Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, March 15, 2021

4,034 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.95/cwt +0.72 vs last sale · ≈ $575/hd at 420 lb · 58 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.50/cwt +1.48 vs last sale · ≈ $677/hd at 523 lb · 53 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.09/cwt +3.59 vs last sale · ≈ $709/hd at 571 lb · 47 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,034	4,572	1,358
Feeder cattle	3,141	3,724	1,003
Slaughter cattle	478	530	230
Replacement cattle	415	318	125

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on feeder cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	170.00	$170.00	$502	—
310–330	323	5	158.00–167.50	$161.08	$520	+0.77
360–375	365	10	155.00–161.00	$159.20	$581	+1.04
405–445	430	21	142.50–171.00	$155.14	$667	+1.28
450–495	477	44	140.00–167.00	$151.94	$725	+2.05
500–530	517	22	132.50–152.00	$148.13	$766	+3.00
565–580	574	7	120.00–147.00	$137.39	$789	+1.51
605–630	616	17	110.00–138.00	$131.32	$809	+2.44
660–680	673	6	127.00–131.00	$128.31	$864	+4.19
725–745	732	3	125.00–127.00	$126.32	$925	+3.24
750–765	763	10	112.00–124.00	$121.02	$923	+13.75

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	323	6	175.00–185.00	$178.24	$576	+15.30
360–395	387	16	162.50–175.00	$166.76	$645	-3.24
405–435	419	13	155.00–164.00	$159.89	$670	+0.45
455–475	464	6	150.00–158.00	$153.14	$711	-7.99
500–545	528	12	137.50–158.00	$151.29	$799	+5.35
555–587	574	36	130.00–154.00	$139.58	$801	-1.79
600–640	616	7	133.00–142.00	$137.49	$847	+0.08
650–680	663	18	120.00–140.00	$132.94	$881	+3.40
705–745	721	5	128.00–130.00	$129.17	$931	+7.36
760–764	763	9	120.00–122.00	$120.44	$919	+5.39
893	893	6	107.00	$107.00	$956	—
995	995	1	96.00	$96.00	$955	—
1075	1075	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,054	-1.00
1415	1415	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,401	—
1440	1440	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,210	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	275	4	155.00–187.00	$165.70	$456	—
340	340	1	175.00	$175.00	$595	—
355–390	378	9	150.00–170.00	$155.59	$588	+4.46
400–435	420	6	142.00–165.00	$152.85	$642	+7.08
465–490	477	7	140.00–157.00	$149.79	$714	+9.12
510–545	532	5	130.00–145.00	$137.10	$729	-5.90
555–580	574	4	125.00–130.00	$128.74	$739	-2.08
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	—
770	770	1	100.00	$100.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895	895	14	117.00	$117.00	$1,047	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	335	6	140.00–156.00	$143.89	$482	+0.98
355–395	374	23	135.00–153.00	$145.04	$542	+3.29
405–440	420	58	130.00–147.50	$136.95	$575	+0.72
455–495	469	25	127.00–140.00	$130.85	$614	-3.44
500–545	523	53	124.00–140.00	$129.50	$677	+1.48
555–595	571	47	119.00–138.00	$124.09	$709	+5.70
605–645	625	34	114.00–130.00	$120.10	$751	+1.22
650–695	661	12	110.00–118.00	$115.66	$765	+5.43
700–720	710	3	103.00–110.00	$105.98	$752	-3.77
910	910	1	94.00	$94.00	$855	—
955–965	957	6	89.50–90.00	$89.58	$857	—
1255	1255	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,155	—
1315	1315	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,184	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	328	44	130.00–147.50	$138.47	$454	-0.13
355–395	374	34	125.00–142.50	$134.25	$502	+0.46
410–445	434	35	121.00–135.00	$128.93	$560	-2.97
450–495	468	46	120.00–142.00	$127.79	$598	+1.90
500–545	523	38	114.00–135.00	$123.60	$646	+0.55
550–595	570	12	110.00–125.00	$117.25	$668	+1.95
605–645	630	19	107.00–115.00	$110.96	$699	+0.94
655–690	673	10	100.00–110.00	$105.02	$707	+2.02
700–745	717	3	100.00–102.00	$100.98	$724	-1.32
775	775	2	81.00	$81.00	$628	-15.00
865	865	1	76.00	$76.00	$657	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	220	4	130.00–135.00	$132.33	$291	-9.67
270–275	271	4	120.00–128.00	$125.97	$341	-4.03
325–340	330	7	116.00–131.00	$124.17	$410	-7.06
355–395	372	23	115.00–141.00	$129.68	$482	+4.38
400–445	420	11	117.00–137.00	$128.39	$539	+3.59
455–485	472	15	113.00–135.00	$126.99	$599	+7.85
500–545	523	8	105.00–127.00	$115.72	$605	+2.44
555–585	563	5	100.00–114.00	$106.89	$602	+1.39
615–620	618	4	102.00–105.00	$103.25	$638	+5.17
650	650	1	103.00	$103.00	$670	+4.00
740–745	743	2	95.00–100.00	$97.51	$724	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	170.00	$170.00	$382	—
255–285	270	4	160.00–167.50	$163.73	$442	—
305–345	326	24	152.50–182.00	$166.72	$544	+4.65
360–390	373	30	140.00–175.00	$158.34	$591	+3.05
400–445	426	37	132.50–165.00	$151.81	$647	+4.40
455–495	477	29	130.00–157.00	$145.00	$692	+0.75
500–544	527	37	117.50–145.00	$136.87	$721	+0.99
550–590	572	27	110.00–132.00	$127.09	$727	-0.09
605–645	626	20	105.00–129.00	$121.02	$758	+0.32
650–695	665	15	102.50–123.00	$112.57	$749	+4.87
725–735	733	6	95.00–107.00	$96.98	$711	-13.02
780	780	1	106.00	$106.00	$827	+0.94
860–890	875	2	82.00–88.00	$85.05	$744	—
1115	1115	1	79.00	$79.00	$881	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	188.00	$188.00	$508	—
305–345	326	16	160.00–190.00	$182.63	$595	+20.03
360–395	383	11	150.00–177.00	$160.19	$614	-0.24
405–445	426	29	145.00–172.00	$155.32	$662	+1.25
450–495	472	30	135.00–158.00	$143.40	$677	-5.51
500–545	520	27	127.50–152.00	$139.37	$725	-4.78
555–595	576	16	120.00–145.00	$130.53	$752	-2.14
605–640	621	17	115.00–133.00	$123.68	$768	+0.89
655–675	667	6	107.50–127.00	$112.11	$748	-6.21
705–735	722	6	100.00–115.00	$106.94	$772	-5.08
755	755	1	116.00	$116.00	$876	+17.26
815	815	1	97.00	$97.00	$791	-0.98
855–895	873	4	90.00–94.00	$92.03	$803	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	275	8	155.00–182.00	$163.50	$450	+1.50
315–340	328	24	147.00–175.00	$154.99	$508	-8.50
360–395	375	20	140.00–167.00	$152.10	$570	+1.88
405–445	424	26	136.00–155.00	$144.02	$611	+2.40
455–495	477	16	130.00–147.00	$136.76	$652	+2.52
505–540	524	15	130.00–137.00	$132.63	$695	+6.63
550–590	568	10	115.00–124.00	$119.80	$680	-4.04
600–645	620	3	110.00–112.00	$110.69	$686	+3.17
655–670	665	6	110.00–115.00	$113.36	$754	+10.36
787	787	7	85.00	$85.00	$669	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1270	1088	80-85%	22	50.00–58.00	$54.34	$591	—
710–1550	1155	80-85%	78	51.00–63.00	$57.59	$665	-2.04
865–1390	1161	80-85%	35	58.00–70.00	$62.66	$727	+3.03

