Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, February 2, 2021

3,469 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $133.61/cwt +5.61 vs last sale · ≈ $902/hd at 675 lb · 77 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $151.07/cwt +12.99 vs last sale · ≈ $848/hd at 561 lb · 76 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.06/cwt +2.03 vs last sale · ≈ $748/hd at 628 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,469	2,723	5,593
Feeder cattle	2,765	2,359	4,537
Slaughter cattle	437	232	564
Replacement cattle	267	132	492

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 2.00 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	200.00	$200.00	$490	+3.00
305–345	323	6	160.00–197.00	$181.13	$585	+5.54
350–375	360	9	157.00–194.00	$174.96	$630	+5.29
405–430	413	12	164.00–179.00	$171.14	$707	+14.30
450–488	473	35	156.00–169.00	$161.57	$764	+13.35
500–545	522	43	145.00–167.00	$152.35	$795	+15.80
550–562 value added	557	54	152.50–155.00	$153.57	$855	—
555–590	572	22	129.00–150.00	$144.92	$829	+6.84
605–630	618	23	129.00–154.00	$143.23	$885	+10.01
650–695	675	77	131.50–145.00	$133.61	$902	+5.61
728–735	729	10	123.00–125.50	$125.00	$911	+3.03
775	775	2	121.00	$121.00	$938	+0.04
787 fancy	787	15	125.00	$125.00	$984	—
812	812	8	118.00	$118.00	$958	—
863	863	2	116.50	$116.50	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	333	7	168.00–180.00	$174.62	$581	+10.41
355–398	375	20	160.00–172.00	$164.38	$616	+4.77
410–445	420	16	154.00–168.00	$161.79	$680	+10.13
455–495	473	28	135.00–160.00	$152.65	$722	+10.64
513–546	527	26	140.00–153.00	$147.91	$779	+5.63
550–595	575	30	133.00–149.00	$139.71	$803	+3.83
605–645	613	13	130.00–136.00	$134.78	$826	+3.51
660–684	678	20	120.00–130.00	$126.20	$856	+5.00
700–748	731	13	117.00–123.00	$121.51	$888	+2.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	152.00	$152.00	$509	-10.00
370–395	379	4	146.00–155.00	$151.43	$574	-6.04
430–435	433	2	154.00–157.00	$155.51	$673	+5.94
450–490	471	7	121.00–147.00	$140.78	$663	+0.56
515	515	4	135.00	$135.00	$695	—
608	608	3	126.00	$126.00	$766	+3.82

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	155.00	$155.00	$318	—
275–285	280	2	148.00–154.00	$150.95	$423	-0.42
300–345	325	14	140.00–152.00	$145.51	$473	+4.96
350–380	362	16	133.00–148.00	$139.35	$504	+0.44
400–445	418	35	133.00–145.00	$140.25	$586	+10.15
455–496	471	58	120.00–140.00	$135.59	$639	+8.61
500–548	522	40	114.00–135.00	$128.18	$669	+4.20
567 fancy	567	9	132.50	$132.50	$751	—
550–590	569	21	115.00–131.00	$124.91	$711	+4.61
557–595 value added	580	18	129.50–135.00	$131.55	$763	—
600–645	628	61	112.00–121.00	$119.06	$748	+2.03
655–690	669	29	102.00–120.00	$116.70	$781	+7.03
705–740	719	6	108.00–115.00	$109.97	$791	+5.28
801	801	5	106.00	$106.00	$849	—
870	870	1	89.00	$89.00	$774	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	145.00	$145.00	$413	+0.94
300–345	322	20	133.00–148.00	$140.45	$452	+3.93
350–395	371	40	126.00–144.00	$137.06	$508	+6.61
405–445	423	31	118.00–142.00	$131.84	$558	+6.37
450–495	472	53	96.00–131.00	$126.02	$595	+4.12
500–545	525	31	115.00–127.00	$120.59	$633	+0.84
555–587	576	17	108.00–123.00	$117.81	$679	+6.32
605–645	627	18	101.00–118.00	$112.52	$706	+0.47
655–690	667	12	106.00–117.00	$112.95	$753	+9.39
700–745	728	5	100.00–106.00	$103.60	$754	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	318	9	122.00–132.00	$127.23	$405	+3.68
355–390	372	16	118.00–135.00	$126.04	$469	+0.42
400–435	417	10	91.00–125.00	$116.03	$484	-2.84
455–495	471	8	110.00–120.00	$116.75	$550	+12.41
520–545	529	16	100.00–117.00	$110.58	$585	+0.48
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	—
630–645	638	2	97.00–102.00	$99.53	$635	—

