Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, March 17, 2021

1,661 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $128.69/cwt +1.04 vs last sale · ≈ $614/hd at 477 lb · 32 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $143.86/cwt +2.05 vs last sale · ≈ $751/hd at 522 lb · 32 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.49/cwt -1.16 vs last sale · ≈ $623/hd at 470 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,661	4,161	603
Feeder cattle	1,221	3,236	388
Slaughter cattle	181	646	117
Replacement cattle	259	279	98

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold unevenly 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 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	327	8	160.00–164.00	$162.38	$531	-4.83
365–380	374	7	150.00–159.00	$157.02	$587	-0.68
420–445	430	14	150.00–156.00	$152.60	$656	-1.55
470	470	3	150.00	$150.00	$705	-2.10
505–540	520	17	138.00–146.00	$142.63	$742	+0.82
525 value added	525	15	145.25	$145.25	$763	—
560–590	579	12	130.00–138.00	$135.45	$784	-4.46
606 value added	606	20	135.00	$135.00	$818	—
610–615	613	6	130.00–133.00	$132.17	$810	+2.13
655–691	684	14	129.00–131.00	$129.34	$885	+1.77
715–720	718	2	110.00	$110.00	$790	-5.00
770 value added	770	5	121.00	$121.00	$932	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	327	3	166.00–168.00	$166.67	$545	—
375–390	382	5	160.00–165.00	$162.44	$621	-6.31
410–415	413	3	158.00–164.00	$160.67	$664	-7.00
455–475	465	5	155.00–160.00	$156.41	$727	-7.55
515	515	1	149.00	$149.00	$767	-0.42
560–585	576	12	140.00–145.00	$142.89	$823	+1.63
645	645	3	134.00	$134.00	$864	-2.59
660–685	668	3	132.00–133.00	$132.66	$886	-0.62
705–740	713	9	120.00–128.50	$126.54	$902	-0.46
795	795	1	110.00	$110.00	$874	-8.00
975	975	1	90.00	$90.00	$878	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	156.00	$156.00	$499	-1.62
385	385	1	152.00	$152.00	$585	+2.83
470–480	475	2	135.00–148.00	$141.57	$672	+6.41
505–545	517	6	130.00–145.00	$137.17	$709	+10.17
555–595	582	6	120.00–126.00	$124.09	$722	-2.09
615–620	618	4	120.00–130.00	$125.02	$773	+12.02
710	710	1	104.00	$104.00	$738	—
770	770	1	120.00	$120.00	$924	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	4	117.00	$117.00	$1,024	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	138.00	$138.00	$366	—
310–346	336	19	133.00–144.00	$137.96	$464	-0.47
355–365	358	4	127.00–136.00	$130.72	$468	-6.33
415–440	428	8	130.00–135.00	$131.11	$561	-0.50
451 value added	451	9	131.00	$131.00	$591	—
455–498	487	23	125.00–130.00	$127.79	$622	+0.14
505–545	532	13	119.00–126.00	$121.94	$649	±0.00
552 value added	552	15	127.00	$127.00	$701	—
555–590	570	8	113.00–121.00	$116.98	$667	+0.36
600–640	622	11	110.00–116.00	$113.26	$704	+2.14
675 value added	675	7	111.00	$111.00	$749	—
675	675	3	98.00–99.00	$98.67	$666	-8.41
790	790	5	81.00	$81.00	$640	-23.18

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	332	9	139.00–146.00	$142.09	$472	-1.74
355–380	366	15	135.00–142.00	$137.43	$503	-6.86
405–440	423	11	132.00–139.00	$135.43	$573	-4.91
460–490	470	29	129.00–136.00	$132.49	$623	-1.16
510–535	526	5	129.00–134.00	$130.77	$688	+4.03
555–570	564	28	119.00–125.00	$121.11	$683	-7.33
605–645	617	23	116.00–120.00	$118.64	$732	-1.13
665	665	4	117.00	$117.00	$778	+0.17
780	780	1	96.00	$96.00	$749	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	324	7	125.00–131.00	$125.91	$408	-4.75
380–390	383	3	110.00–130.00	$120.00	$460	-3.84
415–435	424	5	115.00–122.00	$118.34	$502	-0.56
455–460	458	6	103.00–124.00	$109.82	$503	-7.25
505–540	517	9	104.00–112.00	$109.96	$568	-2.37
565	565	1	105.00	$105.00	$593	-1.77
660–695	692	11	98.00–100.00	$98.17	$679	—
705	705	5	94.00	$94.00	$663	+3.02

