Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 20, 2021

4,654 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $141.28/cwt -4.06 vs last sale · ≈ $674/hd at 477 lb · 61 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $120.09/cwt -2.42 vs last sale · ≈ $753/hd at 627 lb · 59 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $128.24/cwt -2.76 vs last sale · ≈ $614/hd at 479 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,654	2,659	1,996
Feeder cattle	3,444	2,107	1,454
Slaughter cattle	763	358	330
Replacement cattle	447	194	212

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade moderate with moderate 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
453–490	470	17	149.00–168.00	$156.91	$737	-0.36
505–545	519	15	143.00–156.00	$150.38	$780	-1.70
553–595	570	20	130.00–148.00	$143.19	$816	-4.35
607–645	619	44	125.00–141.00	$137.86	$853	-2.63
655–680	668	18	124.00–140.00	$133.86	$894	+0.20
710–745	723	12	117.00–134.00	$125.24	$905	+6.23
750 value added	750	31	132.00	$132.00	$990	+5.02
755–793	783	9	117.00–131.00	$123.91	$970	+1.25
805–845	827	9	114.00–120.50	$118.09	$977	—
829–840 value added	839	49	129.50–130.25	$130.19	$1,092	—
868 value added	868	4	126.50	$126.50	$1,098	—
880	880	1	112.00	$112.00	$986	±0.00
985	985	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,034	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	152.00–154.00	$153.00	$528	-13.73
360–390	378	32	150.00–170.00	$154.16	$583	-3.61
405–445	435	11	160.00–168.00	$163.58	$712	+9.60
465–495	482	21	143.00–160.00	$149.46	$720	-1.99
505–545	528	41	130.00–148.00	$142.17	$751	-5.24
555–585	577	6	130.00–135.00	$134.03	$773	-6.83
605–645	630	14	120.00–135.00	$127.51	$803	-5.49
655–695	672	9	120.00–133.00	$124.37	$836	-4.03
710–745	727	8	95.00–129.00	$114.52	$833	—
805–815	810	2	100.00–102.00	$100.99	$818	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
727	727	29	130.00	$130.00	$945	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	329	6	144.00–151.00	$147.27	$485	-32.73
370–380	376	6	138.00–146.00	$141.65	$533	-12.69
410	410	1	140.00	$140.00	$574	-16.19
515	515	3	120.00	$120.00	$618	—
615–645	626	7	117.00–127.00	$120.32	$753	-1.68
655–685	675	3	100.00–105.00	$103.38	$698	—
765–780	773	2	90.00–92.00	$91.01	$704	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	148.00	$148.00	$429	—
315–335	322	7	140.00–143.00	$141.46	$456	-1.28
355–385	368	19	131.00–146.00	$137.86	$507	-3.48
395	395	2	147.00	$147.00	$581	+5.66
405–445	418	29	126.00–140.00	$132.47	$554	-6.33
455–499	475	32	120.00–138.00	$131.44	$624	-3.34
500–545	521	57	118.00–141.00	$128.84	$671	-5.66
550–590	570	23	114.00–135.00	$126.63	$722	-1.41
604–649	627	59	106.00–126.50	$120.09	$753	-2.42
665–670	668	3	110.00–117.00	$114.68	$766	+1.21
713 value added	713	7	117.50	$117.50	$838	—
705–735	714	8	105.00–116.00	$111.23	$794	+1.66
755 value added	755	16	113.00	$113.00	$853	—
785	785	1	112.00	$112.00	$879	—
843 value added	843	9	111.50	$111.50	$940	—
847	847	11	105.00	$105.00	$889	—
860–880	870	2	86.00–91.00	$88.53	$770	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	138.00	$138.00	$400	-1.95
305–345	331	14	130.00–147.00	$138.54	$459	+1.71
350–390	372	36	127.00–147.00	$136.07	$506	-3.60
400–445	421	44	115.00–143.00	$130.21	$548	-6.55
455–495	479	58	120.00–139.00	$128.24	$614	-2.76
505–545	522	45	105.00–132.00	$121.25	$633	-4.14
555–590	572	17	100.00–123.00	$114.32	$654	-6.90
600–645	622	18	105.00–115.00	$111.17	$691	-4.33
650–695	676	28	103.00–113.00	$109.17	$738	-3.33
725–745	735	4	105.00–107.00	$105.51	$775	+3.51

