Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, March 8, 2021

4,818 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.59/cwt +6.56 vs last sale · ≈ $768/hd at 611 lb · 103 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $135.98/cwt +1.17 vs last sale · ≈ $919/hd at 676 lb · 89 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.36/cwt -1.34 vs last sale · ≈ $665/hd at 522 lb · 84 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,818	2,148	2,950
Feeder cattle	4,075	1,837	2,462
Slaughter cattle	442	219	279
Replacement cattle	301	92	209

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 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
295	295	1	180.00	$180.00	$531	+11.62
310–345	328	15	170.00–183.00	$174.24	$572	+0.34
355–380	369	12	165.00–173.00	$168.17	$621	+4.52
415–445	422	34	160.00–170.00	$164.82	$696	+3.34
455–495	479	14	150.00–164.00	$155.45	$745	-2.95
505–545	521	49	140.00–165.00	$152.18	$793	+0.43
555–595	572	30	127.50–156.00	$145.64	$833	+4.17
601 value added	601	28	142.75	$142.75	$858	—
600–625	619	17	120.00–143.00	$133.56	$827	-2.32
652 value added	652	23	138.25	$138.25	$901	—
660–695	684	66	115.00–136.50	$135.19	$925	+0.38
710–720	715	3	122.00–127.00	$124.66	$891	-5.89
721 value added	721	52	129.00	$129.00	$930	—
762 value added	762	11	130.00	$130.00	$991	—
812 value added	812	9	128.75	$128.75	$1,045	+13.75
830	830	1	119.00	$119.00	$988	+4.00
856 value added	856	40	122.50	$122.50	$1,049	—
900	900	1	109.00	$109.00	$981	-1.00
975	975	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,063	—
1080	1080	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,048	—
1415	1415	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,132	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	4	170.00–175.00	$172.75	$501	-7.25
310–340	333	12	164.00–185.00	$168.18	$560	+3.58
350–398	379	22	160.00–177.00	$163.65	$620	-4.27
410–445	423	17	152.50–172.00	$157.29	$665	-1.12
455–495	480	43	140.00–167.00	$152.57	$732	+2.24
505–540	525	28	127.50–157.00	$143.73	$755	+9.73
555–595	582	70	130.00–147.00	$137.54	$800	-0.70
600–645	630	44	119.00–139.00	$129.92	$818	+4.22
650–680	659	24	121.00–133.00	$130.61	$861	+3.57
725–740	733	3	111.00–120.00	$115.68	$848	-1.05
765–770	768	3	120.00–126.00	$124.01	$952	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	383	14	135.00–167.00	$159.04	$609	+14.22
410–436	426	8	150.00–165.00	$157.74	$672	+19.76
450–495	471	9	140.00–157.50	$153.18	$721	—
510–535	519	5	130.00–142.00	$136.54	$709	+0.32
570–575	573	2	126.00–128.00	$127.00	$728	—
610–640	623	7	125.00–130.00	$127.16	$792	+12.16
650–660	655	3	118.00–120.00	$119.34	$782	—
745	745	6	124.00	$124.00	$924	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	321	13	147.50–157.50	$149.54	$480	+4.30
355–395	386	30	142.50–151.00	$147.09	$568	+5.32
405–445	430	40	137.00–148.00	$142.06	$611	+4.02
450–495	463	72	130.00–143.00	$134.12	$621	+1.44
500–540	522	84	122.00–135.00	$127.36	$665	-1.34
561 value added	561	20	127.00	$127.00	$712	—
560–575 fancy	568	2	132.00–133.00	$132.49	$753	—
555–595	569	48	120.00–130.00	$125.45	$714	+1.97
605–611 value added	607	67	126.00–130.00	$128.98	$783	—
601–645	619	36	110.00–126.00	$119.27	$738	+0.24
650–672	667	25	107.00–117.00	$114.16	$761	-4.31
679–695 value added	684	47	120.00–123.50	$120.84	$827	—
738 value added	738	45	117.25	$117.25	$865	—
765–795	781	8	100.00–105.00	$102.01	$797	-4.48
805	805	1	90.00	$90.00	$724	-7.40
925	925	1	85.00	$85.00	$786	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	283	3	145.00–147.50	$145.76	$413	+2.64
300–345	327	23	137.50–150.00	$146.28	$478	+11.73
350–395	366	38	130.00–148.00	$140.83	$515	+7.85
400–445	428	32	127.50–140.00	$132.74	$568	+3.11
450–495	468	43	120.00–132.00	$126.16	$590	-0.04
505–545	523	38	115.00–130.00	$124.00	$649	+2.06
550–590	564	20	110.00–128.00	$118.77	$670	+5.07
605–645	634	7	107.00–118.00	$111.54	$707	+1.27
650–690	670	2	104.00–113.00	$108.37	$726	+0.07
706	706	4	107.00	$107.00	$755	+3.47
780	780	4	103.00	$103.00	$803	—
885	885	1	85.00	$85.00	$752	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	142.00	$142.00	$305	±0.00
255–295	268	13	125.00–150.00	$135.81	$364	+1.81
325–345	334	11	125.00–147.50	$134.88	$450	+0.36
350–395	374	15	122.00–137.00	$128.49	$481	—
415–445	431	16	115.00–132.00	$124.10	$535	+0.75
455–490	473	6	115.00–127.00	$122.51	$579	+5.52
500–535	524	5	111.00–120.00	$116.61	$611	+11.61
565–575	574	9	102.00–112.00	$107.12	$615	+12.12

