Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 9, 2021

6,120 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $167.74/cwt +2.92 vs last sale · ≈ $712/hd at 424 lb · 131 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $144.17/cwt +4.89 vs last sale · ≈ $890/hd at 618 lb · 102 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.83/cwt -1.23 vs last sale · ≈ $597/hd at 424 lb · 99 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,120	4,818	4,818
Feeder cattle	4,878	4,075	3,721
Slaughter cattle	836	442	562
Replacement cattle	406	301	535

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
215	215	2	170.00	$170.00	$366	—
300–345	318	14	164.00–185.00	$178.48	$568	+4.24
355–395	370	9	157.00–178.00	$166.96	$618	-1.21
404–424 value added	417	36	157.00–178.00	$171.43	$715	—
402–448	427	95	154.00–179.00	$166.34	$710	+1.52
450–495	470	26	147.00–170.00	$156.30	$735	+0.85
510–545	526	39	141.00–170.00	$152.49	$802	+0.31
513–531 value added	528	26	148.00–165.00	$162.46	$858	—
550–595	565	35	136.00–154.00	$144.49	$816	-1.15
600–620	616	18	130.00–143.00	$136.51	$841	+2.95
600–623 value added	618	84	136.00–146.50	$145.81	$901	+3.06
650–693	676	46	119.00–133.00	$129.22	$874	-5.97
670–688 value added	678	27	133.00–135.50	$134.13	$909	-4.12
775–795	782	3	107.00–122.00	$116.91	$914	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	161.00	$161.00	$475	-11.75
305–330	317	7	160.00–175.00	$167.07	$530	-1.11
350–375	372	29	147.50–185.00	$158.74	$591	-4.91
405–440	431	27	145.00–168.00	$160.43	$691	+3.14
450–495	469	30	125.00–167.00	$154.85	$726	+2.28
505–545	527	18	130.00–155.00	$142.62	$752	-1.11
555–595	566	24	123.00–152.00	$141.80	$803	+4.26
605–645	633	17	120.00–138.00	$128.26	$812	-1.66
660–695	674	36	117.00–130.00	$126.75	$854	-3.86
710–740	723	9	117.00–124.00	$119.64	$865	+3.96
760–797	784	5	100.00–120.00	$112.20	$880	-11.81
827	827	7	112.50	$112.50	$930	—
856	856	5	110.50	$110.50	$946	—
1020	1020	2	104.00	$104.00	$1,061	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	329	7	124.00–165.00	$154.74	$509	—
360–375	373	12	142.00–177.00	$150.29	$561	-8.75
475–495	489	12	152.00–157.00	$153.24	$749	+0.06
570–590	576	4	135.00–138.00	$136.48	$786	+9.48
615–638	628	4	122.00–127.00	$124.75	$783	-2.41
675	675	1	117.00	$117.00	$790	-2.34
745	745	1	115.00	$115.00	$857	-9.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
833 value added	833	28	122.00	$122.00	$1,016	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	333	14	130.00–160.00	$154.95	$516	+5.41
365 value added	365	11	165.00	$165.00	$602	—
355–399	375	80	128.00–155.00	$143.42	$538	-3.67
400–445	424	99	124.00–150.00	$140.83	$597	-1.23
465 value added	465	5	150.00	$150.00	$698	—
450–495	471	77	120.00–142.00	$134.40	$633	+0.28
503–545	515	5	126.00–129.00	$127.96	$659	+0.60
500–540	519	74	120.00–135.00	$129.20	$671	+1.84
555–599	572	66	117.00–130.00	$126.49	$724	+1.04
600–645	628	42	115.00–121.00	$118.72	$746	-0.55
669–680	674	18	110.00–118.00	$115.99	$782	+1.83
755–765	760	3	105.00–108.00	$106.66	$811	+4.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	276	13	138.00–157.00	$147.42	$407	+1.66
305–345	329	44	120.00–150.00	$138.93	$457	-7.35
350–395	376	53	120.00–147.00	$139.23	$524	-1.60
400–445	429	84	115.00–140.00	$133.68	$573	+0.94
450–495	479	63	111.00–135.00	$128.33	$615	+2.17
500–545	527	54	109.00–129.00	$123.16	$649	-0.84
550–595	579	40	105.00–122.00	$116.93	$677	-1.84
605–645	621	22	105.00–122.00	$112.34	$698	+0.80
665–690	676	4	105.00–111.00	$107.99	$730	-0.38
715–745	733	4	103.00–106.00	$104.51	$766	-2.49
765	765	1	100.00	$100.00	$765	-3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	329	7	128.00–145.00	$134.15	$441	-0.73
355–390	373	21	115.00–139.00	$128.95	$481	+0.46
400–445	425	23	105.00–132.00	$124.31	$528	+0.21
455–488	476	25	116.00–127.00	$121.67	$579	-0.84
505–545	514	23	110.00–120.00	$115.75	$595	-0.86
555–594	582	13	110.00–112.00	$110.78	$645	+3.66
610–625	616	5	84.00–105.00	$98.96	$610	—
675	675	3	88.00	$88.00	$594	—
710–735	715	5	70.00–95.00	$87.06	$622	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
838 value added	838	16	115.50	$115.50	$968	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	163.00	$163.00	$334	—
260–295	273	5	158.00–165.00	$159.92	$437	—
305–345	325	12	148.00–177.00	$162.46	$528	-1.20
355–380	374	24	144.00–177.00	$162.74	$609	+5.59
400–445	427	51	133.00–167.00	$153.25	$654	+1.02
455–495	476	66	124.00–152.00	$141.27	$672	-1.97
500–547	521	40	117.00–145.00	$136.73	$712	+1.27
555–595	575	26	122.00–139.00	$130.57	$751	+7.99
600–635	616	16	117.00–130.00	$121.63	$749	+2.54
655–690	670	15	105.00–127.00	$114.28	$766	+2.46
700–725	713	3	107.00–116.00	$110.95	$791	+2.95
755–790	771	6	100.00–110.00	$104.00	$802	+1.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	321	14	160.00–174.00	$164.43	$528	—
355–395	374	26	154.00–185.00	$165.93	$621	+0.37
400–445	423	39	140.00–177.00	$157.27	$665	-0.14
450–490	468	36	134.00–164.00	$147.30	$689	-2.28
500–545	521	52	124.00–165.00	$142.67	$743	+2.29
524 value added	524	8	146.00	$146.00	$765	—
550–590	567	20	117.00–145.00	$133.43	$757	-4.67
600–640	621	21	116.00–132.00	$128.25	$796	+4.89
655–695	672	9	116.00–126.00	$122.31	$822	+4.17
705–745	716	5	112.00–117.00	$114.37	$819	+2.29
785	785	1	112.00	$112.00	$879	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–347	330	8	140.00–167.00	$154.94	$511	+1.26
355–395	369	9	142.00–157.00	$148.55	$548	-5.03
410–445	424	17	127.00–152.00	$141.95	$602	-1.34
455–495	480	20	126.00–142.00	$135.56	$651	-0.85
505–545	533	8	120.00–132.00	$127.31	$679	-2.70
555–595	577	10	119.00–128.00	$124.72	$720	-1.61
615	615	1	117.00	$117.00	$720	+1.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1380	1149	80-85%	56	47.00–59.00	$55.06	$633	—
875–1550	1183	80-85%	113	52.00–65.00	$59.54	$704	+1.31
870–1435	1196	80-85%	38	60.00–72.00	$65.09	$778	+6.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1880	1355	75-80%	77	50.00–73.00	$59.98	$813	-10.63
1095–1745	1363	75-80%	25	56.00–73.00	$65.91	$898	-4.70
1225–1570	1410	75-80%	40	50.00–60.00	$55.51	$783	-3.31

