Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, April 26, 2021

2,590 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $143.24/cwt -3.71 vs last sale · ≈ $599/hd at 418 lb · 47 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.44/cwt +2.47 vs last sale · ≈ $715/hd at 570 lb · 45 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $129.10/cwt -1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $683/hd at 529 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,590	2,812	2,153
Feeder cattle	2,082	2,167	1,693
Slaughter cattle	319	360	256
Replacement cattle	189	285	204

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady 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 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	160.00	$160.00	$448	—
310–320	313	3	158.00–160.00	$159.32	$499	-7.51
355–385	369	4	145.00–170.00	$152.36	$562	-12.32
405–440	427	23	137.00–162.00	$146.39	$625	-7.93
465 value added	465	5	146.00	$146.00	$679	—
460–490	479	8	138.00–152.00	$143.84	$689	-6.60
505–545	526	25	135.00–147.00	$138.27	$727	-1.26
550–595	570	16	130.00–139.00	$133.84	$763	-2.16
605–645	633	11	125.00–133.00	$128.17	$811	-0.84
675–685	682	3	115.00–127.00	$121.00	$825	+5.76
710–745	731	10	112.00–128.00	$119.33	$872	-0.67
895	895	1	90.00	$90.00	$806	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	328	2	164.00–168.00	$166.05	$545	-3.95
450–480	464	8	146.00–162.00	$156.15	$725	-4.63
506–535	513	7	141.00–146.00	$144.67	$742	-6.44
550–590	560	9	140.00–142.00	$140.66	$788	-3.28
605–640	614	7	130.00–136.00	$133.74	$821	-0.76
655–696	677	13	121.00–139.00	$126.24	$855	-4.76
705–743	732	10	115.00–137.00	$123.71	$906	-3.66
805–835	820	3	123.00–128.00	$125.64	$1,030	+4.64
892	892	7	115.00	$115.00	$1,026	-0.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	150.00	$150.00	$398	—
325	325	2	140.00	$140.00	$455	-6.02
370–395	385	12	135.00–165.00	$143.40	$552	-16.18
415–445	425	5	130.00–155.00	$141.80	$603	-8.20
460–495	474	6	141.00–145.00	$142.67	$676	-1.70
535–540	539	5	125.00–135.00	$129.39	$697	+1.39
590–595	593	2	122.00–127.00	$124.49	$738	+1.06
735	735	2	115.00	$115.00	$845	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	150.00	$150.00	$390	-1.00
320–335	328	8	132.00–147.00	$137.26	$450	-1.48
355–390	372	17	128.00–145.00	$137.89	$513	+2.32
405–445	427	36	122.00–139.00	$129.00	$551	-5.82
450–495	472	38	118.00–136.00	$128.30	$606	-0.27
505–545	523	38	114.00–129.00	$121.45	$635	-0.57
550–590	574	22	111.00–123.00	$118.42	$680	-0.90
600–640	627	20	105.00–115.00	$110.91	$695	-2.82
655–696	675	7	105.00–112.00	$110.16	$744	+1.77
710–730	718	3	100.00–106.00	$102.69	$737	-6.31

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	325	6	138.00–142.00	$140.29	$456	-7.08
355–395	368	10	132.00–155.00	$139.35	$513	-3.43
405–445	414	16	132.00–147.50	$140.36	$581	+5.88
455–495	481	26	127.00–140.00	$131.32	$632	-0.38
505 fancy	505	1	142.00	$142.00	$717	—
500–541	518	41	120.00–137.00	$130.74	$677	+5.78
555 fancy	555	2	137.00–139.00	$138.00	$766	—
550–593	571	43	117.00–129.00	$124.86	$713	+1.89
600–640	616	22	113.00–124.00	$120.26	$741	+3.00
655–665	660	3	115.00–118.00	$116.66	$770	+3.24
675 fancy	675	1	122.00	$122.00	$824	—
705–725	715	4	111.00–115.00	$112.73	$806	+3.87
770–785	778	2	108.00–109.00	$108.50	$844	+12.84

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	277	5	125.00–130.00	$127.05	$352	—
305–330	321	12	121.00–140.00	$131.80	$423	+2.91
350–395	375	22	119.00–137.00	$125.57	$471	-3.42
400–445	428	29	117.00–132.00	$124.90	$535	-2.05
450–485	468	24	112.00–127.00	$122.35	$573	-1.30
510–545	531	11	102.00–116.00	$110.23	$585	-5.64
555–590	577	13	90.00–110.00	$100.65	$581	-13.36
605	605	5	100.00–102.00	$100.40	$607	-4.60

