Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, April 21, 2021

2,812 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.48/cwt +2.01 vs last sale · ≈ $572/hd at 425 lb · 46 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $134.82/cwt +4.61 vs last sale · ≈ $577/hd at 428 lb · 45 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $128.57/cwt +0.33 vs last sale · ≈ $600/hd at 467 lb · 44 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,812	4,654	1,687
Feeder cattle	2,167	3,444	1,429
Slaughter cattle	360	763	162
Replacement cattle	285	447	96

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder classes sold 2.00 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
205	205	1	182.00	$182.00	$373	—
300	300	1	170.00	$170.00	$510	—
355–365	361	5	170.00	$170.00	$614	—
410–441	420	25	148.00–171.00	$159.91	$672	—
455–465	461	10	158.00–164.00	$160.78	$741	+3.87
505–513	510	9	144.00–154.00	$151.11	$771	+0.73
562–585	566	17	143.00–145.00	$143.94	$815	+0.75
610 value added	610	10	143.50	$143.50	$875	—
605–640	626	14	131.00–140.00	$134.50	$842	-3.36
665	665	1	131.00	$131.00	$871	-2.86
700–711	710	10	117.00–128.50	$127.37	$904	+2.13
732 value added	732	10	128.50	$128.50	$941	—
785–795	793	5	110.00–122.00	$119.62	$949	-4.29
801	801	5	121.00	$121.00	$969	+2.91
887	887	5	115.50	$115.50	$1,024	+3.50
910	910	6	111.50	$111.50	$1,015	—
980 value added	980	3	108.00	$108.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	331	7	164.00–168.00	$166.83	$552	+13.83
355–395	365	17	159.00–168.00	$164.68	$601	+10.52
400–445	425	26	145.00–167.00	$154.32	$656	-9.26
455–498	476	26	143.00–160.00	$150.44	$716	+0.98
505–545	520	20	135.00–147.00	$139.53	$726	-2.64
555–595	575	13	130.00–140.00	$136.00	$782	+1.97
605–645	633	6	126.00–130.00	$129.01	$817	+1.50
660–685	674	4	110.00–121.00	$115.24	$777	-9.13
725	725	1	120.00	$120.00	$870	+5.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	328	4	143.00–150.00	$146.02	$479	-1.25
355–395	380	7	157.00–162.00	$159.58	$606	+17.93
430	430	4	150.00	$150.00	$645	+10.00
460–490	466	5	142.00–145.00	$144.37	$673	—
540	540	3	128.00	$128.00	$691	+8.00
560–590	579	4	120.00–127.00	$123.43	$715	—
610–645	628	3	112.00–117.00	$114.64	$720	-5.68
655	655	3	99.00	$99.00	$648	-4.38

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	165.00	$165.00	$346	—
290	290	1	160.00	$160.00	$464	+12.00
300–345	324	17	140.00–155.00	$147.37	$477	+5.91
355–395	374	23	132.50–155.00	$142.78	$534	+4.92
400–446	425	46	125.00–147.00	$134.48	$572	+2.01
455–495	472	24	125.00–140.00	$131.70	$622	+0.26
500–546	525	35	118.00–137.00	$124.96	$656	-3.88
555–590	571	34	117.00–130.00	$122.97	$702	-3.66
605–635	621	20	113.00–122.00	$117.26	$728	-2.83
650–680	659	17	110.00–117.00	$113.42	$747	-1.26
700–731	725	17	102.00–111.00	$108.86	$789	-2.37
760	760	1	116.00	$116.00	$882	+4.00
755–770	765	3	95.00–97.00	$95.66	$732	-16.34
810–847	841	8	87.50–106.00	$89.86	$756	-15.14
865–885	880	6	86.00–97.00	$88.47	$779	-0.06

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	151.00	$151.00	$445	+13.00
310–345	321	16	130.00–148.00	$138.74	$445	+0.20
355–399	383	34	122.50–142.00	$135.57	$519	-0.50
405–447	428	45	125.00–145.00	$134.82	$577	+4.61
450–490	467	44	115.00–136.00	$128.57	$600	+0.33
510–545	528	44	112.50–129.00	$122.02	$644	+0.77
560–595	576	27	116.00–122.00	$119.32	$687	+5.00
605–645	628	11	110.00–115.00	$113.73	$714	+2.56
665–690	679	8	105.00–111.00	$108.39	$736	-0.78
725	725	2	109.00	$109.00	$790	+3.49
1040	1040	1	80.00	$80.00	$832	—
1055	1055	1	75.00	$75.00	$791	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	326	11	117.50–136.00	$128.89	$420	+7.37
365–395	374	8	118.00–140.00	$128.99	$482	-4.39
400–440	419	17	120.00–138.00	$126.95	$532	-0.58
450–483	466	18	115.00–127.00	$123.65	$576	+0.56
505–540	524	18	112.00–120.00	$115.87	$607	+2.63
550–590	571	7	111.00–115.00	$114.01	$651	+7.81
620	620	1	105.00	$105.00	$651	+8.73

