Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, March 24, 2021

2,319 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.94/cwt -5.83 vs last sale · ≈ $673/hd at 522 lb · 70 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.41/cwt +0.82 vs last sale · ≈ $615/hd at 468 lb · 63 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.57/cwt -2.27 vs last sale · ≈ $569/hd at 417 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,319	4,449	1,951
Feeder cattle	1,685	3,407	1,401
Slaughter cattle	323	616	437
Replacement cattle	311	426	113

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 5.00 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
235–245	239	5	170.00–172.00	$170.82	$408	—
325	325	2	169.00	$169.00	$549	—
355–395	376	8	160.00–172.00	$165.50	$622	-5.45
405–440	420	23	156.00–164.00	$159.27	$669	-6.69
470–495	478	9	155.00–165.00	$157.91	$755	-9.40
505–549	526	18	144.00–154.00	$149.10	$784	-0.98
551–593	563	17	137.00–145.00	$139.89	$788	-2.41
605–640	618	13	130.00–145.00	$136.33	$843	-3.48
654–690	667	30	120.00–136.00	$132.45	$883	-6.44
710–749	730	8	128.00–130.00	$128.61	$939	+4.79
765–770	769	4	123.00–125.00	$124.50	$957	+3.63
900–935	925	7	117.00–118.50	$118.08	$1,092	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	320	8	150.00–160.00	$157.08	$503	-7.35
355–390	377	10	150.00–162.00	$155.97	$588	-1.57
410–435	420	7	153.00–156.00	$154.54	$649	+3.43
465–490	477	7	137.50–165.00	$149.60	$714	-2.31
505–545	527	20	135.00–144.00	$140.03	$738	-1.88
550–595	568	18	127.50–144.00	$136.42	$775	-1.35
605–645	618	9	126.00–135.00	$129.46	$800	-5.28
675–680	677	6	127.00–128.00	$127.67	$864	+0.96
705–740	723	2	110.00–115.00	$112.44	$813	-8.42
770	770	2	117.00	$117.00	$901	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	150.00	$150.00	$420	-3.00
360–375	370	6	143.00–148.00	$146.38	$542	-4.32
435–445	441	9	140.00–146.00	$142.87	$630	-17.13
470–485	479	5	141.00–150.00	$143.23	$686	+2.12
505–545	532	5	117.50–137.00	$126.54	$673	-14.81
550–575	565	6	123.00–137.00	$127.44	$720	-7.18
630	630	1	127.00	$127.00	$800	+13.21
690	690	2	112.00	$112.00	$773	-8.00
700–740	720	2	100.00–102.00	$101.03	$727	-13.97

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	165.00	$165.00	$446	—
315–345	326	12	140.00–162.00	$144.80	$472	-2.17
355–395	370	33	135.00–160.00	$143.18	$530	+2.84
403–445	417	49	130.00–150.00	$136.57	$569	-2.27
450–495	468	63	124.50–147.00	$131.41	$615	+0.82
500–539	522	70	122.00–147.00	$128.94	$673	-5.55
555–585	569	19	118.00–135.00	$124.96	$711	-1.98
621 value added	621	17	125.50	$125.50	$779	—
605–645	626	9	116.00–130.00	$119.17	$746	-4.34
627	627	3	124.00	$124.00	$777	+0.49
660–695	674	9	107.00–120.00	$111.47	$751	-7.03
715–721	720	12	100.00–109.00	$103.42	$745	-0.25
760–770	765	2	95.00–101.00	$98.02	$750	-16.98
790	790	1	80.50	$80.50	$636	-34.50
855	855	1	96.00	$96.00	$821	—
1015	1015	1	87.00	$87.00	$883	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	3	140.00	$140.00	$329	+7.00
265–274	270	2	135.00–137.00	$135.98	$367	+5.98
300–345	315	18	130.00–155.00	$140.16	$442	-0.64
350–390	368	20	121.00–147.00	$131.47	$484	-10.19
400–445	422	38	125.00–143.00	$134.49	$568	-0.40
455–490	471	18	120.00–137.00	$127.69	$601	-2.92
505–545	531	24	116.00–132.00	$124.10	$659	-1.08
550–580	565	23	109.00–127.00	$113.66	$642	-7.48
605–620	612	14	108.00–123.00	$113.89	$697	-0.46
670	670	3	102.00	$102.00	$683	-7.99
715–745	723	4	90.00–95.00	$91.29	$660	-0.14
755	755	1	90.00	$90.00	$680	-17.00
915	915	1	85.00	$85.00	$778	—
985	985	1	80.00	$80.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	130.00	$130.00	$318	—
280–295	285	6	125.00–128.00	$126.04	$359	+6.04
300–330	323	11	122.00–145.00	$136.25	$440	+5.63
375–390	382	9	120.00–142.00	$130.76	$500	-0.15
400–445	425	13	105.00–132.00	$120.94	$514	-5.00
480–495	486	6	116.00–130.00	$122.86	$597	-0.74
500–535	511	6	110.00–125.00	$114.10	$583	-6.27
570–575	574	6	106.00–120.00	$108.32	$622	-6.15
635	635	1	100.00	$100.00	$635	—
665–690	682	6	81.00–85.00	$82.30	$561	-15.66

