Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, March 10, 2021

4,572 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.23/cwt -4.60 vs last sale · ≈ $572/hd at 420 lb · 90 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $120.49/cwt +1.77 vs last sale · ≈ $744/hd at 618 lb · 82 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.02/cwt -1.10 vs last sale · ≈ $667/hd at 521 lb · 79 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,572	6,120	3,053
Feeder cattle	3,724	4,878	2,484
Slaughter cattle	530	836	336
Replacement cattle	318	406	233

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady to 3.00 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
315–335	325	2	161.00–165.00	$162.94	$530	-15.54
395	395	5	170.00	$170.00	$672	+3.04
400–446	431	37	152.00–167.00	$159.44	$687	-6.90
450–495	472	47	152.00–165.00	$161.13	$761	+4.83
500–545	532	63	141.00–152.00	$145.94	$776	-6.55
550–585	569	43	135.00–149.00	$141.37	$804	-3.12
600–640	623	66	133.00–147.00	$137.41	$856	+0.90
655–690	679	34	117.00–136.00	$129.54	$880	+0.32
705–745	720	11	110.00–130.00	$121.81	$877	—
763–793	774	9	112.00–119.00	$115.05	$890	-1.86
805–830	810	16	105.00–116.00	$115.11	$932	—
810 value added	810	1	120.00	$120.00	$972	—
1085	1085	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,074	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	309	9	150.00–164.00	$160.31	$495	-6.76
370–395	382	23	147.00–169.00	$158.16	$604	-0.58
410–445	427	25	148.00–160.00	$153.86	$657	-6.57
460–490	475	19	141.00–154.00	$149.89	$712	-4.96
510–545	530	19	140.00–149.00	$145.13	$769	+2.51
575–590	584	21	132.00–140.00	$135.88	$794	-5.92
605–645	626	31	121.00–132.00	$128.88	$807	+0.62
655–690	678	10	123.00–126.00	$124.12	$842	-2.63
705–737	732	15	120.00–125.00	$123.08	$901	+3.44
775–785	780	7	100.00–114.00	$107.27	$837	-4.93
880	880	1	90.00	$90.00	$792	-20.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–370	367	8	150.00–153.00	$151.13	$555	+0.84
400–440	428	6	125.00–150.00	$145.77	$624	—
465–470	469	6	136.00–142.00	$140.67	$660	-12.57
540	540	8	143.00	$143.00	$772	—
565–590	577	11	128.00–135.00	$130.82	$755	-5.66
610–620	614	6	110.00–121.00	$117.51	$722	-7.24
675	675	2	113.00	$113.00	$763	-4.00

