Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 30, 2021

3,705 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary report →

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.17/cwt +8.53 vs last sale · ≈ $941/hd at 734 lb · 124 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.02/cwt +0.64 vs last sale · ≈ $800/hd at 625 lb · 89 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.41/cwt -1.15 vs last sale · ≈ $692/hd at 519 lb · 76 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,705	1,798	2,438
Feeder cattle	3,117	1,354	1,659
Slaughter cattle	392	274	702
Replacement cattle	196	170	77

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	187.00	$187.00	$458	—
270–295	282	9	178.00–205.00	$185.68	$524	—
365–395	377	21	168.00–192.00	$173.83	$655	+0.27
405–430	422	36	161.00–180.00	$172.07	$726	+4.18
455 value added	455	2	168.00	$168.00	$764	—
454–495	463	17	155.00–180.00	$163.73	$758	+1.27
505–540	529	48	145.00–154.00	$149.77	$792	-6.47
555–595	576	21	142.00–153.00	$147.20	$848	+1.55
602 value added	602	16	145.50	$145.50	$876	—
605–645	626	36	134.50–147.00	$139.94	$876	+1.39
666 value added	666	15	140.00	$140.00	$932	—
675–686	685	10	130.00–137.00	$136.00	$932	+4.00
707–745	719	19	128.00–135.00	$133.69	$961	—
765–788 value added	780	3	128.00–129.00	$128.33	$1,001	—
798	798	2	129.00	$129.00	$1,029	—
810–830	822	3	118.00–123.00	$120.99	$995	+4.99
866	866	17	123.00	$123.00	$1,065	—
985	985	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,152	—
1000	1000	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,070	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	182.00	$182.00	$537	—
305–335	321	9	164.00–180.00	$170.77	$548	+6.81
375	375	7	162.00–170.00	$168.86	$633	+5.87
430–440	438	4	170.00–175.00	$171.23	$750	+9.84
455–490	477	11	149.00–165.00	$158.12	$754	-0.53
505–545	524	14	138.00–151.00	$145.66	$763	+1.93
550–580	571	12	129.00–144.00	$140.77	$804	+0.80
600–625	610	7	109.00–139.00	$121.26	$740	-14.29
655–695	671	7	120.00–133.00	$127.39	$855	-5.29
725	725	1	120.00	$120.00	$870	-9.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	157.00–160.00	$158.52	$539	+0.88
368	368	3	175.00	$175.00	$644	+16.45
448	448	3	167.00	$167.00	$748	+18.31
495	495	7	145.00	$145.00	$718	—
520–545	535	4	127.00–145.00	$134.83	$721	—
585	585	1	125.00	$125.00	$731	-11.02
620–640	632	5	107.00–119.00	$115.86	$732	-5.84
705–735	720	2	117.00–119.00	$118.02	$850	+9.51

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	285	3	143.00–148.00	$144.55	$412	+4.55
300–330	318	9	137.00–166.00	$143.60	$457	—
350–395	383	33	134.00–160.00	$139.94	$536	-20.06
405–445	426	43	130.00–152.00	$143.15	$610	+3.90
450–495	468	46	126.00–145.00	$136.58	$639	-2.55
500–545	519	76	122.00–139.00	$133.41	$692	-0.20
555 fancy	555	1	138.00	$138.00	$766	-4.00
550–597	577	61	120.00–135.00	$129.80	$749	+3.44
602–645	617	51	110.00–130.00	$125.05	$772	+2.47
636 value added	636	38	132.00	$132.00	$840	-0.50
651 value added	651	18	129.00	$129.00	$840	+6.00
650–673	668	33	112.00–127.00	$123.96	$828	+4.34
690 fancy	690	1	132.00	$132.00	$911	—
716–725	719	8	104.00–115.00	$106.77	$768	—
718–743 value added	735	116	120.50–137.00	$129.65	$953	+10.01
766	766	19	119.00	$119.00	$912	—
855–875	867	3	95.00–104.00	$99.37	$862	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	270	7	133.00–165.00	$142.93	$386	-15.07
305–345	322	25	125.00–155.00	$142.21	$458	-6.64
350–395	376	44	125.00–150.00	$142.00	$534	+2.08
400–445	422	45	120.00–145.00	$135.43	$572	-0.99
450–495	472	75	114.00–137.00	$131.57	$621	-0.50
500–545	524	45	117.00–133.00	$126.05	$661	-1.50
550–595	575	27	118.00–128.00	$124.71	$717	+4.37
600–645	624	20	107.00–125.00	$116.85	$729	+1.60
650–685	669	8	110.00–116.00	$112.73	$754	—
725–740	732	3	96.00–110.00	$101.95	$746	-5.99
770–780	775	2	81.00–90.00	$85.53	$663	—
820–825	823	2	88.00–90.00	$89.00	$732	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	135.00	$135.00	$297	+8.00
275–280	279	5	120.00–127.00	$125.20	$349	-11.29
305–345	331	11	122.00–150.00	$139.75	$463	+1.00
355–390	372	22	116.00–143.00	$133.14	$495	+2.71
415–445	435	29	106.00–137.00	$126.89	$552	-8.11
460–495	479	12	109.00–125.00	$120.25	$576	-10.73
500–545	518	8	101.00–125.00	$115.33	$597	-1.31
565–595	578	13	88.00–118.00	$107.97	$624	-5.45
610–645	628	8	87.00–115.00	$104.39	$656	—
655–680	668	4	105.00	$105.00	$701	+8.32

