Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 6, 2021

4,826 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.22/cwt +0.19 vs last sale · ≈ $651/hd at 471 lb · 81 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.25/cwt +0.72 vs last sale · ≈ $720/hd at 525 lb · 79 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.24/cwt +4.27 vs last sale · ≈ $762/hd at 568 lb · 76 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,826	1,918	1,017
Feeder cattle	3,627	1,527	915
Slaughter cattle	642	228	59
Replacement cattle	557	163	43

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
315–335	328	3	170.00–190.00	$176.40	$579	—
365–395	380	9	168.00–190.00	$179.75	$683	-6.25
410–445	428	22	165.00–185.00	$177.53	$760	+3.66
450–495	465	20	155.00–180.00	$169.28	$787	+3.37
503–548	531	33	141.00–182.50	$157.39	$836	+1.71
535–545 value added	540	2	169.00–170.00	$169.50	$915	+12.67
550–585	577	15	152.00–158.50	$157.78	$910	+8.81
615 value added	615	3	160.00	$160.00	$984	+11.00
605–642	630	40	135.00–149.50	$144.64	$911	+5.51
655–689	679	9	136.00–143.50	$141.20	$959	+7.06
701–725	716	15	124.00–137.00	$133.38	$955	+3.48
751–762 value added	756	34	137.75–138.00	$137.90	$1,043	+6.90
765–797	786	5	119.00–131.00	$127.75	$1,004	—
805–848	843	8	113.00–115.50	$115.20	$971	—
880	880	1	99.00	$99.00	$871	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	329	18	165.00–180.00	$176.18	$580	+4.95
355–395	377	20	164.00–190.00	$172.68	$651	-1.73
405–445	431	54	160.00–180.00	$165.84	$715	-5.90
455–495	475	12	154.00–175.00	$164.42	$781	+4.42
505–545	533	52	143.00–159.00	$151.87	$809	-1.98
555–595	569	26	137.00–160.00	$141.54	$805	+2.30
625–630	628	2	140.00–142.00	$141.00	$885	+12.79
652	652	4	134.50	$134.50	$877	+4.29
725–745	737	8	115.00–131.00	$123.30	$909	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–320	313	2	165.00–170.00	$167.56	$524	+0.03
380–395	388	4	165.00–181.00	$176.43	$685	+12.50
425–445	432	3	157.00–172.00	$166.39	$719	+7.85
475–495	491	5	130.00–150.00	$144.03	$707	-5.37
510–535	529	5	131.00–145.00	$140.46	$743	—
555–590	573	2	130.00–140.00	$134.85	$773	+10.85
610–640	621	5	97.00–130.00	$117.39	$729	—
670	670	1	120.00	$120.00	$804	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–270	265	4	150.00–152.00	$150.98	$400	-9.92
300–345	329	13	145.00–161.00	$150.82	$496	+4.81
350–395	375	29	138.00–156.00	$146.68	$550	-0.21
400–445	420	48	133.00–155.00	$144.42	$607	+1.72
440 value added	440	6	156.00	$156.00	$686	—
450–493	471	81	127.00–147.50	$138.22	$651	+0.19
505 value added	505	1	142.00	$142.00	$717	—
500–545	525	78	127.00–145.00	$137.19	$720	+0.66
557 fancy	557	8	144.00	$144.00	$802	-3.00
550–595	569	68	120.00–140.00	$133.09	$757	+4.07
600–640	619	20	116.00–136.00	$127.31	$788	+1.94
605–648 value added	630	17	131.00–134.00	$132.74	$836	+5.74
640	640	1	136.00	$136.00	$870	+10.63
663	663	3	128.00	$128.00	$849	+8.80
655–695	676	7	112.00–127.00	$121.11	$819	+1.91
687 value added	687	20	132.00	$132.00	$907	+4.00
703–745	723	17	100.00–126.00	$119.26	$862	+1.27
728	728	2	122.00	$122.00	$888	+4.01
765–795	781	6	99.00–116.00	$107.30	$838	—
805–845	825	2	85.00–89.00	$86.95	$717	-19.05
910	910	1	85.00	$85.00	$774	—
975	975	1	84.00	$84.00	$819	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	147.00	$147.00	$360	—
310–345	326	16	133.00–165.00	$143.77	$469	-1.87
350–395	374	45	130.00–155.00	$144.27	$540	+3.20
400–445	425	75	126.00–149.00	$138.15	$587	+0.10
450–495	475	62	120.00–144.00	$133.73	$635	-2.86
500–545	525	33	113.00–138.00	$125.27	$658	-5.55
555–595	575	17	114.00–132.00	$124.30	$715	+1.58
615–645	627	11	110.00–128.00	$120.13	$753	+1.12
665–695	676	9	110.00–119.00	$116.21	$786	+3.54
705–745	725	3	103.00–115.00	$109.38	$793	+4.38
755–795	781	5	82.00–106.00	$96.50	$754	—
810	810	1	80.00	$80.00	$648	—
970	970	1	73.00	$73.00	$708	-15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–225	223	2	142.50–144.00	$143.24	$319	—
280	280	2	140.00	$140.00	$392	+6.03
305–345	327	23	127.00–155.00	$139.92	$458	-12.44
350–390	376	11	126.00–150.00	$137.55	$517	-6.18
405–445	432	16	120.00–140.00	$129.63	$560	-3.62
450–495	469	16	120.00–137.00	$127.52	$598	+1.13
505–535	524	7	112.00–130.00	$120.44	$631	-0.54
555–595	571	11	97.00–127.00	$112.76	$644	-2.24
640–645	643	2	105.00–110.00	$107.51	$691	-4.04
695	695	1	110.00	$110.00	$764	+9.00
788	788	3	81.00	$81.00	$638	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	322	22	168.00–197.00	$175.51	$565	+3.66
350–395	380	29	162.00–188.00	$172.94	$657	-5.33
400–445	424	49	158.00–185.00	$171.24	$726	+1.74
450–470	456	41	145.00–177.00	$160.22	$731	-0.61
500–545	517	34	139.00–165.00	$150.07	$776	+0.45
550–590	565	25	128.00–152.00	$143.22	$809	+0.23
600–645	615	40	126.00–141.00	$134.10	$825	+1.41
655–695	674	17	118.00–136.00	$128.05	$863	+3.05
720–740	728	6	115.00–126.00	$121.31	$883	+3.96
755–790	767	8	101.00–120.00	$113.61	$871	-0.72
870	870	1	99.00	$99.00	$861	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	167.00	$167.00	$384	—
285–295	290	2	163.00–165.00	$164.02	$476	—
300–345	327	19	157.00–187.00	$174.20	$570	+2.85
350–390	366	23	154.00–179.00	$170.53	$624	+5.58
400–445	426	32	144.00–170.00	$160.06	$682	-4.11
455–499	482	39	134.00–165.00	$149.67	$721	-1.26
500–545	523	32	128.00–155.00	$139.52	$730	+0.45
570–595	584	18	126.00–142.00	$133.63	$780	+0.66
610–645	629	11	116.00–129.00	$124.55	$783	-0.64
670–685	675	8	115.00–122.00	$118.37	$799	-0.09
725–745	731	9	101.00–118.00	$112.55	$823	-4.21
760–795	780	4	110.00–115.00	$112.48	$877	+5.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	265	3	158.00–165.00	$162.49	$431	—
305–345	331	18	140.00–177.00	$154.18	$510	-13.19
355–395	376	12	142.00–170.00	$151.86	$571	-4.02
400–430	411	13	130.00–155.00	$141.91	$583	-16.22
455–495	471	12	120.00–155.00	$139.79	$658	-4.50
505–545	526	9	125.00–149.00	$136.68	$719	-1.77
565–595	581	4	115.00–137.00	$131.14	$762	+7.65
615–645	633	3	120.00–123.00	$121.64	$770	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1430	1099	80-85%	24	54.00–67.00	$60.20	$662	—
770–1420	1152	80-85%	104	57.00–73.00	$66.39	$765	-3.99
745–1535	1224	80-85%	73	63.00–79.00	$73.59	$901	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1520	1301	75-80%	15	71.00–77.00	$74.35	$967	+8.04
1055–1775	1307	75-80%	56	57.00–77.00	$69.66	$910	+3.35
850–1850	1332	75-80%	21	52.00–68.00	$63.63	$848	-2.68

