Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, March 1, 2021

3,321 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $118.63/cwt -2.76 vs last sale · ≈ $736/hd at 620 lb · 101 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $138.15/cwt +5.05 vs last sale · ≈ $855/hd at 619 lb · 83 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.88/cwt +2.13 vs last sale · ≈ $651/hd at 513 lb · 80 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,321	2,503	3,018
Feeder cattle	2,780	1,902	2,481
Slaughter cattle	352	421	317
Replacement cattle	189	180	220

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 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
280–285	283	2	187.00–192.00	$189.48	$536	—
325	325	4	181.00–190.00	$183.25	$596	+13.80
365–395	374	5	162.50–171.00	$166.66	$623	-1.41
405–445	428	13	150.00–170.00	$162.88	$697	+3.96
452–480	455	37	140.00–168.00	$146.49	$667	-6.77
500–545	521	5	135.00–158.00	$147.78	$770	+2.67
550–586	581	31	134.00–153.00	$137.80	$801	-0.24
608 value added	608	1	140.00	$140.00	$851	—
600–641	619	82	133.75–145.00	$138.13	$855	+5.03
658–667	666	43	126.50–140.00	$127.57	$850	-3.58
704 value added	704	27	129.25	$129.25	$910	—
708–745	719	21	119.00–127.00	$125.20	$900	+7.43
753–794	783	55	115.00–125.50	$124.21	$973	-0.79
847 value added	847	14	119.50	$119.50	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	280	2	170.00	$170.00	$476	-5.40
325–340	335	5	162.00–171.00	$167.64	$562	+3.09
365–390	374	14	153.00–164.00	$157.36	$589	+0.94
400–445	423	17	149.00–164.00	$157.30	$665	+6.11
455–490	467	11	125.00–158.00	$149.09	$696	+5.52
501–545	525	37	124.00–152.00	$142.06	$746	+2.90
560–593	575	20	115.00–139.00	$132.81	$764	-0.89
605–631	623	18	122.00–134.00	$130.45	$813	+5.19
700–745	717	9	115.00–129.00	$123.37	$885	—
755–770	766	4	110.00–118.00	$116.03	$889	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	190.00	$190.00	$466	—
275	275	1	160.00	$160.00	$440	—
305–330	315	4	156.00–172.00	$164.24	$517	+15.47
350–395	371	12	146.00–167.00	$156.67	$581	+10.89
415–445	429	7	140.00–155.00	$148.63	$638	+8.63
460–490	474	5	142.00–150.00	$148.35	$703	+12.84
505–545	519	19	126.00–140.00	$135.63	$704	+0.63
590	590	1	132.00	$132.00	$779	+4.00
610	610	1	122.00	$122.00	$744	—
680–695	691	4	110.00–127.00	$120.05	$830	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–270	267	3	145.00–150.00	$146.63	$392	-12.61
315–345	332	3	137.00–144.00	$139.91	$465	-5.03
355–395	375	13	133.00–149.00	$141.19	$529	+1.16
405–445	426	49	130.00–142.00	$135.37	$577	-1.46
460–490	477	9	124.00–133.00	$129.41	$617	-1.22
505–545	513	80	120.00–135.00	$126.88	$651	+2.13
550–595	570	34	118.00–127.00	$120.86	$689	+1.58
610–645 fancy	616	26	120.00–127.50	$124.13	$765	—
600–645	622	75	112.00–121.00	$116.72	$726	-2.21
660–699	685	31	109.00–117.50	$113.98	$781	+0.16
705–735 fancy	720	2	112.00–113.00	$112.51	$810	—
758–780	767	8	102.00–108.00	$106.87	$820	—
910–940	925	2	88.00–95.00	$91.44	$846	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	232	3	140.00–144.00	$141.41	$328	—
285	285	2	145.00	$145.00	$413	+0.65
301–345	320	23	130.00–147.00	$136.54	$437	-1.76
350–385	372	16	125.00–142.00	$136.94	$509	+3.36
405–435	420	19	127.00–137.00	$132.07	$555	+6.02
450–495	478	48	117.00–135.00	$124.12	$593	+2.23
500–545	513	35	107.50–128.00	$124.17	$637	+5.66
555–595	577	13	113.00–120.00	$116.79	$674	+2.55
625–640	630	10	107.00–113.00	$110.49	$696	+2.27
651–695	665	15	102.00–114.00	$108.77	$723	+8.89
710–720	718	6	98.00–108.00	$101.65	$730	-3.35
775	775	2	96.00	$96.00	$744	-4.00
865	865	1	88.00	$88.00	$761	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	270	5	125.00–132.00	$127.39	$344	-11.15
305–348	330	18	116.00–142.00	$132.83	$438	+7.01
365–390	378	5	115.00–137.00	$127.52	$482	+4.71
400–445	422	25	110.00–133.00	$122.53	$517	+2.14
460–495	477	24	105.00–128.00	$118.31	$564	+3.45
500–540	516	9	100.00–115.00	$108.33	$559	-2.68
560–580	572	10	95.00–112.00	$105.32	$602	+6.32
615–645	627	3	102.00	$102.00	$640	-3.12