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	320	16	152.50–172.00	$163.66	$524	+2.53
355–395	378	29	142.50–167.00	$157.15	$594	+0.10
400–445	427	54	135.00–159.00	$152.23	$650	+0.56
455–495	469	41	125.00–154.00	$143.24	$672	-0.02
500–545	525	34	120.00–146.00	$135.46	$711	-2.20
560–595	575	13	115.00–135.00	$122.58	$705	-11.69
600–640	625	18	107.50–128.00	$119.09	$744	-10.09
665–695	676	8	100.00–118.00	$111.82	$756	-6.77
725	725	1	108.00	$108.00	$783	+6.48
765–770	768	2	100.00–105.00	$102.49	$787	—
836	836	5	90.00	$90.00	$752	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	380	7	157.50–175.00	$165.56	$629	-1.26
405–445	429	34	147.50–168.00	$157.41	$675	+2.54
450–495	467	26	137.50–165.00	$149.58	$699	+0.29
505–548	533	24	127.50–155.00	$140.38	$748	-1.64
555–595	569	9	125.00–146.00	$138.10	$786	+5.40
600–635	626	12	117.50–136.00	$123.36	$772	-4.48
655–695	679	9	110.00–125.00	$118.14	$802	+1.14
700–735	721	6	105.00–121.00	$112.08	$808	—
785	785	1	112.00	$112.00	$879	—
865–877	876	9	88.00–90.00	$88.22	$773	-3.78

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	160.00–163.00	$162.00	$470	+1.00
300–345	322	12	142.00–167.00	$153.68	$495	—
355–380	364	7	150.00–160.00	$153.58	$559	+3.77
400–445	426	13	130.00–152.00	$143.29	$610	+2.69
450–495	468	11	120.00–142.00	$136.41	$638	+2.75
515–525	520	4	127.00–132.00	$130.01	$676	+3.68
575–595	587	3	126.00–127.00	$126.33	$742	—
610–615	613	2	115.00–117.00	$116.00	$711	+2.67
685	685	1	112.00	$112.00	$767	+4.33

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1430	1176	80-85%	29	48.00–62.00	$58.23	$685	-2.53
895–1420	1212	80-85%	59	53.00–69.00	$64.17	$778	—
1050–1355	1224	80-85%	13	61.00–72.00	$67.67	$828	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1785	1337	75-80%	42	57.00–69.00	$65.58	$877	+3.08
1140–1490	1378	75-80%	6	64.00–75.00	$70.61	$973	+4.50
1085–1650	1428	75-80%	16	52.00–63.00	$58.82	$840	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1060	968	85-90%	10	51.00–54.00	$52.21	$505	—
845–1075	992	85-90%	12	40.00–53.00	$46.30	$459	—
780–1260	1045	85-90%	38	42.00–62.00	$54.56	$570	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1800	1462	17	72.00–85.00	$77.81	$1,138	+0.24
1005–2440	1615	20	81.00–96.00	$85.94	$1,388	—
1360–1835	1646	5	90.00–100.00	$93.53	$1,540	—

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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	17	425.00–500.00	$464.71

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1125	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	940.00–1,025.00	$982.50
945–1140	1074	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	625.00–825.00	$728.87
930–1270	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	675.00–1,000.00	$810.23
950–1440	1177	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,125.00–1,375.00	$1,278.15
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	700.00–1,030.00	$864.58
— 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	800.00–1,085.00	$942.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	745.00–975.00	$816.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1065	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00–760.00	$753.30
905–1130	1016	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	810.00–875.00	$851.99
1060–1320	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,050.00	$987.69
1255	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	745.00	$745.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	690.00–725.00	$709.44

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–870	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	400.00–450.00	$428.06
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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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
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	775.00	$775.00	—
965–1290	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	1,450.00–1,900.00	$1,644.14	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,037.50	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1245	1245	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1020–1440	1274	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	1,000.00–1,235.00	$1,119.89	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00–850.00	$816.67	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—

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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.