Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, March 31, 2021

2,965 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $125.03/cwt ≈ $1,158/hd at 926 lb · 110 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.56/cwt -0.37 vs last sale · ≈ $752/hd at 581 lb · 72 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.34/cwt -2.07 vs last sale · ≈ $684/hd at 521 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,965	3,705	1,926
Feeder cattle	2,333	3,117	1,551
Slaughter cattle	322	392	193
Replacement cattle	310	196	182

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 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
325–340	335	6	170.00–174.00	$172.68	$578	—
375–390	386	5	160.00–170.00	$166.84	$644	-6.99
403–445	423	15	158.00–177.00	$163.04	$690	-9.03
455–485	469	20	155.00–163.50	$159.54	$748	-4.19
505–545	519	23	145.00–154.00	$149.62	$777	-0.15
556–590	568	41	140.00–146.00	$142.00	$807	-5.20
605–645	624	31	135.00–145.00	$139.32	$869	-0.62
661–690	677	12	126.00–137.00	$132.66	$898	-3.34
715–730	725	3	128.50–129.00	$128.84	$934	-4.85
765–795	781	7	123.00–128.00	$125.30	$979	-3.70
815	815	2	121.00	$121.00	$986	+0.01
855	855	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,069	+2.00
910	910	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,046	—
920–932 value added	926	109	124.50–125.75	$125.12	$1,159	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	326	11	160.00–165.00	$162.47	$530	-8.30
365–395	378	24	152.00–160.00	$157.00	$593	-11.86
405–445	426	19	150.00–159.00	$153.81	$655	-17.42
455–485	465	14	145.00–157.00	$149.66	$696	-8.46
530–546	541	11	140.00–149.00	$145.76	$789	+0.10
555–595	579	17	130.00–144.00	$138.34	$801	-2.43
605–645	633	13	127.00–133.00	$130.79	$828	+9.53
665–695	675	8	118.00–128.00	$125.22	$845	-2.17
715–725	723	5	122.00–122.50	$122.10	$883	+2.10
760	760	2	120.00	$120.00	$912	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	4	154.00–156.00	$155.02	$516	-3.50
360–395	372	3	148.00–150.00	$149.29	$555	-25.71
410–425	415	10	140.00–144.00	$142.77	$592	-24.23
455–490	476	5	138.00–141.00	$139.85	$666	-5.15
510–545	531	5	130.00–133.00	$131.15	$696	-3.68
565–570	566	4	124.00–128.00	$126.99	$719	+1.99
605–630	614	5	95.00–122.00	$114.85	$705	-1.01
685	685	1	115.00	$115.00	$788	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	182.50	$182.50	$411	—
280	280	3	147.00	$147.00	$412	+2.45
300–330	314	17	140.00–147.50	$143.66	$451	+0.06
355–395	376	25	138.00–144.00	$140.93	$530	+0.99
405–441	424	52	130.00–154.00	$135.91	$576	-7.24
455–490	474	47	130.00–142.00	$135.07	$640	-1.51
500–543	521	61	126.00–138.00	$131.34	$684	-2.07
555–595	579	51	119.00–129.00	$124.85	$723	-4.95
585	585	21	141.00	$141.00	$825	+11.20
600–645	622	23	116.00–130.00	$120.68	$751	-4.37
615–640 value added	623	3	126.00–127.00	$126.34	$787	-5.66
663 value added	663	31	122.50	$122.50	$812	-6.50
670–685	677	13	110.00–121.00	$115.87	$784	-8.09
700–745	728	15	100.00–116.00	$109.11	$794	+2.34
758	758	8	121.00	$121.00	$917	+2.00
760–786	784	17	100.00–107.50	$107.07	$839	-11.93
800	800	2	111.00	$111.00	$888	—
885	885	1	93.00	$93.00	$823	-6.37

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	167.00	$167.00	$484	+24.07
300–343	328	20	125.00–150.00	$134.42	$441	-7.79
355–385	372	36	129.00–153.00	$142.09	$529	+0.09
400–445	425	35	126.00–145.00	$133.52	$567	-1.91
450–495	480	29	121.00–135.00	$128.03	$615	-3.54
510–545	522	24	115.00–127.00	$120.35	$628	-5.70
565–596	588	22	112.50–121.00	$119.69	$704	-5.02
613	613	2	130.00	$130.00	$797	+13.15
605–640	618	23	101.00–122.00	$108.78	$672	-8.07
670–685	682	9	104.00–115.00	$107.20	$731	-5.53
710–740	735	6	98.00–112.00	$101.48	$746	-0.47
770	770	1	97.50	$97.50	$751	+11.97