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	225	3	190.00–200.00	$193.76	$436	+14.39
270–295	281	8	163.00–187.00	$168.31	$473	—
320–340	329	7	160.00–164.00	$162.74	$535	+0.88
355–395	374	27	148.00–192.00	$162.48	$608	-6.67
405–447	431	22	148.00–182.00	$156.49	$674	-10.52
450–495	476	30	140.00–165.00	$149.69	$713	-4.84
510–545	527	20	138.00–155.00	$141.57	$746	-1.65
555–590	568	11	127.50–142.00	$134.10	$762	-2.34
600–645	632	12	122.00–137.00	$127.66	$807	-2.13
650–680	666	6	118.00–127.00	$123.51	$823	-0.77
710–715	712	3	120.00–124.00	$122.66	$873	+3.48
775	775	1	108.00	$108.00	$837	-9.49
825	825	2	93.00	$93.00	$767	-8.99
925	925	1	95.00	$95.00	$879	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	238	4	165.00–187.00	$170.67	$406	—
275	275	5	162.00–180.00	$165.60	$455	+12.61
315–345	331	8	151.00–192.00	$161.11	$533	+3.84
355–395	368	19	140.00–185.00	$154.85	$570	-4.40
410–445	432	15	132.50–165.00	$149.75	$647	-2.39
455–495	467	18	132.50–157.00	$147.48	$689	+2.19
500–548	531	20	130.00–147.00	$134.40	$714	-3.92
550–590	572	27	122.50–133.00	$128.83	$737	-1.69
605–645	628	16	110.00–128.00	$122.31	$768	-2.58
695	695	1	112.00	$112.00	$778	-9.38
700–725	713	6	105.00–115.00	$109.15	$778	-0.65
795	795	2	95.00	$95.00	$755	-27.00
835	835	1	90.00	$90.00	$752	—
905	905	1	81.00	$81.00	$733	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	150.00	$150.00	$405	+7.99
325–340	333	2	175.00–182.00	$178.42	$594	+23.48
355–370	361	6	138.00–158.00	$144.46	$522	-0.58
410–445	422	12	138.00–155.00	$145.14	$612	+6.32
450–490	476	9	133.00–142.00	$136.89	$652	+5.24
505–530	517	6	130.00–136.00	$132.13	$683	+3.47
570–590	584	5	115.00–127.00	$119.77	$699	-1.79
615–625	620	3	110.00–117.00	$114.67	$711	-5.33
715	715	2	100.00	$100.00	$715	—
805–840	823	2	85.00	$85.00	$700	—
915	915	1	80.00	$80.00	$732	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1255	1044	80-85%	35	50.00–57.00	$54.58	$570	—
840–1450	1128	80-85%	38	63.00–71.00	$66.65	$752	+12.00
825–1515	1130	80-85%	68	56.00–65.00	$60.91	$688	+6.26

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1650	1380	75-80%	4	59.00–70.00	$65.73	$907	-1.32
1050–1815	1424	75-80%	34	50.00–68.00	$56.80	$809	—
1430	1430	75-80%	1	61.00	$61.00	$872	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1015	950	85-90%	4	50.00–56.00	$52.53	$499	—
770–1160	966	85-90%	22	46.00–54.00	$50.43	$487	+1.85
835–1065	968	85-90%	11	41.00–47.00	$43.09	$417	-5.49

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1880	1520	16	71.00–80.00	$75.43	$1,147	—
1295–1810	1587	12	78.00–91.00	$84.28	$1,338	—
1505–1910	1785	8	87.00–92.00	$88.76	$1,584	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1595	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	750.00–950.00	$873.34
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	600.00–825.00	$741.25
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,350.00	$1,225.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,100.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	675.00–975.00	$818.97
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	750.00–1,275.00	$982.14

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)	13	500.00–775.00	$628.85
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	400.00–725.00	$536.36

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1365	1153	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	740.00–855.00	$795.54
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00

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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
1050–1200	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,350.00	—
1120–1400	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,160.00–1,275.00	$1,211.60	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,310.00	$1,186.67	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	700.00–1,225.00	$933.48	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,350.00–1,475.00	$1,412.50	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840–1140	984	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	1,020.00–1,090.00	$1,059.19	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	575.00–875.00	$725.00	—

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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.