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1320	970	85-90%	21	40.00–55.00	$51.68	$501	+0.51
955–1070	981	85-90%	15	60.00–67.00	$64.67	$634	+13.50
710–1160	1000	85-90%	43	45.00–65.00	$56.99	$570	+4.21

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–2010	1318	8	74.00–81.00	$77.08	$1,016	—
1130–2295	1571	35	82.00–97.00	$87.91	$1,381	—
1410–2225	1736	26	92.00–100.00	$95.59	$1,659	+6.27

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	500.00–575.00	$532.14

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1035	991	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	750.00–925.00	$859.62

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
560–840	706	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	510.00–620.00	$581.19

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1295	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,010.00–1,225.00	$1,106.01
1015–1370	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	760.00–925.00	$850.29
1010–1515	1263	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	900.00–1,150.00	$1,036.41
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	775.00–925.00	$850.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	34	675.00–975.00	$841.62
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	875.00–1,225.00	$983.39
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,118.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	720.00–980.00	$862.34

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	625.00–725.00	$662.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	180.00–370.00	$293.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	340.00–470.00	$392.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–995	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	725.00–810.00	$770.47
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	460.00–800.00	$657.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1565	1565	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	650.00–850.00	$762.14
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	650.00–825.00	$754.17

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–945	842	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	650.00–875.00	$764.50

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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
1125–1240	1183	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	925.00–975.00	$948.78	—
1155–1325	1213	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00–1,450.00	$1,378.40	—
1135–1580	1252	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	1,300.00–1,475.00	$1,389.12	+472.22
1260 fancy	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
1270–1550 fancy	1425	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,550.00–1,625.00	$1,568.04	—
1465	1465	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1475–1480	1478	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,675.00–1,825.00	$1,749.87	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,075.00–1,200.00	$1,137.50	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	44	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,379.55	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,225.00–1,250.00	$1,241.67	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	800.00–1,000.00	$884.38	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	108	950.00–1,475.00	$1,171.39	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	700.00–725.00	$708.33	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	400.00–950.00	$800.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–1160	1053	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,041.48	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	825.00–925.00	$887.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905–1070	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–975.00	$880.19	+100.03
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	670.00–950.00	$803.33	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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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.