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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	322	55	139.00–150.00	$142.91	$460	-12.04
350–395	377	47	135.00–147.00	$141.75	$534	-1.67
400–445	420	90	128.00–142.00	$136.23	$572	-4.60
450–495	477	78	125.00–143.00	$134.29	$641	-0.11
500–545	521	79	119.00–138.00	$128.02	$667	-1.18
559 fancy	559	4	140.00	$140.00	$783	—
550–595	575	37	114.50–125.00	$118.39	$681	-8.10
613 value added	613	20	125.50	$125.50	$769	—
601–630	619	62	114.00–125.00	$118.88	$736	+0.16
650–690	665	22	105.00–115.00	$110.23	$733	-5.76
696 value added	696	25	116.50	$116.50	$811	—
715–745	732	27	99.00–113.00	$109.75	$803	—
750–752	752	4	100.00–104.00	$103.00	$775	-3.66
752 value added	752	9	110.25	$110.25	$829	—
820–825	824	5	95.00–98.00	$95.60	$788	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	279	12	136.00–142.00	$139.23	$388	-8.19
305–345	329	23	133.00–147.00	$138.60	$456	-0.33
350–395	378	42	125.00–140.00	$133.79	$506	-5.44
400–445	428	45	125.00–140.00	$131.90	$565	-1.78
450–490	474	60	117.50–137.00	$125.89	$597	-2.44
505–545	529	39	116.00–132.00	$123.05	$651	-0.11
552–590	571	60	109.00–120.00	$115.30	$658	-1.63
600–640	621	24	105.00–118.00	$110.02	$683	-2.32
655–685	680	12	95.00–115.00	$103.00	$700	-4.99
730–748	739	7	100.00–105.00	$102.30	$756	-2.21
775	775	2	96.00	$96.00	$744	-4.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	3	142.00	$142.00	$341	—
280	280	5	130.00	$130.00	$364	—
305–335	324	7	126.00–140.00	$131.23	$425	-2.92
350–398	390	12	117.50–132.00	$125.30	$489	-3.65
405–445	428	25	115.00–132.00	$124.80	$534	+0.49
450–490	468	30	114.00–127.00	$119.14	$558	-2.53
503–540	523	18	110.00–120.00	$113.28	$592	-2.47
555–590	573	3	95.00–112.00	$105.50	$605	-5.28
615–645	636	7	94.00–107.00	$98.08	$624	-0.88
660–695	685	5	96.00–100.00	$99.00	$678	+11.00
770	770	4	83.00	$83.00	$639	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	313	6	160.00–165.00	$162.60	$509	-1.83
350–395	376	21	155.00–164.00	$160.43	$603	-5.50
405–440	430	53	145.00–170.00	$154.07	$663	-3.20
455–498	479	50	138.00–165.00	$148.91	$713	+1.61
505–540	523	45	129.00–155.00	$144.15	$754	+1.48
550–595	572	18	125.00–150.00	$132.67	$759	-0.76
605–645	619	27	117.00–131.00	$122.79	$760	-5.46
650–670	656	14	108.00–125.00	$118.32	$776	-3.99
705–720	712	9	100.00–117.00	$112.02	$798	-2.35
765–770	769	8	95.00–111.00	$98.74	$759	-13.26
815–830	823	2	96.00–100.00	$97.98	$806	—
1030	1030	1	84.00	$84.00	$865	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	323	14	155.00–175.00	$162.07	$523	-0.39
366–390	378	25	148.00–170.00	$155.29	$587	-7.45
405–445	427	47	135.00–162.00	$147.41	$629	-5.84
455–495	475	30	136.00–155.00	$144.25	$685	+2.98
505–545	521	27	120.00–146.00	$135.88	$708	-0.85
560–595	579	11	117.00–138.00	$127.18	$736	-3.39
605–645	619	17	110.00–127.00	$120.70	$747	-0.93
650–690	668	10	97.00–120.00	$107.70	$719	-6.58
705	705	2	110.00	$110.00	$776	-0.95
765–795	780	2	102.00–108.00	$105.06	$819	+1.06
825	825	1	80.00	$80.00	$660	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	162.00	$162.00	$462	—
330–335	333	2	162.00–165.00	$163.49	$544	+8.55
355–395	381	9	142.50–157.00	$150.22	$572	+1.67
400–425	414	11	140.00–150.00	$141.62	$586	-0.33
450–495	471	28	125.00–140.00	$134.24	$632	-1.32
510–545	527	16	115.00–134.00	$126.00	$664	-1.31
555–590	578	5	112.00–132.00	$123.84	$716	-0.88
600–645	621	6	105.00–111.00	$107.52	$668	-9.48
685	685	3	103.00	$103.00	$706	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1450	1114	80-85%	52	49.00–57.00	$54.84	$611	-0.22
825–1520	1183	80-85%	123	48.00–64.00	$59.63	$705	+0.09
860–1420	1183	80-85%	53	54.00–71.00	$65.89	$779	+6.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1600	1367	75-80%	51	50.00–68.00	$58.23	$796	-7.68
1320–1625	1406	75-80%	6	56.00–60.00	$58.85	$827	+3.34
1260–1705	1455	75-80%	8	48.00–58.00	$53.32	$776	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1080	935	85-90%	13	35.00–48.00	$44.05	$412	—
750–1295	1060	85-90%	39	40.00–58.50	$53.25	$564	-8.42

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–2040	1460	16	63.00–84.00	$77.95	$1,138	+2.56
1330–2035	1655	6	89.00–94.00	$92.01	$1,523	—
1305–2170	1699	25	75.00–91.00	$84.25	$1,431	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1100	903	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	650.00–845.00	$729.58
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	475.00–675.00	$575.00

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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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1020–1390	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	910.00–1,080.00	$993.55
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	650.00–1,075.00	$847.06
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	750.00–1,100.00	$895.39
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,150.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	700.00–1,000.00	$842.59

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	550.00–700.00	$596.88
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	600.00–775.00	$708.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	360.00–500.00	$440.00
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	570.00–630.00	$600.00
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	470.00–520.00	$495.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1185	1132	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	710.00–780.00	$756.55
1290	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1330	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	550.00–700.00	$632.69
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	700.00–725.00	$720.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–960	827	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	750.00–875.00	$807.91

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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
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	750.00–1,150.00	$935.42	—
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,175.00–1,250.00	$1,208.33	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,025.00–1,375.00	$1,176.92	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	600.00–925.00	$732.35	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1460	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,080.00–1,150.00	$1,111.96	-39.94
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	600.00–750.00	$675.00	—

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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.