Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, February 3, 2021

2,145 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.30/cwt +0.12 vs last sale · ≈ $663/hd at 517 lb · 49 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $126.61/cwt +0.59 vs last sale · ≈ $605/hd at 478 lb · 44 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $131.10/cwt -5.96 vs last sale · ≈ $493/hd at 376 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,145	3,469	2,296
Feeder cattle	1,608	2,765	1,745
Slaughter cattle	338	437	249
Replacement cattle	199	267	302

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 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
300–310	305	6	169.00–175.00	$171.00	$522	-10.13
350–380	369	12	160.00–168.00	$165.45	$611	-9.51
405–430	419	15	158.00–164.00	$160.91	$674	-10.23
465–491	483	16	152.00–172.00	$160.86	$777	-0.71
500–540	522	10	147.00–156.00	$151.58	$791	-0.77
558–575	564	12	133.50–144.00	$138.27	$780	-6.65
605–625	618	10	126.00–132.00	$129.19	$798	-14.04
625 value added	625	3	135.00	$135.00	$844	—
656–695	668	26	127.00–129.00	$128.57	$859	-5.04
680 value added	680	4	128.50	$128.50	$874	—
745	745	5	125.00	$125.00	$931	±0.00
760 value added	760	4	127.00	$127.00	$965	—
785	785	1	115.00	$115.00	$903	-6.00
815	815	1	113.00	$113.00	$921	-5.00
820–845 value added	833	2	120.00–125.00	$122.46	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	313	6	165.00–168.00	$166.48	$521	-8.14
355–395	383	6	152.00–162.00	$157.05	$602	-7.33
405–440	421	8	135.00–172.00	$151.07	$636	-10.72
455–495	478	16	140.00–150.00	$146.51	$700	-6.14
510–545	529	27	135.00–155.00	$141.90	$751	-6.01
560–590	580	9	130.00–137.00	$132.99	$771	-6.72
605–645	620	13	120.00–134.00	$127.50	$790	-7.28
658–695	672	11	110.00–133.00	$124.13	$834	-2.07
740	740	1	113.00	$113.00	$836	-8.51