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	332	9	140.00–163.00	$157.78	$524	-12.46
355–390	372	12	147.00–158.00	$154.72	$576	-1.19
410–440	422	16	145.00–155.00	$149.88	$632	-6.36
465–480	476	14	140.00–147.00	$143.01	$681	-1.84
510–540	524	17	129.00–142.00	$137.04	$718	+1.28
555–590	575	15	122.00–138.00	$131.49	$756	+3.32
610–640	618	6	115.00–128.00	$122.30	$756	-0.64
660–690	671	12	105.00–119.00	$114.89	$771	-3.28
720–735	728	3	103.00–106.00	$104.67	$762	-6.88
770	770	1	102.00	$102.00	$785	—
835	835	1	82.00	$82.00	$685	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	270	2	155.00–160.00	$157.41	$425	—
303–345	325	12	150.00–152.00	$150.77	$490	-9.40
360–385	373	13	135.00–147.00	$142.35	$531	-11.58
420	420	4	140.00	$140.00	$588	-5.78
455–475	468	5	128.00–136.00	$131.38	$615	-4.79
520–525	523	3	130.00–131.00	$130.67	$683	+4.42
560–580	570	2	117.00–120.00	$118.47	$675	-0.33
645	645	2	119.00	$119.00	$768	+3.31
675	675	2	108.00	$108.00	$729	-1.96
765–790	778	2	100.00–105.00	$102.46	$797	+6.20

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	168.00	$168.00	$529	-15.45
370–390	380	4	163.00–166.00	$164.78	$626	-4.71
415–430	425	5	155.00–160.00	$158.22	$672	-1.38
460–470	466	10	144.00–152.00	$149.79	$698	-4.26
540	540	1	145.00	$145.00	$783	+1.49
560–565	563	2	132.00–141.00	$136.52	$769	+0.47
615–625	618	8	130.00–134.00	$132.38	$818	+3.47
660–685	673	4	127.00–130.00	$128.53	$865	+5.53
745	745	1	108.00	$108.00	$805	-5.23
845	845	1	90.00	$90.00	$760	-10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1345	1138	80-85%	8	57.00–58.00	$57.66	$656	-1.38
735–1590	1170	80-85%	54	52.00–65.00	$61.34	$718	—
850–1390	1179	80-85%	25	61.00–70.00	$67.22	$793	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1120	972	85-90%	17	45.00–57.00	$52.55	$511	+4.79
880–1180	1072	85-90%	10	45.00–51.00	$48.53	$520	-14.01

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285	1285	75-80%	1	55.00	$55.00	$707	—
1200–1430	1354	75-80%	8	55.00–63.00	$60.43	$818	-0.01

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–2045	1554	7	78.00–87.00	$83.09	$1,291	—
1020–2015	1568	7	68.00–80.00	$75.61	$1,186	—
1995	1995	1	92.50	$92.50	$1,845	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–1055	877	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	600.00–800.00	$701.02

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1230	1072	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00–925.00	$884.84
900–1220	1074	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00–1,000.00	$940.97
1030–1285	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,231.07
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,375.00–1,450.00	$1,418.75
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,125.00–1,425.00	$1,260.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	700.00–825.00	$740.63
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,055.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	800.00–1,050.00	$929.41
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	850.00–1,300.00	$1,059.38

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–910	847	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–725.00	$676.87
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	660.00–975.00	$845.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	510.00	$510.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	525.00–725.00	$645.63

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	525.00–600.00	$556.25

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
590–825	685	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	450.00–625.00	$560.62
810–990	930	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	825.00–1,050.00	$984.68

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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
850–1015	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,159.29	—
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	+125.69
1040–1450	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,300.00–1,550.00	$1,451.76	—
1330–1525	1408	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,550.00–1,600.00	$1,580.40	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	52	900.00–1,200.00	$1,049.04	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,530.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,250.00–1,325.00	$1,275.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	675.00–925.00	$828.57	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	650.00–850.00	$700.00	—

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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.