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	326	4	120.00–122.00	$121.52	$396	-17.47
350–395	379	14	118.00–142.00	$133.38	$506	+1.70
405–445	427	17	110.00–136.00	$127.53	$545	-4.57
460–490	474	9	119.00–131.00	$123.09	$583	-4.30
505–542	530	16	98.00–122.00	$113.24	$600	-9.39
550–590	574	12	92.00–115.00	$106.20	$610	-8.79
605–645	623	12	87.00–108.00	$96.27	$600	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	7	142.00	$142.00	$701	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	3	148.00	$148.00	$400	—
325–345	334	5	153.00–172.00	$164.19	$548	-1.68
355–395	375	35	139.00–168.00	$148.77	$558	-17.46
400–445	422	40	130.00–157.00	$145.84	$615	-7.96
450–495	477	61	121.00–150.00	$141.28	$674	-4.06
505–545	525	21	125.00–141.00	$134.98	$709	-2.24
555–595	577	28	119.00–133.00	$125.24	$723	-3.31
605–630	615	17	107.00–129.00	$119.70	$736	-3.98
660–685	668	7	111.00–117.00	$113.86	$761	-2.17
720–730	726	6	89.00–111.00	$101.13	$734	-12.88
765–795	783	4	101.00–104.00	$101.76	$797	-7.13
935	935	1	87.00	$87.00	$813	-1.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	165.00	$165.00	$429	-5.06
325–345	338	6	160.00–166.00	$164.08	$555	-3.91
355–390	370	23	146.00–172.00	$155.40	$575	-7.03
400–445	417	36	135.00–167.00	$153.17	$639	-6.77
450–490	463	19	134.00–159.00	$147.27	$682	-7.98
505–540	517	25	125.00–147.00	$138.81	$718	-9.79
555–590	567	24	119.00–138.00	$129.83	$736	-7.95
605–645	626	17	124.00–135.00	$131.02	$820	+0.94
650–675	662	8	120.00–130.00	$125.36	$830	-1.40
720–725	723	2	123.00	$123.00	$889	+10.45
765	765	1	121.00	$121.00	$926	—
885	885	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	326	9	138.00–167.00	$148.25	$483	-27.04
355–395	374	8	137.00–158.00	$146.17	$547	-19.59
400–430	418	22	130.00–150.00	$139.78	$584	-10.54
460–490	479	16	120.00–140.00	$132.95	$637	-8.04
505–545	525	10	120.00–130.00	$124.77	$655	-9.50
565–595	576	11	115.00–127.00	$118.73	$684	-6.27
620–640	627	3	120.00–124.00	$122.31	$767	—
680–690	683	3	99.00–110.00	$102.70	$701	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1435	1122	80-85%	67	48.00–65.00	$56.73	$637	-14.49
900–1615	1204	80-85%	125	52.00–69.00	$60.85	$733	—
1110–1515	1228	80-85%	26	58.00–76.00	$69.99	$859	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1450	1175	75-80%	11	48.00–61.00	$57.59	$677	—
975–1480	1305	75-80%	21	68.00–75.00	$72.32	$944	-0.15
1015–1765	1337	75-80%	78	50.00–69.00	$64.38	$861	+1.30

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1110	970	85-90%	51	44.00–65.00	$57.95	$562	+7.78
810–1150	977	85-90%	28	42.00–58.00	$51.66	$505	+1.49
900–1225	1030	85-90%	20	50.00–69.00	$60.77	$626	+4.92

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–2025	1534	16	74.00–88.00	$79.75	$1,223	—
1090–2320	1740	20	80.00–89.00	$85.49	$1,488	—
1500–2055	1763	17	89.00–96.00	$92.09	$1,624	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1085	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	500.00–700.00	$584.27
835–970	910	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	805.00–900.00	$868.25

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1280	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	755.00–850.00	$805.93
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1145	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	700.00–1,000.00	$807.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00	$650.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	580.00–850.00	$752.05
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	600.00–925.00	$782.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
755–885	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–785.00	$757.38
875–885	880	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	540.00–600.00	$570.17
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	400.00–725.00	$546.25
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	590.00–825.00	$649.55

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	500.00–800.00	$550.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	575.00–650.00	$625.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
775–875	825	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–870.00	$837.12

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–610	608	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	475.00–575.00	$524.79

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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
805–915	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–1,000.00	$906.40	—
1195	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1210	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	-300.00
1325–1495	1396	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,075.00–1,275.00	$1,168.31	—
1420–1810	1630	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,450.00–1,650.00	$1,536.40	—
1655	1655	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	825.00–1,000.00	$945.00	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	1,125.00–1,300.00	$1,187.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	100	800.00–1,210.00	$986.60	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
765	765	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	700.00–925.00	$796.43	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	650.00–775.00	$695.83	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770–1165	968	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,026.61	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	550.00–700.00	$612.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	480.00–590.00	$541.43	—

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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.