Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 2, 2021

4,143 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $121.47/cwt +2.84 vs last sale · ≈ $777/hd at 640 lb · 103 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $116.39/cwt +2.41 vs last sale · ≈ $789/hd at 678 lb · 98 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $124.16/cwt -0.05 vs last sale · ≈ $941/hd at 758 lb · 65 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,143	3,321	3,446
Feeder cattle	2,947	2,780	2,609
Slaughter cattle	643	352	474
Replacement cattle	553	189	363

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
255–275	265	4	180.00–187.00	$184.52	$489	-4.96
310–335	326	7	170.00–188.00	$178.80	$583	-4.45
370–385	373	8	172.00–197.00	$187.08	$698	+20.42
405–435	416	15	159.00–165.00	$161.16	$670	-1.72
460–490	476	8	152.00–164.00	$159.15	$758	+12.66
514 value added	514	7	146.00	$146.00	$750	—
510–530	516	15	140.00–175.00	$160.02	$826	+12.24
555–595	576	25	135.00–148.00	$141.69	$816	+3.89
601–648	616	43	129.00–142.00	$137.92	$850	-0.21
664–695	678	15	127.00–136.00	$131.70	$893	+4.13
705–746	744	28	122.00–127.00	$123.13	$916	-2.07
755–760	758	65	123.50–124.50	$124.16	$941	-0.05
835	835	2	109.00	$109.00	$910	—
990	990	1	92.00	$92.00	$911	—
1070	1070	1	90.00	$90.00	$963	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	280	2	175.00–176.00	$175.49	$491	+5.49
308–345	323	8	159.00–170.00	$164.20	$530	-3.44
355–395	371	15	152.00–162.00	$158.36	$588	+1.00
425–445	442	11	139.00–170.00	$164.96	$729	+7.66
455–495	484	7	136.00–157.00	$150.25	$727	+1.16
530–545	537	5	145.00–157.00	$151.25	$812	+9.19
550–595	578	32	125.00–145.00	$138.75	$802	+5.94
628–630	628	12	120.00–125.00	$124.58	$782	-5.87
640	640	3	124.00	$124.00	$794	-6.45
665–695	671	9	122.00–128.00	$126.54	$849	—
701–735	717	45	121.00–123.00	$121.96	$874	-1.41

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	12	138.00	$138.00	$693	—
616	616	11	129.00	$129.00	$795	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	2	156.00–157.00	$156.51	$524	-7.73
360–395	382	5	147.00–157.00	$153.54	$587	-3.13
470–485	478	2	147.00–157.00	$152.08	$727	+3.73
595	595	6	135.00	$135.00	$803	+3.00
715	715	1	115.00	$115.00	$822	—
765–785	775	2	105.00–110.00	$107.47	$833	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	321	7	133.00–165.00	$147.14	$472	+7.23
350–395	374	32	127.00–158.00	$146.92	$549	+5.73
400–430	413	13	129.00–156.00	$140.15	$579	+4.78
455–495	469	39	125.00–142.00	$133.12	$624	+3.71
505–545	528	39	118.00–138.00	$126.81	$670	-0.07
551–596	571	50	115.00–130.00	$125.69	$718	+4.83
605–648	640	103	112.00–126.00	$121.47	$777	+4.75
655–686	678	98	112.00–120.00	$116.39	$789	+2.41
719–748	732	35	91.00–114.00	$111.65	$817	—
755–765	757	6	108.00–110.00	$109.66	$830	+2.79

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	326	19	128.00–152.00	$142.30	$464	+5.76
355–395	375	22	120.00–147.00	$138.15	$518	+1.21
405–445	425	38	115.00–140.00	$129.86	$552	-2.21
455–495	474	46	111.00–134.00	$123.65	$586	-0.47
510–545	526	20	110.00–129.00	$123.32	$649	-0.85
538 value added	538	7	130.00	$130.00	$699	—
555–595	572	33	104.00–126.00	$119.21	$682	+2.42
600–645	614	12	110.00–116.00	$112.66	$692	+2.17
655–695	678	13	94.00–113.00	$106.22	$720	-2.55
705–735	730	10	80.00–109.00	$101.77	$743	+0.12
755–785	771	6	90.00–105.00	$99.26	$765	+3.26