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	134.00	$134.00	$281	-1.00
295	295	1	128.00	$128.00	$378	+2.80
310–348	328	19	122.00–152.00	$130.42	$428	-9.33
355–395	378	4	119.00–140.00	$123.94	$468	-9.20
400–445	423	17	114.00–137.00	$124.88	$528	-2.01
475–480	478	2	106.00–109.00	$107.49	$514	-12.76
510–545	530	4	110.00–120.00	$114.37	$606	-0.96
560–570	565	2	108.00–114.00	$110.97	$627	+3.00
620	620	1	105.00	$105.00	$651	+0.61
795	795	1	85.00	$85.00	$676	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	180.00–182.00	$181.01	$521	+23.01
325–340	334	6	160.00–175.00	$164.49	$549	+3.06
355–385	365	21	146.00–170.00	$156.92	$573	-11.16
400–445	424	21	140.00–157.00	$148.63	$630	-7.66
450–490	470	53	130.00–155.00	$144.67	$680	-5.01
494	494	5	140.00	$140.00	$692	-9.68
500–545	524	28	120.00–142.00	$135.59	$710	-5.11
550–598	573	30	115.00–138.00	$132.07	$757	-0.13
600–645	626	21	110.00–130.00	$123.45	$773	-2.78
660–690	669	9	112.00–125.00	$117.89	$789	-4.61
720–730	723	4	110.00–117.00	$115.23	$833	—
795	795	1	115.00	$115.00	$914	—
1065	1065	1	80.00	$80.00	$852	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	180.00	$180.00	$441	—
265	265	4	170.00	$170.00	$450	+2.37
300–345	324	18	164.00–187.00	$167.39	$542	-0.34
350–395	375	20	154.00–175.00	$161.65	$606	-6.05
400–445	424	22	146.00–170.00	$156.22	$662	-11.90
450–495	479	41	139.00–165.00	$146.66	$703	-13.81
505–545	522	21	130.00–147.00	$138.31	$722	-7.47
550–595	569	18	122.00–142.00	$134.13	$763	-3.15
615–645	632	11	120.00–138.00	$131.90	$834	-0.66
650–690	673	6	122.00–130.00	$125.23	$843	+1.22
725–730	726	7	118.00–127.00	$122.86	$892	+3.47
830–840	835	2	100.00–102.00	$101.01	$843	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	160.00–167.00	$163.63	$537	+1.87
355–385	369	10	145.00–150.00	$148.03	$546	-11.24
400–445	429	16	133.00–148.00	$140.25	$602	+5.38
455–495	479	16	122.50–141.00	$134.87	$646	+2.20
500–530	518	9	121.00–135.00	$125.68	$651	+0.89
550–595	564	13	120.00–124.00	$122.16	$689	-3.82
610–620	618	5	95.00–115.00	$110.45	$683	—
670–680	674	6	106.00–109.00	$107.16	$722	—
730	730	2	100.00	$100.00	$730	±0.00
915–925	920	2	74.00–80.00	$76.98	$708	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1305	1113	80-85%	15	58.00–68.00	$64.25	$715	—
895–1690	1141	80-85%	60	57.00–75.00	$67.91	$775	—
920–1500	1158	80-85%	63	64.00–81.00	$74.12	$858	+9.61

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1775	1413	75-80%	33	58.00–75.00	$65.59	$927	—
1145–1605	1433	75-80%	5	55.00–63.50	$59.14	$847	—
1215–1565	1435	75-80%	8	66.00–77.00	$71.58	$1,027	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1030	930	85-90%	11	40.00–53.00	$47.72	$444	—
790–1220	985	85-90%	17	46.00–60.00	$54.99	$542	-0.06
950–1190	1081	85-90%	4	52.00–62.00	$58.18	$629	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1745	1407	7	75.00–79.00	$76.98	$1,083	-3.67
1070–1990	1493	19	80.00–91.00	$84.40	$1,260	—
1290–2400	1799	9	92.00–99.00	$95.22	$1,713	+2.63

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1190	1072	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00–890.00	$863.42
1140–1340	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	920.00–1,200.00	$1,055.52
1150–1760	1379	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,100.00–1,375.00	$1,274.46
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	625.00–925.00	$786.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$837.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	725.00–900.00	$812.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	725.00–1,300.00	$881.54
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,041.67

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
845	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	600.00–675.00	$637.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	300.00–540.00	$456.25
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	625.00–790.00	$714.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1030	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–710.00	$705.18
995–1310	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	810.00–870.00	$846.78
1145–1195	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	910.00–1,030.00	$968.72
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	560.00–575.00	$567.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–1005	915	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	730.00–875.00	$804.90
1015–1080	1042	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,367.40

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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
1110 fancy	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
1135	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1105–1220	1182	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–1,000.00	$937.66	—
945–1785	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	1,325.00–1,650.00	$1,503.78	—
1215–1605	1388	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,228.75	—
1390–1765	1620	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	1,500.00–1,700.00	$1,594.00	—
1480–1860 fancy	1692	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,859.70	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	975.00–1,250.00	$1,086.46	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,275.00–1,650.00	$1,390.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810–1260	1007	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	1,010.00–1,180.00	$1,086.82	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	700.00–825.00	$768.75	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–975	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,217.10	—
1100–1180	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,275.00–1,400.00	$1,335.31	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	725.00–975.00	$875.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870–1175	998	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	1,500.00–1,700.00	$1,615.48	—
1000–1090 fancy	1045	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	1,825.00–1,900.00	$1,862.32	—

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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.