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1150	969	85-90%	47	40.00–53.00	$49.24	$477	-2.97
710–1270	979	85-90%	54	42.00–58.00	$52.47	$514	+0.26
900–1225	1063	85-90%	20	50.00–65.00	$61.67	$656	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1770	1453	26	62.00–82.00	$75.39	$1,095	-2.42
1115–2105	1626	36	74.00–89.00	$82.82	$1,347	-3.12
1235–2195	1801	11	84.00–95.00	$90.71	$1,634	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635–840	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	420.00–580.00	$476.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	804.00	$804.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1100–1205	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–950.00	$925.00
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1235	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	570.00–800.00	$673.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	550.00–850.00	$717.71
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	600.00–860.00	$745.61
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00–975.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1250–1530	1378	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	750.00–875.00	$821.32
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	500.00–525.00	$516.67
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	400.00–550.00	$478.57

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	550.00–625.00	$587.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–770	740	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–625.00	$611.99
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	400.00–530.00	$486.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	530.00–775.00	$626.25

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	660.00–1,075.00	$867.50

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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
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	900.00–1,075.00	$987.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	30	775.00–975.00	$875.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	55	650.00–1,250.00	$897.09	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	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
1075–1290	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,151.90	—
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	22	500.00–625.00	$561.36	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	550.00–575.00	$562.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	610.00–900.00	$743.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	375.00–450.00	$412.50	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	750.00–800.00	$766.67	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.