.00	$55.05	$590	—
840–1590	1117	80-85%	46	52.00–68.00	$60.21	$673	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1205	1034	85-90%	14	42.00–55.00	$50.34	$521	—
1050–1240	1136	85-90%	4	46.00–50.00	$47.60	$541	-3.07

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1400	1128	75-80%	6	52.00–56.00	$53.57	$604	—
1130–1640	1321	75-80%	10	55.00–62.00	$58.51	$773	—
1690–1945	1818	75-80%	2	59.00–65.00	$61.79	$1,123	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1790	1416	12	62.00–79.00	$70.56	$999	—
1105–1895	1584	19	75.00–87.00	$80.85	$1,281	—
1585–2135	1863	7	82.00–95.00	$87.35	$1,627	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–735	682	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	500.00–650.00	$554.79

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1015	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,100.00	$983.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	650.00–1,075.00	$866.82
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	625.00–775.00	$664.29
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,075.00	$1,007.14

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–770	732	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	600.00–775.00	$666.02
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	375.00–625.00	$536.11
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	500.00–550.00	$525.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00
1105–1125	1117	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	720.00–820.00	$756.79
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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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
1065	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	650.00–670.00	$660.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	875.00–1,250.00	$1,095.45	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	675.00–950.00	$882.69	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	775.00–950.00	$925.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	500.00	$500.00	—

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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.