Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, February 8, 2021

2,280 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.95/cwt -0.35 vs last sale · ≈ $670/hd at 523 lb · 45 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $124.47/cwt -5.99 vs last sale · ≈ $530/hd at 426 lb · 40 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $134.34/cwt -0.21 vs last sale · ≈ $705/hd at 525 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,280	2,145	1,570
Feeder cattle	1,772	1,608	1,361
Slaughter cattle	319	338	130
Replacement cattle	189	199	79

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady. 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
240–245	243	2	180.00–185.00	$182.53	$444	—
280–295	285	6	172.50–178.00	$175.09	$499	—
325–345	337	3	165.00–172.50	$168.37	$567	-2.63
355–380	370	11	160.00–169.00	$164.89	$610	-0.56
404–435	414	29	150.00–165.00	$160.26	$663	-0.65
451–485	462	21	140.00–162.00	$153.51	$709	-7.35
505–545	521	22	135.00–156.00	$146.44	$763	-5.14
550–590	573	15	124.00–143.00	$139.58	$800	+1.31
620–645	635	10	120.00–141.00	$135.86	$863	+6.67
660–695	685	14	117.50–133.00	$129.41	$886	+0.84
725–745	736	22	112.00–130.00	$119.84	$882	-5.16
815–845	830	4	100.00–117.00	$105.70	$877	-7.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	170.00	$170.00	$442	—
315–340	326	4	164.00–168.00	$166.04	$541	-0.44
375–395	378	6	164.00–166.00	$164.35	$621	+7.30
405–445	418	11	153.00–161.00	$156.89	$656	+5.82
470–492	487	8	141.00–157.00	$148.98	$726	+2.47
505–545	530	8	140.00–148.00	$142.93	$758	+1.03
555–590	571	9	116.00–142.00	$132.33	$756	-0.66
625	625	5	127.00	$127.00	$794	-0.50
650–685	671	5	122.00–126.00	$123.01	$825	-1.12
710	710	1	123.00	$123.00	$873	+10.00
845	845	3	119.00	$119.00	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	160.00	$160.00	$424	—
385	385	1	148.00	$148.00	$570	+2.69
420–425	423	2	144.00–145.00	$144.50	$611	-7.50
465	465	1	132.00	$132.00	$614	-17.00
520–545	528	7	110.00–130.00	$122.13	$645	-18.73
605	605	1	110.00	$110.00	$666	—
770–785	783	6	95.00–102.00	$100.85	$790	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	218	3	160.00–170.00	$166.41	$363	—
250–265	262	7	152.50–173.00	$167.34	$438	—
305–345	314	23	139.00–157.00	$151.68	$476	+4.38
355–390	365	16	135.00–145.00	$138.54	$506	-3.32
405–445	430	11	128.00–140.00	$133.48	$574	-4.71
455–495	483	19	123.00–130.00	$125.28	$605	-5.82
522 value added	522	13	129.50	$129.50	$676	—
510–545	524	32	120.00–145.00	$127.32	$667	-0.98
560 value added	560	4	122.00	$122.00	$683	—
553–595	561	26	115.00–135.00	$129.17	$725	+6.77
605–645	623	20	107.50–125.00	$117.82	$734	+5.90
665	665	1	113.00	$113.00	$751	+6.63
710	710	2	111.00	$111.00	$788	+9.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	283	3	130.00–137.50	$132.47	$375	-8.07
325–345	336	7	138.00–139.00	$138.42	$465	+2.63
355–395	373	19	120.00–145.00	$130.89	$488	-0.21
405–445	426	40	117.50–141.00	$124.47	$530	-5.99
462–495	478	23	112.50–135.00	$121.64	$581	-4.97
505–545	528	22	100.00–132.00	$120.18	$635	-1.19
565–580	571	10	108.00–128.00	$120.85	$690	+7.33
600–625	613	2	118.00–120.00	$119.02	$730	+10.34
660–695	679	7	100.00–112.00	$106.25	$721	+2.71
765	765	1	93.00	$93.00	$711	+12.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	135.00	$135.00	$371	+5.00
300–345	326	5	137.00–145.00	$140.50	$458	+16.44
365–395	380	5	105.00–138.00	$112.82	$429	-11.47
405–445	424	11	116.00–134.00	$126.37	$536	+2.87
455–490	473	21	90.00–131.00	$118.49	$560	-1.97
505–545	521	7	108.00–120.00	$112.68	$587	-3.28
555–595	573	6	108.00–120.00	$112.70	$646	+6.71
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	+8.34
665–690	672	6	80.00–106.00	$93.66	$629	-8.34

