Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, February 22, 2021

1,429 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $120.39/cwt +11.39 vs last sale · ≈ $569/hd at 473 lb · 29 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $149.61/cwt +15.61 vs last sale · ≈ $643/hd at 430 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.06/cwt +1.92 vs last sale · ≈ $644/hd at 519 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,429	512	3,315
Feeder cattle	1,047	205	2,575
Slaughter cattle	214	140	263
Replacement cattle	168	167	477

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with moderate 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
265	265	2	181.00–188.00	$184.50	$489	—
315–346	331	10	160.00–196.00	$178.56	$591	—
355–395	365	4	160.00–184.00	$177.02	$646	+15.69
410–445	431	6	145.00–162.00	$155.96	$672	—
455–490	472	9	145.00–160.00	$152.63	$720	-5.37
505–535	516	10	140.00–153.00	$147.84	$763	—
555–595	574	12	130.00–144.00	$138.51	$795	+0.51
620–645	633	4	125.00–134.00	$130.47	$826	—
650–695	680	4	122.00–129.00	$126.33	$859	—
720	720	1	115.00	$115.00	$828	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	178.00	$178.00	$525	—
325–345	334	7	158.00–168.00	$162.23	$542	—
360–395	374	7	155.00–161.00	$159.34	$596	+5.34
410–445	433	8	145.00–160.00	$155.62	$674	—
465–495	473	8	138.00–153.00	$146.20	$692	—
510–545	538	6	133.00–137.00	$135.49	$729	—
555–595	568	6	121.00–130.00	$125.34	$712	-4.66
630–645	638	2	120.00–126.00	$123.04	$785	-3.47
665–685	675	4	125.00–132.00	$129.49	$874	+6.49
760–795	769	4	117.00–125.00	$119.07	$916	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	269	4	155.00–164.00	$157.87	$425	—
365	365	1	150.00	$150.00	$548	+9.00
435	435	2	132.00	$132.00	$574	—
525	525	1	130.00	$130.00	$682	+18.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	140.00	$140.00	$399	—
305–345	326	4	134.00–146.00	$138.11	$450	—
355–395	381	18	127.00–143.00	$136.10	$519	+3.78
400–425	409	19	128.00–143.00	$136.51	$558	+13.82
455–495	466	13	120.00–130.00	$126.40	$589	+0.95
505–545	519	26	120.00–127.00	$124.06	$644	+1.92
565–595	582	13	110.00–120.00	$118.63	$690	+3.68
605–625	611	5	100.00–119.00	$109.25	$668	-4.75
655–690	667	3	100.00–112.00	$108.07	$721	—
705–740	723	2	105.00	$105.00	$759	+3.49
755–765	758	3	98.00–105.00	$101.68	$771	—
860	860	1	102.00	$102.00	$877	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	270	3	132.00–146.00	$141.07	$381	+9.85
340–345	342	5	139.00–142.00	$140.79	$482	+15.51
350–375	366	8	127.00–137.00	$132.12	$484	+11.87
405–445	422	11	120.00–130.00	$123.20	$520	+7.24
455–495	473	29	110.00–129.00	$120.39	$569	+11.39
500–545	528	17	105.00–120.00	$114.19	$603	+16.20
550–595	569	5	110.00–112.00	$110.80	$630	+8.27
620–645	638	4	101.00–113.00	$109.58	$699	—
665–690	678	2	103.00–104.00	$103.51	$702	—
715–725	720	2	92.00–101.00	$96.53	$695	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	326	7	120.00–127.00	$122.77	$400	+6.93
355–370	363	4	122.00–127.00	$124.76	$453	+14.76
400–445	428	14	115.00–122.00	$118.23	$506	—
455–495	477	9	110.00–116.00	$112.54	$537	—
505–540	523	8	102.00–112.00	$105.27	$551	—
555–590	577	3	105.00–107.00	$105.68	$610	+1.18
630	630	1	102.00	$102.00	$643	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	318	19	157.00–176.00	$161.91	$515	+19.10
355–395	370	15	137.50–168.00	$154.91	$573	+18.23
400–445	430	28	140.00–155.00	$149.61	$643	+15.61
450–495	470	11	120.00–148.00	$137.40	$646	+6.79
505–540	524	14	115.00–141.00	$128.26	$672	+10.93
550–595	573	13	115.00–130.00	$122.22	$700	+12.22
605–645	618	8	110.00–120.00	$115.94	$717	—
660–675	670	3	102.50–112.00	$107.54	$721	+2.54
715	715	1	112.00	$112.00	$801	—
770	770	1	92.50	$92.50	$712	—
835	835	1	95.00	$95.00	$793	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–215	210	2	193.00–200.00	$196.58	$413	—
255–260	258	3	191.00–202.00	$198.05	$511	+42.05
320–330	325	2	180.00–184.00	$182.03	$592	—
355–385	369	8	150.00–178.00	$158.44	$585	+4.14
400–440	419	9	145.00–164.00	$154.92	$649	+7.14
450–490	464	19	132.50–160.00	$146.96	$682	+13.96
505–540	523	16	130.00–149.00	$137.23	$718	—
550–595	577	13	120.00–135.00	$126.31	$729	—
605–645	621	9	115.00–126.00	$121.87	$757	—
655	655	1	121.00	$121.00	$793	—
710–745	732	3	106.00–113.00	$108.94	$797	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	170.00–178.00	$174.00	$426	—
285	285	1	157.00	$157.00	$447	—
305–345	322	5	145.00–162.00	$151.16	$487	+21.16
350–365	360	4	142.00–158.00	$152.44	$549	+22.44
420–445	437	7	122.00–143.00	$133.40	$583	—
495	495	1	120.00	$120.00	$594	—
540	540	1	126.00	$126.00	$680	—
560–570	563	4	110.00–120.00	$114.52	$645	+23.52
715	715	1	95.00	$95.00	$679	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1615	1151	80-85%	15	57.00–68.00	$62.75	$722	—
790–1555	1183	80-85%	46	55.00–75.00	$67.36	$797	+1.95
760–1480	1253	80-85%	29	63.00–83.00	$73.59	$922	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–920	835	85-90%	2	45.00–46.00	$45.55	$380	—
835–1170	1098	85-90%	18	40.00–62.00	$56.15	$617	-5.84
915–1145	1105	85-90%	10	54.00–69.00	$65.33	$722	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1450	1290	75-80%	2	79.00	$79.00	$1,019	—
1185–1910	1479	75-80%	8	65.00–71.00	$68.57	$1,014	+1.45
1670–1805	1738	75-80%	2	60.00	$60.00	$1,043	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1740	1445	6	70.00–85.00	$80.43	$1,162	—
970–1940	1493	15	79.00–95.00	$87.15	$1,301	-12.85
1355–2135	1744	10	85.00–100.00	$96.35	$1,680	—

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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	14	405.00–450.00	$427.50

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1055	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–850.00	$812.95
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00
965–1125	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	840.00–900.00	$877.50
1130–1280	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–825.00	$731.22
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	840.00–940.00	$863.57
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–775.00	$737.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995–1010	1002	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–960.00	$923.33
1205	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
1215–1325	1271	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	735.00–775.00	$759.25
1605	1605	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	585.00–690.00	$631.67

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
760	760	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	490.00–600.00	$536.67

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–1035	953	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	725.00–775.00	$751.92

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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
1000–1200	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,160.00–1,180.00	$1,170.00	—
1000–1200	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,295.00–1,390.00	$1,331.00	—
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025–1200	1142	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	1,040.00–1,110.00	$1,068.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	725.00–770.00	$755.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755–980	868	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–750.00	$706.48	—

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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.