Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 16, 2021

4,161 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $127.50/cwt ≈ $1,025/hd at 804 lb · 188 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $127.65/cwt -0.14 vs last sale · ≈ $613/hd at 480 lb · 65 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.46/cwt +6.80 vs last sale · ≈ $831/hd at 679 lb · 57 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,161	4,034	2,057
Feeder cattle	3,236	3,141	1,279
Slaughter cattle	646	478	462
Replacement cattle	279	415	316

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder classes sold uneven, mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
804	804	188	127.50	$127.50	$1,025	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	376	9	157.00–180.00	$168.75	$634	+1.99
400–446	429	21	154.00–175.00	$167.67	$719	+7.78
455–480	459	11	155.00–172.50	$163.96	$753	+10.82
505–520	508	17	144.00–156.00	$149.42	$759	-1.87
555–585	571	10	137.00–150.00	$141.26	$807	+1.68
605–649	624	18	130.00–139.00	$136.59	$852	-0.90
655–662	661	11	130.00–134.00	$133.28	$881	+0.34
705–726	718	40	127.00	$127.00	$912	-2.17
760	760	1	118.00	$118.00	$897	-2.44
1030	1030	1	96.00	$96.00	$989	—
1075–1085	1080	2	93.00–94.00	$93.50	$1,010	-4.50
1140	1140	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,049	—
1145	1145	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,145	—
1150	1150	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,024	—
1295	1295	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,230	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	316	11	162.00–172.00	$167.21	$528	+6.13
360–397	391	27	157.00–162.00	$157.70	$617	-1.50
405–445	420	13	145.00–167.00	$154.15	$647	-0.99
455–495	482	28	140.00–159.00	$152.10	$733	+0.16
505–545	518	14	135.00–150.00	$141.81	$735	-6.32
550–585	579	22	125.00–147.00	$139.91	$810	+2.52
605–645	614	6	122.00–135.00	$130.04	$798	-1.28
655–690	677	8	116.00–133.00	$127.57	$864	-0.74
705–740	731	4	115.00	$115.00	$841	-11.32

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	324	8	154.00–160.00	$157.62	$511	-17.38
355–395	375	10	133.00–165.00	$149.17	$559	-6.42
440	440	1	152.00	$152.00	$669	-0.85
455–495	475	4	122.00–147.00	$135.16	$642	-14.63
505	505	1	127.00	$127.00	$641	-10.10
560–570	562	6	125.00–132.00	$126.18	$709	-2.56
610	610	1	113.00	$113.00	$689	—
680–685	681	9	117.00–122.00	$119.89	$816	—
795	795	1	115.00	$115.00	$914	+15.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	331	39	127.00–145.00	$138.43	$458	-0.04
350–395	378	57	123.00–146.00	$137.05	$518	+2.80
400–445	423	43	123.00–137.00	$131.61	$557	+2.68
450–496	480	65	120.00–132.00	$127.65	$613	-0.14
500–540	515	38	105.00–130.00	$121.94	$628	-1.66
550–590	573	18	109.00–122.00	$116.62	$668	-0.63
623–635	626	8	109.00–114.00	$111.12	$696	+0.16
655–690	670	15	103.00–112.00	$107.08	$717	+2.06
710–725	718	6	102.00–107.00	$104.18	$748	+3.20
770–790	787	6	100.00–105.00	$104.18	$820	+23.18

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	314	4	138.00–154.00	$143.83	$452	-0.06
355–388	367	23	138.00–147.00	$144.29	$530	-0.75
400–435	418	22	135.00–145.00	$140.34	$587	+3.39
450–495	480	14	129.00–137.00	$133.65	$642	+2.80
508–545	516	33	118.00–136.00	$126.74	$654	-2.76
555–585	569	33	123.00–131.00	$128.44	$731	+4.35
603–646	621	33	113.00–126.00	$119.77	$744	-0.33
655–685	664	7	110.00–120.00	$116.83	$776	+1.17
681 value added	681	50	123.25	$123.25	$839	—
700–740	716	5	107.00–113.00	$111.37	$797	+5.39
845	845	9	105.00	$105.00	$887	—
850	850	1	105.00	$105.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	283	2	120.00–122.00	$120.97	$342	-5.00
305–345	330	23	118.00–142.00	$130.66	$431	+6.49
355–395	372	16	116.00–132.00	$123.84	$461	-5.84
405–445	427	23	107.00–127.00	$118.90	$508	-9.49
455–490	472	17	107.00–122.00	$117.07	$553	-9.92
505–540	523	10	101.00–118.00	$112.33	$587	-3.39
555–575	570	4	104.00–109.00	$106.77	$609	-0.12
605–630	617	3	94.00–100.00	$97.71	$603	-5.54
705–745	726	6	85.00–96.00	$90.98	$661	-6.53
795	795	1	89.00	$89.00	$708	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
659	659	20	124.50	$124.50	$820	—
747	747	46	118.75	$118.75	$887	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	265	12	162.00–167.50	$166.51	$441	+2.78
310–340	327	12	148.00–182.00	$170.24	$557	+3.52
350–395	372	25	143.00–167.00	$155.91	$580	-2.43
400–445	426	43	140.00–165.00	$156.24	$666	+4.43
455–495	471	48	135.00–153.00	$144.85	$682	-0.15
505–545	529	33	124.00–147.00	$135.76	$718	-1.11
555–590	570	16	118.00–134.00	$128.17	$731	+1.08
600–645	622	16	115.00–127.00	$122.94	$765	+1.92
665–695	683	7	114.00–122.00	$118.17	$807	+5.60
700–740	722	6	106.00–116.00	$111.55	$805	+14.57