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	270	5	166.00–185.00	$175.03	$473	+2.96
304–345	326	17	135.00–172.00	$159.43	$520	-4.20
355–385	371	20	130.00–168.00	$151.04	$560	-5.72
400–445	428	26	120.00–157.00	$145.84	$624	-4.29
450–495	474	31	136.00–145.00	$141.55	$671	+0.21
500–549	525	32	128.00–139.00	$134.34	$705	-0.21
555–575	569	10	115.00–130.00	$123.41	$702	-3.32
615–649	643	22	115.00–125.00	$117.33	$754	-2.22
750–780	767	3	101.00–106.00	$103.65	$795	+6.43

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	228	3	192.00–195.00	$192.90	$440	-9.10
255–270	265	3	160.00–167.50	$162.41	$430	-11.26
310–330	319	12	155.00–179.00	$169.52	$541	-2.83
350–395	371	19	145.00–177.00	$163.23	$606	-0.96
400–430	414	19	140.00–163.00	$152.74	$632	-11.27
455–495	472	20	130.00–150.00	$143.88	$679	-6.62
500–545	516	22	125.00–145.00	$136.11	$702	-7.49
550–585	565	12	120.00–137.00	$130.73	$739	+2.59
605–645	620	10	115.00–127.00	$121.25	$752	+7.10
650–652	652	6	122.50–127.00	$123.25	$804	+3.15
755–790	770	3	110.00–114.00	$112.01	$862	+6.27
803	803	5	100.00	$100.00	$803	+7.36
865–895	878	3	92.00–96.00	$94.33	$828	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	277	3	155.00–172.00	$162.83	$451	—
310–340	333	6	150.00–165.00	$155.88	$519	+12.57
350–395	374	7	140.00–158.00	$148.58	$556	-6.42
410–440	428	8	135.00–148.00	$142.05	$608	-2.39
450–490	473	3	130.00–139.00	$134.77	$637	+0.60
510–545	521	8	116.00–125.00	$122.09	$636	-4.36
550–595	573	8	115.00–122.00	$116.88	$670	-3.01
610–630	621	6	110.00–115.00	$112.47	$698	-2.17
665–690	678	2	101.00–110.00	$105.42	$715	+15.25
735–740	735	15	95.00–99.00	$95.27	$700	—
925	925	1	70.00	$70.00	$648	-10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1455	1102	80-85%	55	52.00–65.00	$60.41	$666	-0.88
880–1430	1107	80-85%	27	50.00–59.00	$55.88	$619	-5.41
875–1445	1230	80-85%	41	60.00–73.00	$67.22	$827	-6.86

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1290	1000	85-90%	30	43.00–57.00	$52.09	$521	-2.26
845–1120	1006	85-90%	7	42.00–50.00	$48.02	$483	-6.33
840–1165	1019	85-90%	12	50.00–66.00	$57.36	$584	+3.01

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1510	1351	75-80%	13	64.00–76.00	$69.17	$934	—
1110–1585	1391	75-80%	20	60.00–68.00	$63.39	$882	—
1305–1505	1405	75-80%	2	56.00–60.00	$57.86	$813	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1860	1445	12	74.00–81.00	$78.32	$1,132	—
1015–1975	1636	13	82.00–102.00	$90.76	$1,485	+2.01
1235–2160	1668	9	89.00–99.00	$92.56	$1,544	—

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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	22	515.00–575.00	$545.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,040.00	$1,040.00
1065–1255	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	775.00–875.00	$820.91
1005–1415	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	500.00–850.00	$624.53
1175–1505	1278	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	800.00–1,100.00	$952.53
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	745.00–815.00	$780.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	970.00–1,170.00	$1,036.67

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
545–625	598	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	485.00–500.00	$489.55
770–935	861	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	775.00–875.00	$815.29
735–990	883	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	500.00–650.00	$600.55

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	740.00–885.00	$812.50
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	610.00–670.00	$640.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1195	1078	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	725.00–775.00	$748.30
960–1340	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–875.00	$864.57

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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
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	625.00–1,200.00	$794.44	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	525.00–675.00	$650.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,020.00	$1,020.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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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.