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	281	11	142.50–180.00	$161.06	$453	+0.42
305–340	325	14	137.50–175.00	$163.12	$530	+4.44
360–395	380	12	148.00–165.00	$154.81	$588	-2.93
400–445	417	23	130.00–158.00	$149.43	$623	-0.01
455–490	469	15	122.50–150.00	$141.88	$665	+1.79
500–545	517	26	117.50–138.00	$132.55	$685	-0.81
555–590	572	24	109.00–132.00	$121.96	$698	+0.71
600–648	628	11	105.00–123.00	$114.02	$716	-2.96
660–680	667	3	107.00–113.00	$110.69	$738	-0.31
720–745	734	4	103.00–109.00	$106.48	$782	+1.55

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	200.00	$200.00	$460	+20.00
265	265	1	192.00	$192.00	$509	+10.32
300–340	323	9	165.00–184.00	$171.50	$554	+4.87
370–390	382	10	160.00–162.00	$160.61	$614	-2.44
405–445	429	16	150.00–162.00	$154.82	$664	-1.44
455–495	478	24	142.50–158.00	$148.41	$709	-1.57
500–545	524	24	130.00–147.00	$140.61	$737	-0.65
555–595	566	17	123.00–137.00	$131.85	$746	+2.53
600–640	622	12	120.00–129.00	$121.47	$756	+2.62
665–695	679	5	116.00–121.00	$118.99	$808	+2.32
705–740	723	2	112.00–116.00	$114.05	$825	+10.05
760–785	775	3	105.00–107.00	$106.32	$824	+0.14
835	835	1	100.00	$100.00	$835	—
855	855	1	91.00	$91.00	$778	-2.19

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	158.00	$158.00	$387	+4.00
300–330	315	6	150.00–167.00	$161.62	$509	+21.62
355–395	378	5	152.00–157.00	$153.61	$581	+2.60
400–445	426	15	136.00–147.00	$140.57	$599	-2.12
470–495	485	6	130.00–137.00	$133.50	$647	+2.15
500–545	522	14	120.00–128.00	$123.81	$646	+0.28
560–580	572	8	115.00–117.00	$116.49	$666	+5.13
605–635	619	5	105.00–113.00	$108.81	$674	-0.68
665–670	668	2	100.00–105.00	$102.51	$685	-2.49

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1425	1161	80-85%	29	61.00–78.00	$70.18	$815	—
840–1695	1168	80-85%	45	55.00–62.00	$59.43	$694	—
890–1530	1196	80-85%	73	53.00–69.00	$64.68	$774	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1225	958	85-90%	31	42.00–64.00	$53.52	$513	-0.06
760–1200	985	85-90%	20	42.00–52.00	$49.47	$487	-2.85
1040–1145	1098	85-90%	9	61.00–64.00	$62.26	$684	+5.16

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1680	1379	75-80%	17	60.00–68.00	$63.28	$873	—
1235–1715	1406	75-80%	7	64.00–72.00	$68.72	$966	+3.03
1305–1760	1492	75-80%	3	55.00–61.00	$58.62	$875	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1820	1573	15	80.00–93.00	$86.85	$1,366	—
1400–2030	1654	6	79.00–84.00	$80.38	$1,329	—
1535–2200	1961	7	89.00–98.00	$91.86	$1,801	—

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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	12	445.00–485.00	$465.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	980.00	$980.00
935–1325	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	775.00–925.00	$838.19
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1030–1405	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	925.00–1,125.00	$1,016.56
1200 fancy	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–700.00	$600.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00	$775.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	840.00–940.00	$906.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1105	1097	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	725.00–875.00	$754.54
1105–1500	1357	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,050.00	$991.28

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–985	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	625.00–800.00	$698.24
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	630.00–700.00	$665.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	525.00–640.00	$563.33

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1025	947	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–950.00	$819.98

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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
1015–1160	1096	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,010.00–1,125.00	$1,056.78	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1525 fancy	1525	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	14	700.00–910.00	$841.43	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	825.00–1,100.00	$954.55	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,060.00	$1,060.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	400.00	$400.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–850.00	$825.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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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.