Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, February 1, 2021

2,723 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $115.95/cwt +11.32 vs last sale · ≈ $775/hd at 668 lb · 49 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $120.96/cwt -0.04 vs last sale · ≈ $956/hd at 790 lb · 49 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $135.49/cwt -7.57 vs last sale · ≈ $645/hd at 476 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,723	1,763	3,234
Feeder cattle	2,359	1,370	2,713
Slaughter cattle	232	236	310
Replacement cattle	132	157	211

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 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
245	245	1	197.00	$197.00	$483	—
255–280	274	4	175.00–180.00	$178.84	$490	-1.16
305–345	326	8	170.00–180.00	$175.59	$572	—
350–370	360	10	160.00–178.00	$169.67	$611	+7.24
410–445	423	11	150.00–162.00	$156.84	$663	-6.32
450–490	468	12	138.00–155.00	$148.22	$694	-5.11
505–545	532	6	127.50–144.00	$136.55	$726	-12.22
550–575	564	8	125.00–147.00	$138.08	$779	-2.03
600–640	619	9	122.50–140.00	$133.22	$825	+8.27
650–695	686	42	124.00–131.00	$128.00	$878	+8.99
715–745	724	6	120.00–123.00	$121.97	$883	+8.10
753–797	790	49	118.00–122.00	$120.96	$956	-0.04
943	943	6	111.00	$111.00	$1,047	—
960	960	1	100.00	$100.00	$960	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	330	10	160.00–174.00	$164.21	$542	-8.19
350–395	366	29	145.00–167.00	$159.61	$584	+0.74
410–430	426	16	135.00–158.00	$151.66	$646	+6.06
455–490	471	13	125.00–152.00	$142.01	$669	-5.61
500–545	522	19	140.00–148.00	$142.28	$743	-0.99
550–595	578	30	135.00–142.00	$135.88	$785	+2.56
605–630	618	7	127.00–137.00	$131.27	$811	+11.27
660–680	664	5	121.00–122.00	$121.20	$805	+5.20
710–725	720	3	117.00–120.00	$119.01	$857	+0.52
775–790	784	6	110.00–115.00	$111.99	$878	-0.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	162.00	$162.00	$543	+11.16
365–390	376	8	152.00–162.00	$157.47	$592	+9.67
405–445	425	12	145.00–152.00	$149.57	$636	—
450–493	484	14	137.00–145.00	$140.22	$679	-0.77
565–580	573	3	130.00–134.00	$132.32	$758	—
618–645	621	13	120.00–122.50	$122.18	$759	—
680–685	681	4	110.00–112.00	$110.50	$753	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	282	3	150.00–152.00	$151.37	$427	—
310–345	329	11	138.00–147.00	$140.55	$462	—
350–395	377	27	132.00–147.00	$138.91	$524	-2.74
405–445	424	20	121.00–136.00	$130.10	$552	-5.90
455–490	474	33	123.00–134.00	$126.98	$602	-5.06
500–547	530	31	117.00–131.00	$123.98	$657	-2.90
550–590	572	26	112.00–125.00	$120.30	$688	-2.39
605–645	615	32	110.00–121.00	$117.03	$720	+0.08
665 fancy	665	33	119.00	$119.00	$791	—
650–690	675	16	100.00–115.00	$109.67	$740	+5.04
710–740	724	4	97.00–109.00	$104.69	$758	+2.71
860	860	1	94.00	$94.00	$808	+15.55
908	908	11	98.00	$98.00	$890	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–270	263	6	142.00–146.00	$144.06	$379	—
305–330	323	22	130.00–145.00	$136.52	$441	-2.59
350–395	374	32	121.00–138.00	$130.45	$488	-4.87
405–445	424	36	115.00–136.00	$125.47	$532	-5.28
455–495	473	25	110.00–128.00	$121.90	$577	-4.00
500–540	524	42	110.00–124.00	$119.75	$627	+0.35
550–595	578	8	108.00–121.00	$111.49	$644	+0.24
600–627	618	9	101.00–115.00	$112.05	$692	-22.95
660–690	678	5	102.00–106.00	$103.56	$702	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–260	256	8	125.00–135.00	$127.54	$327	—
310–330	320	2	122.00–125.00	$123.55	$395	-9.74
355–395	373	4	120.00–130.00	$125.62	$469	-0.39
410–445	432	10	100.00–126.00	$118.87	$514	-0.13
455–485	468	5	90.00–120.00	$104.34	$488	-9.53
510–535	522	7	106.00–115.00	$110.10	$575	+3.62
735	735	1	80.00	$80.00	$588	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	276	8	157.00–167.00	$163.79	$452	-16.21
305–345	326	23	140.00–167.00	$157.26	$513	-14.74
360–395	375	20	135.00–157.00	$147.94	$555	-8.40
400–445	421	29	130.00–152.00	$143.97	$606	-3.02
455–495	476	46	120.00–144.00	$135.49	$645	-7.57
505–540	524	24	117.50–138.00	$128.38	$673	-5.13
550–590	576	22	115.00–132.00	$120.67	$695	+1.60
615–645	634	7	110.00–117.00	$114.70	$727	-0.13
655	655	1	114.00	$114.00	$747	—
710–745	727	6	90.00–109.00	$97.34	$708	+2.34
755–780	766	6	100.00–106.00	$101.34	$776	-2.66
915–930	923	2	81.00–82.00	$81.50	$752	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	180.00	$180.00	$459	—
310–345	334	11	160.00–175.00	$166.39	$556	-5.94
350–395	374	23	150.00–170.00	$160.80	$601	+9.50
400–443	418	35	140.00–160.00	$152.81	$639	+0.91
450–495	469	33	135.00–150.00	$144.55	$678	-3.50
500–545	528	32	130.00–142.00	$135.83	$717	-4.46
550–590	569	15	125.00–140.00	$129.67	$738	-2.36
605–645	626	17	119.00–128.00	$123.32	$772	+1.04
650–665	658	4	110.00–117.50	$114.88	$756	-2.98
705–725	715	6	100.00–120.00	$110.91	$793	-2.38
755	755	1	107.00	$107.00	$808	-1.67
840–845	842	3	93.00–101.00	$98.32	$828	+0.32