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	170.00	$170.00	$382	—
265–290	282	3	170.00–174.00	$172.75	$487	+7.75
300–340	316	15	152.50–170.00	$165.23	$522	+1.15
360–395	371	16	147.50–162.00	$151.96	$564	-3.44
425–445	430	20	145.00–160.00	$149.46	$643	-3.71
450–495	476	37	135.00–157.00	$144.18	$686	-3.09
505–545	523	20	130.00–142.00	$137.08	$717	-1.73
550–580	558	16	127.50–135.00	$131.32	$733	+1.49
605–645	624	21	115.00–129.00	$125.61	$784	-5.41
655–690	668	17	111.00–128.00	$118.15	$789	-7.21
705–725	715	2	116.00–117.00	$116.51	$833	-6.49
753–770	757	6	107.00–110.00	$107.51	$814	-13.49
820	820	1	104.00	$104.00	$853	—
865–895	883	3	95.00–107.00	$99.38	$878	-13.62

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	228	2	160.00–182.00	$171.36	$391	—
290	290	3	157.50	$157.50	$457	+9.50
305–340	324	9	140.00–164.00	$155.64	$504	-8.55
355–395	374	27	130.00–165.00	$149.77	$560	+1.00
400–445	423	26	127.00–157.00	$146.95	$622	+1.11
465	465	1	142.00	$142.00	$660	+0.72
455–495	475	22	121.00–147.00	$134.75	$640	-6.53
505–545	522	20	125.00–137.00	$130.97	$684	-4.01
555–590	576	27	114.00–127.00	$123.31	$710	-1.93
600–630	621	10	109.00–120.00	$113.07	$702	-6.63
670	670	1	115.00	$115.00	$770	+1.14
720–730	725	4	100.00–112.00	$106.02	$769	+4.89
770–780	774	6	99.00–107.00	$100.67	$779	-1.09
825	825	1	95.00	$95.00	$784	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	313	6	135.00–160.00	$149.92	$469	+1.67
350–390	371	14	130.00–157.00	$145.97	$542	-0.20
400–440	422	12	135.00–147.00	$140.25	$592	+0.47
455–495	477	13	125.00–136.00	$131.03	$625	-1.92
510–540	529	8	120.00–127.00	$124.38	$658	-0.39
555–590	563	9	115.00–120.00	$117.78	$663	-0.95
645	645	1	112.00	$112.00	$722	-10.31
725–735	732	3	95.00–98.00	$97.01	$710	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1465	1095	80-85%	41	45.00–62.00	$57.51	$630	—
805–1625	1152	80-85%	98	55.00–69.00	$64.06	$738	—
870–1470	1175	80-85%	39	69.00–76.00	$72.64	$854	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1220	908	85-90%	21	35.00–51.00	$45.53	$413	—
820–1175	965	85-90%	44	41.00–61.00	$48.93	$472	-9.02
985–1260	1137	85-90%	5	51.00–52.00	$51.80	$589	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1365	1233	75-80%	6	59.00–63.00	$60.69	$748	—
990–1590	1375	75-80%	20	52.00–65.00	$59.84	$823	—
1410–1415	1413	75-80%	2	64.00–66.00	$65.00	$918	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1960	1571	22	78.00–88.00	$83.84	$1,317	—
1125–2335	1584	7	65.00–82.00	$73.20	$1,159	—
1820–1975	1878	3	92.00–94.00	$93.00	$1,747	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–780	743	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	677.00–780.00	$731.10

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–685	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	370.00–450.00	$409.71

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1240	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1455–1470	1463	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	810.00–830.00	$819.95
1605	1605	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,120.00	$1,120.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00–675.00	$625.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	600.00–875.00	$709.21
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	800.00–1,250.00	$990.79
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,200.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	55	700.00–1,050.00	$834.45

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	600.00–800.00	$677.86
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	325.00–675.00	$497.06
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–840.00	$832.50
1220–1430	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,076.98
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	500.00–670.00	$581.43
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00	$650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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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
1510	1510	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,225.00	$1,212.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	1,000.00–1,375.00	$1,112.27	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,400.00–1,950.00	$1,618.75	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	650.00–1,030.00	$882.20	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	670.00–825.00	$746.25	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,125.00–1,175.00	$1,150.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	725.00–880.00	$802.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00	$600.00	—

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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.