Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, March 3, 2021

2,148 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $144.50/cwt ≈ $879/hd at 608 lb · 83 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $135.88/cwt -2.04 vs last sale · ≈ $828/hd at 609 lb · 71 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $162.09/cwt +6.53 vs last sale · ≈ $837/hd at 516 lb · 68 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,148	4,143	2,371
Feeder cattle	1,837	2,947	1,983
Slaughter cattle	219	643	162
Replacement cattle	92	553	226

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. 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
240	240	1	200.00	$200.00	$480	—
258–286	277	9	167.00–169.00	$168.38	$466	-16.14
301–345	321	13	167.00–185.00	$173.90	$558	-4.90
350–395	372	40	160.00–175.00	$163.65	$609	-23.43
405–449	436	23	158.00–170.00	$161.48	$704	+0.32
454–495	463	30	149.00–170.00	$158.40	$733	-0.75
502 value added	502	29	176.00	$176.00	$884	+30.00
503–549	527	39	141.00–165.00	$151.75	$800	-8.27
555–598	569	25	134.00–152.00	$141.47	$805	-0.22
601–645	609	71	125.00–142.00	$135.88	$828	-2.04
655–695	669	46	120.00–138.00	$134.81	$902	+3.11
705–725	714	4	121.00–136.00	$130.55	$932	+7.42
765–775	773	4	117.00–130.00	$126.78	$980	+2.62
809 value added	809	4	115.00	$115.00	$930	—
810–825	815	3	110.00–120.00	$115.00	$937	+6.00
925	925	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,018	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	180.00	$180.00	$522	+4.51
335–345	338	6	157.50–175.00	$164.60	$556	+0.40
350–395	380	3	167.00–170.00	$167.92	$638	+9.56
430–445	441	10	155.00–160.00	$158.41	$699	-6.55
455–495	476	10	145.00–160.00	$150.33	$716	+0.08
535	535	7	134.00	$134.00	$717	-17.25
525–547	539	17	129.52–151.00	$141.03	$760	-10.22
565–590	577	9	134.00–140.00	$138.24	$798	-0.51
610–640	631	6	122.00–130.00	$125.70	$793	+1.12
684–690	689	34	116.00–128.50	$127.04	$875	+0.50
730–748	738	3	110.00–125.00	$116.73	$861	-5.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
608 value added	608	83	144.50	$144.50	$879	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	170.00	$170.00	$493	—
340	340	1	146.00	$146.00	$496	-10.51
365–385	372	3	135.00–150.00	$144.82	$539	-8.72
403–440	425	14	128.00–155.00	$137.98	$586	—
520–540	528	4	132.00–139.00	$136.22	$719	—
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	321	38	137.50–152.00	$145.24	$466	-1.90
355–396	384	36	135.00–150.00	$141.77	$544	-5.15
410–445	430	32	131.00–143.00	$138.04	$594	-2.11
450–495	472	62	127.00–139.00	$132.68	$626	-0.44
505–545	526	44	121.00–136.00	$128.70	$677	+1.89
550–596	574	58	115.00–132.00	$123.48	$709	-2.21
600–645	631	20	112.00–125.00	$119.03	$751	-2.44
655–695	670	27	108.00–121.00	$118.47	$794	+2.08
710–745	727	9	99.00–117.00	$112.33	$817	+0.68
765–790	779	4	105.00–109.00	$106.49	$830	-3.17
810–820	814	5	95.00–100.00	$97.40	$793	—
865–885	877	3	90.00–93.00	$90.99	$798	—
925	925	1	90.00	$90.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
221	221	5	151.00	$151.00	$334	—
258–290	270	5	141.00–150.00	$143.12	$386	—
310–325	321	9	132.00–136.00	$134.55	$432	-7.75
360–395	378	17	123.00–145.00	$132.98	$503	-5.17
420	420	1	145.50	$145.50	$611	+15.64
405–448	430	23	122.50–135.00	$129.63	$557	-0.23
450–495	469	15	120.00–130.00	$126.20	$592	+2.55
500–546	525	24	114.00–127.00	$121.94	$640	-1.38
585–595	592	6	105.00–120.00	$113.70	$673	-5.51
625–640	634	4	107.00–112.00	$110.27	$699	-2.39
675–695	682	3	105.00–110.00	$108.30	$739	+2.08
730–745	738	2	101.00–106.00	$103.53	$764	+1.76