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	273	2	145.00–147.00	$146.06	$399	—
310–345	324	16	135.00–150.00	$141.01	$457	—
360–390	375	4	140.00–148.00	$144.92	$543	-8.46
410–445	428	4	130.00–140.00	$135.27	$579	-6.00
460–480	471	10	117.00–132.00	$126.63	$596	-8.32
500–520	508	5	117.00–127.00	$122.81	$624	+1.77
580–590	585	2	120.00	$120.00	$702	-1.05
615–645	630	2	103.00–106.00	$104.54	$659	—
740	740	8	103.00	$103.00	$762	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1395	1148	80-85%	34	52.00–67.00	$61.79	$709	+1.58
845–1455	1182	80-85%	21	52.00–60.00	$56.93	$673	—
735–1405	1202	80-85%	23	56.00–73.00	$69.27	$833	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–910	855	85-90%	2	44.00–54.00	$48.68	$416	—
775–1215	984	85-90%	18	43.00–51.00	$47.06	$463	—
935–1070	1049	85-90%	9	49.00–57.00	$53.95	$566	+3.61

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1525	1240	75-80%	10	58.00–63.00	$60.55	$751	—
1035–1565	1331	75-80%	13	63.00–69.00	$66.40	$884	+7.89
1065–1680	1373	75-80%	2	54.00–57.00	$55.16	$757	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1955	1445	11	70.00–88.00	$79.18	$1,144	+8.62
1295–2160	1744	11	78.00–96.00	$86.31	$1,505	—
1380–2260	1909	10	84.00–103.00	$93.20	$1,779	—

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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	11	485.00–570.00	$531.36

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995–1035	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	830.00–850.00	$840.00
985–1450	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	625.00–850.00	$764.30
1040–1450	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	975.00–1,050.00	$1,006.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	740.00–850.00	$795.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00
1005–1470	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	825.00–925.00	$868.11
1000–1345	1198	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–775.00	$722.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–915	883	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00–800.00	$761.12
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	565.00–630.00	$586.67

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–980	945	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$836.11

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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
1065–1075	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–825.00	$787.32	-287.68
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	600.00–860.00	$736.67	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—

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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.