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	333	5	145.00–160.00	$156.04	$520	+4.04
375–385	378	6	138.00–148.00	$145.31	$549	-6.12
438	438	4	152.00	$152.00	$666	-3.51
485	485	1	149.00	$149.00	$723	+8.22
515–519	518	7	138.00–142.00	$140.86	$730	+5.86
598	598	4	131.00	$131.00	$783	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–348	331	25	140.00–153.00	$147.30	$488	+1.79
355–380	366	28	137.00–145.00	$141.86	$519	+2.51
410–445	422	21	133.00–144.00	$138.19	$583	-2.06
450–495	477	29	122.00–140.00	$131.10	$625	-4.49
500–545	517	49	118.00–135.00	$128.30	$663	+0.12
550–595	570	31	112.00–126.00	$122.40	$698	-2.51
600–647	637	17	109.00–118.00	$111.92	$713	-7.14
665–690	676	8	104.00–108.00	$106.37	$719	-10.33
683 value added	683	5	115.00	$115.00	$785	—
715–735	725	2	101.00–103.00	$101.99	$739	-7.98
770	770	1	90.00	$90.00	$693	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	280	8	138.00–144.00	$140.54	$394	-4.46
325–340	337	9	130.00–142.00	$135.79	$458	-4.66
350–397	376	33	122.50–140.00	$131.10	$493	-5.96
400–445	429	29	117.00–139.00	$130.46	$560	-1.38
450–495	478	44	112.50–134.00	$126.61	$605	+0.59
500–535	518	23	116.00–126.00	$121.37	$629	+0.78
555–595	578	31	110.00–120.00	$113.52	$656	-4.29
600–640	629	11	100.00–116.00	$108.68	$684	-3.84
675–690	683	2	100.00–107.00	$103.54	$707	-9.41
725	725	1	90.00	$90.00	$652	-13.60
795	795	1	81.00	$81.00	$644	—
840	840	1	80.00	$80.00	$672	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	140.00	$140.00	$315	—
260	260	1	130.00	$130.00	$338	—
325–340	328	8	120.00–137.00	$124.06	$407	-3.17
375–395	382	3	122.00–126.00	$124.29	$475	-1.75
400–448	429	12	112.50–133.00	$123.50	$530	+7.47
455–477	463	18	110.00–130.00	$120.46	$558	+3.71
510–540	526	5	112.00–122.00	$115.96	$610	+5.38
550–560	555	2	105.00–107.00	$105.99	$588	-4.01
635–640	637	3	98.00–107.00	$101.66	$648	+2.13
680	680	1	102.00	$102.00	$694	—
720	720	1	80.00	$80.00	$576	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	202.00	$202.00	$495	-3.00
255–290	284	6	170.00–190.00	$173.67	$493	+6.67
300–335	317	27	163.00–195.00	$172.35	$546	-0.06
350–395	372	24	155.00–190.00	$164.19	$611	-3.93
405–440	421	20	153.00–185.00	$164.01	$690	+4.09
450–495	469	30	143.00–166.00	$150.50	$706	+0.85
505 value added	505	2	146.00	$146.00	$737	—
505–545	519	29	133.00–153.00	$143.60	$745	+2.61
555–595	573	19	115.00–142.00	$128.14	$734	-8.91
630–635	634	7	112.00–115.00	$114.15	$724	-15.20
650–685	667	11	114.00–131.00	$120.10	$801	-1.03
710–735	718	6	104.00–115.00	$111.17	$798	—
755–780	766	8	104.00–108.00	$105.74	$810	—
815 value added	815	1	102.00	$102.00	$831	—
830–838	835	3	89.00–100.00	$92.64	$774	+0.64
970–975	973	2	85.00–90.00	$87.51	$851	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	280	4	164.00–182.00	$172.07	$482	—
300–345	322	15	150.00–182.00	$163.63	$527	-2.78
350–395	371	21	144.00–180.00	$156.76	$582	-2.78
405–445	425	23	140.00–172.00	$150.13	$638	-1.58
450–495	470	18	130.00–160.00	$141.34	$664	+0.69
505–545	532	20	125.00–140.00	$134.55	$716	+1.32
555–595	578	25	113.00–137.00	$126.73	$732	+0.85
605–635	621	18	110.00–129.00	$119.55	$742	-2.52
655–670	666	7	105.00–117.00	$109.71	$731	-3.61
710–730	718	6	108.00–110.00	$108.99	$783	+1.28
760–795	771	8	92.00–100.00	$97.22	$750	-4.62
850	850	1	85.00	$85.00	$722	—
905	905	1	90.00	$90.00	$814	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–320	308	5	125.00–175.00	$143.31	$441	-9.76
365	365	1	155.00	$155.00	$566	+0.53
400–435	422	9	137.00–150.00	$144.44	$610	+8.15
460–495	475	6	130.00–140.00	$134.17	$637	+4.52
500–535	518	2	125.00–128.00	$126.45	$655	+6.13
550–585	567	12	115.00–125.00	$119.89	$680	+7.23
605–625	612	3	112.00–116.00	$114.64	$702	+6.59
655–670	663	2	75.00–105.00	$90.17	$598	-3.83
945	945	1	80.00	$80.00	$756	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1425	1124	80-85%	24	52.00–67.00	$61.29	$689	—
840–1575	1177	80-85%	54	52.00–73.00	$64.67	$761	+2.67
910–1500	1238	80-85%	41	63.00–79.00	$74.08	$917	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1275	1016	85-90%	31	45.00–59.00	$54.35	$552	-5.07
890–1220	1048	85-90%	13	48.00–53.00	$50.82	$533	-3.43
1080–1330	1249	85-90%	4	60.00–62.50	$61.13	$764	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1595	1303	75-80%	12	54.00–62.50	$58.69	$765	—
1095–1740	1310	75-80%	23	53.00–69.00	$63.93	$837	—
1255–2010	1448	75-80%	8	63.00–80.00	$72.20	$1,045	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1875	1458	12	75.00–89.00	$80.13	$1,168	—
1195–2055	1586	19	90.00–104.00	$97.47	$1,546	—
1030–2075	1603	17	80.00–95.00	$88.75	$1,423	+10.91

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–915	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	500.00–640.00	$581.71

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1130	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	750.00–925.00	$844.19
1280–1310	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	875.00–1,030.00	$957.56
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	750.00–1,075.00	$896.15
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,050.00	$1,037.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	525.00–775.00	$670.83
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	700.00–1,000.00	$836.72
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–880	821	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	625.00–775.00	$710.86
680–885	827	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	500.00–650.00	$544.23
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	600.00–800.00	$703.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	305.00–580.00	$454.23
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	500.00–625.00	$587.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	685.00	$685.00
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	700.00–1,075.00	$964.29	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	690.00–800.00	$735.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790–840	815	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–975.00	$936.35	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–675.00	$662.50	—

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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.