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	152.00	$152.00	$448	-5.50
305–345	312	8	147.50–152.50	$150.04	$468	-5.60
350–390	376	26	137.00–165.00	$146.53	$551	-3.24
400–445	418	47	132.50–157.00	$143.24	$599	-3.71
455–491	476	30	125.00–147.00	$138.51	$659	+3.76
500–545	529	42	122.00–138.00	$129.10	$683	-1.87
555–595	576	11	112.50–132.00	$125.34	$722	+2.03
615–645	631	4	105.00–128.00	$117.81	$743	+4.74
670–680	673	6	120.00–123.00	$121.83	$820	+6.83
720–730	725	2	114.00–117.00	$115.49	$837	+9.47
905	905	1	88.00	$88.00	$796	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	162.00	$162.00	$502	-3.23
361–390	367	6	156.00–170.00	$165.44	$607	+13.48
405–425	415	19	140.00–162.00	$149.97	$622	+0.51
450–496	473	19	137.50–154.00	$145.70	$689	+1.52
500–545	522	26	130.00–147.00	$138.53	$723	+1.45
552–595	565	23	120.00–140.00	$130.44	$737	-0.88
600–640	618	13	115.00–128.00	$122.98	$760	-2.63
650–697	669	19	110.00–130.00	$117.94	$789	-0.21
730–745	738	2	114.00–115.00	$114.49	$845	-2.02
765	765	1	105.00	$105.00	$803	-2.51

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	170.00	$170.00	$502	—
305–345	319	15	135.00–167.00	$150.49	$480	+0.57
355–380	373	7	132.00–135.00	$132.82	$495	-13.15
400–445	423	10	128.00–147.00	$138.85	$587	-1.40
460–495	481	20	121.00–134.00	$129.36	$622	-1.67
505–535	517	9	116.00–127.00	$119.46	$618	-4.92
555–585	571	9	110.00–119.00	$112.99	$645	-4.79
625	625	1	107.00	$107.00	$669	-5.00
670–685	682	5	100.00–109.00	$101.77	$694	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1590	1093	80-85%	28	55.00–63.00	$58.75	$642	+1.24
965–1420	1140	80-85%	42	60.00–69.00	$63.80	$727	—
840–1470	1235	80-85%	31	62.00–75.00	$67.75	$837	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1020	930	85-90%	13	46.00–54.00	$50.94	$474	+5.41
745–1085	993	85-90%	26	41.00–65.00	$55.62	$552	+6.69
735–1160	1019	85-90%	16	51.00–70.00	$61.80	$630	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1650	1317	75-80%	17	70.00–77.00	$73.82	$972	—
1305–1360	1333	75-80%	2	64.00	$64.00	$853	—
1040–1680	1380	75-80%	22	57.00–71.00	$65.54	$904	+5.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1560	1361	5	70.00–83.00	$75.39	$1,026	—
1095–2145	1652	16	84.00–91.00	$87.69	$1,449	—
995–2260	1981	16	88.00–97.00	$92.44	$1,831	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–980	886	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	730.00–885.00	$798.61

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
520–695	642	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	485.00–690.00	$566.58

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1050–1130	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	525.00–600.00	$563.88
1150–1165 fancy	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1110–1310	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	975.00–1,000.00	$988.53
1230–1450	1367	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–975.00	$943.84
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	675.00–800.00	$735.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	730.00–795.00	$762.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–800.00	$762.50
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	840.00–990.00	$882.86
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	625.00–650.00	$637.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–700.00	$650.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1105–1265	1202	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,040.53
1195–1375	1254	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	825.00–950.00	$908.03

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–805	795	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	475.00–575.00	$524.37
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
815–975	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	525.00–650.00	$593.09
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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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
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1150–1420	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	900.00–1,125.00	$993.99	—
1330–1370	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,025.00	$961.57	—
1360 fancy	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1440	1440	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	900.00–1,350.00	$1,016.67	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,087.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	700.00–900.00	$825.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
930–1055	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–875.00	$825.04	—
990	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1100	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,074.42	—

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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.