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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	1	205.00	$205.00	$441	—
275	275	1	167.00	$167.00	$459	-13.00
300–345	319	23	150.00–192.00	$172.41	$550	+6.02
350–395	376	25	158.00–190.00	$168.12	$632	+7.32
400–445	423	21	145.00–167.00	$159.92	$676	+7.11
450–495	473	23	138.00–166.00	$149.65	$708	+5.10
500–545	518	42	134.00–150.00	$140.99	$730	+5.16
550–590	568	24	130.00–146.00	$137.05	$778	+7.38
600–640	614	14	114.00–135.00	$129.35	$794	+6.03
665–685	674	8	119.00–126.00	$121.13	$816	+6.25
815	815	1	92.00	$92.00	$750	-6.32
875	875	1	89.00	$89.00	$779	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	329	21	150.00–177.00	$166.41	$547	+9.15
350–395	374	12	140.00–172.00	$159.54	$597	+11.60
400–445	419	24	132.00–165.00	$151.71	$636	+7.74
450–495	474	27	130.00–150.00	$140.65	$667	+5.16
500–545	523	24	121.00–142.00	$133.23	$697	+4.85
555–590	573	14	111.00–135.00	$125.88	$721	+5.21
620–645	629	16	115.00–126.00	$122.07	$768	+7.37
660–695	668	14	112.00–121.00	$113.32	$757	-0.68
715–745	727	3	102.00–111.00	$107.71	$783	+10.37
775–790	784	5	82.00–112.00	$101.84	$798	+0.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	330	3	136.00–162.00	$153.07	$505	+12.06
375–390	380	4	152.00–157.00	$154.47	$587	+9.55
400–445	426	16	119.00–147.00	$136.29	$581	+1.02
450–495	475	23	114.00–139.00	$129.65	$616	+3.02
500–545	521	6	110.00–130.00	$120.32	$627	-2.49
555–595	575	11	108.00–123.00	$112.66	$648	-7.34
605–625	621	5	100.00–110.00	$108.05	$671	+3.51
665	665	2	94.00	$94.00	$625	—
705–710	708	4	90.00–95.00	$92.49	$655	-10.51

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1370	1093	80-85%	23	49.00–64.00	$57.38	$627	—
840–1505	1195	80-85%	57	54.00–69.00	$62.00	$741	+5.07
875–1655	1258	80-85%	55	61.00–77.00	$69.66	$876	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1140	997	85-90%	23	40.00–57.00	$50.78	$506	+3.72
870–1190	1023	85-90%	10	50.00–71.00	$59.42	$608	+5.47
795–1245	1030	85-90%	33	46.00–63.00	$54.25	$559	+0.30

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1915	1499	75-80%	36	54.00–71.00	$63.60	$953	—
1145–1960	1501	75-80%	12	61.00–82.00	$69.53	$1,044	—
1280–1775	1561	75-80%	13	56.00–64.00	$60.55	$945	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–2150	1603	21	64.00–83.00	$77.84	$1,248	—
1225–1945	1661	25	70.00–97.00	$84.69	$1,407	—
1515–2280	1758	9	84.00–102.00	$91.42	$1,607	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–870	831	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	645.00–760.00	$679.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1265–1420	1343	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	885.00–995.00	$943.18

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1000–1210	1137	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,128.33
1080–1300	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,050.00	$947.85
1100–1250	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,037.50
1200 fancy	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	675.00–900.00	$732.14
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	775.00–1,085.00	$958.89
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	640.00–825.00	$736.25

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	685.00–775.00	$751.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1200	1043	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	900.00–975.00	$943.75
1050–1200	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,025.00
1235	1235	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	600.00–725.00	$683.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	400.00–500.00	$437.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	475.00–480.00	$477.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	450.00–575.00	$531.25

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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
1100–1200	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,275.00	$1,237.50	—
1045–1250	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,300.00–1,375.00	$1,345.00	—
1115–1235	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,047.45	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,250.00–1,450.00	$1,320.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	36	850.00–1,200.00	$1,067.92	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	750.00–775.00	$762.50	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	450.00–525.00	$483.33	—

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	530.00–700.00	$615.00	—

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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.