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	143.00	$143.00	$408	+15.61
310–340	325	3	122.00–135.00	$129.71	$422	-3.12
355–390	373	8	110.00–126.00	$120.15	$448	-7.37
415–445	428	9	108.00–130.00	$119.84	$513	-2.69
455–495	471	11	100.00–109.00	$103.99	$490	-14.32
525	525	3	115.00–117.00	$116.33	$611	+8.00
570–575	574	9	111.00–116.00	$111.55	$640	+6.23
625	625	2	105.00	$105.00	$656	+3.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	4	102.00	$102.00	$847	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	4	187.00	$187.00	$514	-5.00
300–335	316	14	160.00–187.00	$171.82	$543	+0.32
355–395	377	17	147.50–182.00	$161.62	$609	+1.01
400–440	421	26	140.00–175.00	$159.50	$671	+4.68
455–495	473	19	136.00–167.00	$148.78	$704	+0.37
500–545	519	30	128.00–158.00	$143.63	$745	+3.02
550–590	572	15	122.00–150.00	$132.05	$755	+0.20
605–635	621	12	112.00–135.00	$119.57	$743	-1.90
655–695	668	12	110.00–129.00	$117.63	$786	-1.36
720	720	1	105.00	$105.00	$756	-9.05
755–795	768	3	98.00–100.00	$99.31	$763	-7.01
805	805	1	91.00	$91.00	$733	-9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	2	165.00–180.00	$172.63	$492	+11.57
305–345	325	20	142.00–172.00	$155.89	$507	-7.23
365–395	378	16	135.00–167.00	$145.34	$549	-9.47
400–445	424	24	134.00–162.00	$150.00	$636	+0.57
455–495	475	27	126.00–150.00	$141.34	$671	-0.54
515–545	529	21	118.00–142.00	$135.63	$717	+3.08
555–580	568	12	116.00–139.00	$131.19	$745	+9.23
600–645	620	6	108.00–129.00	$115.77	$718	+1.75
660	660	1	118.00	$118.00	$779	+7.31
720	720	2	96.00	$96.00	$691	-10.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	153.00	$153.00	$360	-5.00
325–330	328	2	131.00–137.00	$133.98	$439	-27.64
355–395	379	7	130.00–145.00	$137.46	$521	-16.15
410–440	434	7	118.00–148.00	$129.66	$563	-10.91
465–490	481	13	116.00–137.00	$122.28	$588	-11.22
510–540	525	2	127.00–129.00	$128.03	$672	+4.22
570–595	582	7	107.00–143.00	$116.78	$680	+0.29
625	625	2	115.00	$115.00	$719	+6.19
670–685	678	2	110.00–117.00	$113.46	$769	+10.95

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1550	1141	80-85%	46	63.00–78.00	$72.37	$826	—
705–1420	1169	80-85%	114	54.00–72.00	$66.17	$774	+6.74
845–1605	1189	80-85%	35	57.00–65.00	$61.03	$726	-3.65

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1170	923	85-90%	17	48.00–53.00	$50.84	$469	—
705–1180	989	85-90%	44	41.00–61.00	$56.41	$558	+6.94
860–1190	1082	85-90%	19	61.00–67.00	$64.27	$695	+2.01

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1565	1309	75-80%	21	66.00–79.00	$74.40	$974	—
1060–1845	1381	75-80%	25	60.00–75.00	$67.73	$935	+4.45

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1895	1488	13	74.00–82.00	$77.93	$1,160	—
1205–2180	1666	29	80.00–94.00	$84.64	$1,410	+4.26
1275–2255	1804	10	86.00–104.00	$94.97	$1,713	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1395–1425	1410	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	685.00–855.00	$770.90
— fancy	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	1,025.00–1,275.00	$1,153.57

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	525.00–575.00	$563.89

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–745	714	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	380.00–550.00	$478.61

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1100	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	925.00–1,025.00	$975.00
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	925.00–975.00	$950.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	46	625.00–1,200.00	$850.87
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	41	725.00–1,075.00	$891.34
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	550.00–950.00	$755.67
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,031.25

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	350.00–650.00	$507.14
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	450.00–700.00	$603.13
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	575.00–800.00	$670.65

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	700.00–750.00	$721.43
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	850.00–900.00	$870.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1085	1018	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,000.00	$950.00
990–1125	1058	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$837.50

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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
1145–1195	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,275.00	$1,237.50	—
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1350–1400	1375	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,375.00	—
1460–1590	1525	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,800.00–1,850.00	$1,823.93	—
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	14	725.00–800.00	$767.86	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	44	1,275.00–1,550.00	$1,435.23	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	79	1,000.00–1,425.00	$1,188.92	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	60	1,025.00–1,175.00	$1,110.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905–910	907	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–1,000.00	$866.91	—
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	750.00–975.00	$861.84	—
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	30	550.00–725.00	$668.33	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1215	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,125.00	$1,112.50	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	625.00–725.00	$675.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	700.00–850.00	$750.00	—

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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.