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	142.00	$142.00	$348	—
260	260	1	134.00	$134.00	$348	-9.00
335–340	338	2	132.00–137.00	$134.52	$455	+4.81
405–440	431	6	122.00–127.00	$123.35	$532	+3.51
455–485	471	9	105.00–122.00	$116.99	$551	+13.00
505	505	1	105.00	$105.00	$530	-11.33
565	565	1	95.00	$95.00	$537	-16.55

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	180.00	$180.00	$531	-7.00
300–345	322	21	150.00–182.00	$168.02	$541	-3.80
350–395	372	21	150.00–180.00	$166.82	$621	+5.20
410–440	425	15	147.50–170.00	$154.87	$658	-4.63
455–495	472	27	141.00–158.00	$149.29	$705	+0.51
500–545	527	24	132.50–147.00	$142.02	$748	-1.61
555–590	569	15	122.50–143.00	$132.70	$755	+0.65
605–640	617	12	121.00–140.00	$127.84	$789	+8.27
650	650	1	117.00	$117.00	$760	-0.63
865	865	1	92.00	$92.00	$796	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	182.00	$182.00	$491	+9.37
300–345	325	14	145.00–177.00	$161.13	$524	+5.24
355–395	377	10	147.50–167.00	$157.05	$592	+11.71
400–445	426	22	141.00–157.00	$151.67	$646	+1.67
455–495	473	11	135.00–152.00	$143.26	$678	+1.92
505–545	521	20	130.00–142.00	$137.66	$717	+2.03
560–595	570	24	120.00–140.00	$134.27	$765	+3.08
615–630	621	14	112.00–134.00	$129.18	$802	+13.41
650–685	666	7	110.00–126.00	$118.59	$790	+0.59
730–740	735	2	98.00–105.00	$101.52	$746	+5.52

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	161.00	$161.00	$459	—
355–395	383	4	147.00–152.00	$149.81	$574	+12.35
410–440	428	6	137.00–145.00	$140.60	$602	+10.94
450–490	476	6	130.00–138.00	$133.66	$636	+11.38
500–545	528	8	122.00–131.00	$126.33	$667	-1.70
615–635	625	3	107.00–117.00	$113.33	$708	-1.67
650–680	665	2	100.00–115.00	$107.67	$716	-5.79
785	785	1	85.00	$85.00	$667	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1585	1122	80-85%	48	59.00–71.00	$66.90	$751	-5.47
865–1410	1153	80-85%	19	72.00–77.00	$74.25	$856	+8.08
900–1590	1192	80-85%	21	55.00–65.00	$60.76	$724	-0.27

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1210	923	85-90%	14	43.00–54.00	$49.92	$461	-0.92
935–950	940	85-90%	3	61.00–63.00	$62.33	$586	+11.49
740–1240	1001	85-90%	30	42.00–60.50	$56.39	$564	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345	1345	75-80%	2	62.50	$62.50	$841	—
1075–1695	1376	75-80%	15	61.00–70.50	$66.11	$910	-1.62
1590	1590	75-80%	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,208	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–2135	1468	12	74.00–81.00	$77.57	$1,139	-0.36
1175–2075	1676	10	85.00–90.00	$87.05	$1,459	+2.41
1800–2020	1910	2	96.00–98.50	$97.18	$1,856	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–880	843	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	530.00–720.00	$629.23

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	880.00	$880.00
1465	1465	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	930.00	$930.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	630.00–775.00	$667.27
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	800.00–975.00	$883.33
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	700.00–900.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1365	1146	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	730.00–810.00	$767.79
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	580.00	$580.00

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)	1	550.00	$550.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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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
1295–1300	1298	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,050.00	$1,037.52	—
1490 fancy	1490	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,475.00–1,550.00	$1,531.25	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,175.00–1,250.00	$1,212.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	825.00–1,050.00	$924.07	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	500.00–950.00	$650.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.