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	283	6	165.00–170.00	$167.63	$474	—
305–345	332	21	157.00–195.00	$167.73	$557	-12.27
350–395	374	30	155.00–190.00	$167.70	$627	-2.95
405–445	421	40	148.00–180.00	$168.12	$708	+3.11
450–495	471	50	139.00–177.00	$160.47	$756	+6.21
500–545	526	28	130.00–160.00	$145.78	$767	+2.25
550–595	575	33	124.00–148.00	$137.28	$789	-4.49
600–635	618	10	119.00–143.00	$132.56	$819	-1.62
660–685	671	6	118.00–133.00	$124.01	$832	-5.50
705–740	723	2	115.00–124.00	$119.39	$863	+0.93
760–765	763	2	117.00–122.00	$119.51	$912	+4.52

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	165.00	$165.00	$355	+10.07
260	260	1	158.00	$158.00	$411	—
300–345	324	26	150.00–180.00	$161.43	$523	-21.03
350–395	369	28	145.00–178.00	$168.08	$620	+4.87
405–445	428	48	130.00–173.00	$156.29	$669	+1.87
450–495	480	38	135.00–160.00	$149.68	$718	+5.07
500–545	526	34	121.00–150.00	$140.70	$740	+2.26
555–595	572	15	108.00–141.00	$132.20	$756	+0.14
600–645	625	13	122.00–131.00	$126.23	$789	-1.31
660–670	665	2	122.00–123.00	$122.50	$815	—
755	755	1	98.00	$98.00	$740	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	275	5	140.00–147.00	$143.31	$394	-18.18
310–345	328	13	138.00–177.00	$161.76	$531	-2.62
350–385	375	11	150.00–167.00	$159.27	$597	-2.89
410–440	427	16	110.00–160.00	$134.87	$576	-16.84
450–490	467	17	109.00–145.00	$132.67	$620	-5.67
510–535	521	5	116.00–137.00	$124.79	$650	-3.29
560–590	571	11	119.00–130.00	$125.98	$719	+3.98
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700	—
780–785	783	2	95.00–98.00	$96.50	$756	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1220	1078	80-85%	12	54.00–61.00	$57.26	$617	—
805–1615	1174	80-85%	78	58.00–70.00	$64.51	$757	-3.24
725–1390	1196	80-85%	31	63.00–76.00	$70.14	$839	+2.39

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–955	885	85-90%	10	42.50–51.00	$46.79	$414	—
705–1060	970	85-90%	23	42.00–60.00	$55.05	$534	—
750–1195	1036	85-90%	26	48.00–65.00	$61.00	$632	-0.15

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1570	1281	75-80%	9	56.00–66.00	$60.98	$781	—
1190–1595	1369	75-80%	13	67.00–77.00	$72.03	$986	+11.64
1105–1770	1389	75-80%	27	52.00–72.00	$64.57	$897	+4.18

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1795	1415	13	71.00–87.00	$80.65	$1,141	+4.22
1100–2135	1603	31	83.00–91.00	$85.99	$1,378	—
1200–2475	1775	15	89.00–99.00	$92.59	$1,643	+0.50

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660–760	733	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	500.00–575.00	$546.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1045	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	595.00–700.00	$644.02

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1040	1002	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	1,050.00–1,175.00	$1,106.93
930–1130	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–850.00	$793.57
887–1270	1044	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,375.70
1135–1215 fancy	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,725.00–1,800.00	$1,761.22
1360 fancy	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1250–1490	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,270.45
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	550.00–1,075.00	$871.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	750.00–900.00	$843.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	600.00–850.00	$755.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–885	761	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	500.00–700.00	$603.16
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	480.00–675.00	$576.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	340.00	$340.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	550.00–675.00	$621.43

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	475.00–800.00	$637.50

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,550.00–1,675.00	$1,608.33	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,280.00	$1,280.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,325.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	860.00–1,000.00	$912.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	925.00–1,450.00	$1,113.57	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905–1230	1073	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,055.90	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00–800.00	$700.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	690.00–850.00	$808.33	—

↑ Back to top

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.