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	320	9	180.00–185.00	$183.45	$587	+0.82
360–395	369	28	158.00–177.00	$169.49	$625	+9.30
400–449	431	28	150.00–170.00	$159.60	$688	+4.28
450–495	469	41	140.00–166.00	$154.05	$722	+10.65
500–540	520	19	132.00–154.00	$143.51	$746	+4.14
560–585	570	5	129.00–142.00	$136.05	$775	+5.52
600–645	626	19	124.00–135.00	$128.91	$807	+5.23
650–690	666	10	118.00–130.00	$123.00	$819	+10.89
705–745	727	7	107.00–118.00	$113.23	$823	+6.29
755–765	760	2	108.00–115.00	$111.52	$848	-4.48
835	835	1	100.00	$100.00	$835	+3.00
855	855	1	98.00	$98.00	$838	+5.97

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	13	155.00–177.00	$160.17	$537	+5.18
355–380	371	9	145.00–162.00	$153.93	$571	+1.83
400–445	419	12	130.00–157.00	$145.78	$611	+1.76
455–495	480	13	125.00–145.00	$136.17	$654	-0.59
505–540	524	16	117.00–135.00	$126.25	$662	-6.38
570–575	571	5	112.00–125.00	$118.80	$678	-1.00
630–640	633	3	112.00–120.00	$115.69	$732	+5.00
650–675	663	2	108.00–112.00	$109.96	$729	-3.40
790–795	791	4	95.00–100.00	$96.26	$761	+11.26

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1500	1089	80-85%	27	48.00–57.00	$53.15	$579	-1.19
790–1310	1114	80-85%	50	60.00–75.00	$64.16	$715	—
835–1455	1132	80-85%	109	53.00–68.00	$59.04	$668	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1230	943	85-90%	65	42.00–59.00	$51.89	$489	+5.34
800–1085	964	85-90%	29	40.00–53.00	$47.76	$460	-2.04
1000–1180	1096	85-90%	15	59.00–67.00	$62.54	$685	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1545	1344	75-80%	17	52.00–60.00	$56.91	$765	—
1035–1745	1352	75-80%	47	50.00–67.00	$60.44	$817	—
1230–1570	1382	75-80%	14	62.00–69.00	$65.36	$903	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1960	1391	28	73.00–80.00	$76.90	$1,070	—
1110–2045	1662	11	87.00–93.00	$89.03	$1,480	—
1130–2180	1719	25	80.00–86.00	$83.36	$1,433	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–890	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	650.00–760.00	$709.16
825–1075	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	625.00–810.00	$709.78
—	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	960.00	$960.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–845	761	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	400.00–550.00	$494.53

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	475.00–550.00	$503.13

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1250	1094	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	800.00–1,000.00	$890.82
990–1290	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,075.00–1,275.00	$1,142.46
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	750.00–925.00	$819.29
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	725.00–775.00	$754.17
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	600.00–850.00	$711.76

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–980	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	875.00–950.00	$912.04
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	400.00–600.00	$484.38
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	525.00–700.00	$613.89

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	650.00–750.00	$705.56
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–870	835	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–825.00	$789.07

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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
1025–1215	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	950.00–1,150.00	$1,049.31	—
1050–1380 fancy	1184	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,350.00–1,500.00	$1,431.02	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	800.00–1,285.00	$1,092.78	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	900.00–1,000.00	$950.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620–935	794	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–975.00	$902.09	—
966–975 fancy	972	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,175.00–1,325.00	$1,233.05	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	550.00–800.00	$660.71	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	650.00–700.00	$675.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	475.00	$475.00	—

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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.