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1080	945	85-90%	29	41.00–54.00	$46.55	$440	+2.50
790–1260	976	85-90%	36	40.00–57.00	$49.80	$486	—
890–1195	1135	85-90%	19	51.00–61.00	$58.45	$663	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1470	1295	75-80%	16	63.00–68.00	$65.17	$844	—
1155–1800	1419	75-80%	28	47.00–67.00	$59.60	$846	+0.75
1270–1700	1461	75-80%	17	54.00–59.00	$55.94	$817	+2.62

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1775	1434	10	74.00–81.00	$78.04	$1,119	—
1400–2010	1633	24	78.00–87.00	$83.34	$1,361	—
1705–2370	2037	14	86.00–93.00	$89.20	$1,817	—

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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	19	430.00–540.00	$487.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
495–690	593	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	595.00–795.00	$695.55

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
975–1210	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	525.00–900.00	$694.91
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,075.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	700.00–975.00	$850.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	750.00–1,035.00	$871.88

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1285	1033	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	700.00–775.00	$740.25
895–1565	1126	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	900.00–950.00	$915.34
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	600.00–650.00	$625.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–625.00	$612.50

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	630.00–650.00	$638.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	705.00–745.00	$715.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–900	877	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	425.00–475.00	$457.89
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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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
1055	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
1115–1630	1386	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,375.00	$1,297.66	—
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	975.00–1,025.00	$1,000.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	54	800.00–1,350.00	$1,054.63	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,125.00–1,475.00	$1,380.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1205–1425	1315	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,050.00	$1,036.45	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	26	600.00–775.00	$680.77	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
630–765	698	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	400.00–450.00	$427.42	—
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	550.00–675.00	$600.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	600.00–975.00	$746.43	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	700.00–800.00	$760.00	—

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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.