Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 27, 2021

4,397 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.67/cwt -1.34 vs last sale · ≈ $686/hd at 529 lb · 79 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $130.69/cwt -7.20 vs last sale · ≈ $485/hd at 371 lb · 72 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.05/cwt +1.79 vs last sale · ≈ $753/hd at 617 lb · 63 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,397	2,590	2,935
Feeder cattle	3,223	2,082	2,156
Slaughter cattle	779	319	427
Replacement cattle	395	189	352

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 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
345	345	1	175.00	$175.00	$604	+8.95
405–445	437	11	154.00–162.00	$160.23	$700	—
460–475	471	7	145.00–148.00	$145.84	$687	-10.31
508–548	542	42	144.00–150.00	$148.90	$807	+4.23
565–584	574	13	138.00–146.00	$140.47	$806	-0.19
603–625	613	11	126.00–138.00	$132.05	$809	-1.69
653–695	668	20	125.00–133.00	$130.70	$873	+4.46
668 value added	668	5	128.00	$128.00	$855	—
705–742	724	41	127.00–130.00	$128.32	$929	+4.61
780	780	1	117.00	$117.00	$913	—
818	818	1	117.00	$117.00	$957	-8.64
865 value added	865	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	374	4	154.00–162.00	$158.41	$592	+6.05
405–425	414	6	145.00–154.00	$148.94	$617	+2.55
450–495	474	29	138.00–151.00	$144.43	$685	+0.59
510–545	533	17	115.00–146.00	$138.00	$736	-0.27
560–595	572	11	133.00–144.00	$139.15	$796	+5.31
605–635	621	34	127.00–134.00	$130.06	$808	+1.89
660–692	672	18	112.00–131.00	$125.92	$846	+4.92
795	795	1	95.00	$95.00	$755	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	329	5	140.00–145.00	$142.40	$468	+2.40
375	375	9	135.00–142.00	$139.11	$522	-4.29
515	515	1	137.00	$137.00	$706	+7.61
555–570	563	2	125.00–130.00	$127.53	$718	+3.04
618–640	622	11	115.00–125.00	$120.99	$753	—
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	318	8	132.00–140.00	$135.72	$432	-4.57
355–395	376	18	128.00–153.00	$141.05	$530	+1.70
405–446	430	33	117.00–147.00	$132.33	$569	-8.03
450–495	480	30	114.00–138.00	$127.75	$613	-3.57
487 fancy	487	12	140.00	$140.00	$682	—
500–545	529	79	112.00–135.00	$129.67	$686	-1.07
550–597	569	29	109.00–130.00	$123.34	$702	-1.52
602–640	616	54	114.00–127.00	$121.21	$747	+0.95
620–621 fancy	621	9	124.00–127.50	$127.11	$789	—
668 value added	668	9	118.00	$118.00	$788	—
680–690 fancy	685	2	122.00–124.00	$122.99	$842	+0.99
660–697	686	41	95.00–121.50	$119.76	$822	+3.10
705–740	731	4	107.00–115.00	$113.07	$827	+0.34
755–765	758	4	110.00–115.00	$111.76	$847	+3.26
885	885	1	91.00	$91.00	$805	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	140.00	$140.00	$315	—
305–345	324	17	120.00–140.00	$130.68	$423	-6.58
350–395	371	72	115.00–145.00	$130.69	$485	-7.20
405–445	426	60	113.00–137.00	$128.03	$545	-0.97
455–495	473	53	106.00–133.00	$125.29	$593	-3.01
505–546	531	56	110.00–128.00	$122.66	$651	+1.21
550–595	579	27	107.00–122.00	$115.60	$669	-2.82
605–645	627	16	88.00–116.00	$106.69	$669	-4.22
655–690	663	9	86.00–110.00	$105.82	$702	-4.34

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	167.00	$167.00	$376	—
260–295	284	7	123.00–135.00	$128.68	$365	+1.63
310–345	326	11	115.00–140.00	$124.74	$407	-7.06
350–395	372	21	113.00–138.00	$129.46	$482	+3.89
410–445	426	20	110.00–130.00	$122.53	$522	-2.37
450–495	481	30	111.00–125.00	$118.49	$570	-3.86
505–545	524	12	103.00–120.00	$113.68	$596	+3.45
560–595	579	13	87.00–112.00	$102.36	$593	+1.71
600–645	627	6	84.00–102.00	$95.11	$596	-5.29
715–745	735	3	87.00–92.00	$88.62	$651	—

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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	3	150.00	$150.00	$442	-2.00
310–345	332	21	127.00–170.00	$149.72	$497	-0.32
355–395	370	32	129.00–163.00	$148.21	$548	+1.68
405–446	431	45	126.00–155.00	$143.29	$618	+0.05
450–495	477	49	118.00–146.00	$134.47	$641	-4.04
500–545	526	59	110.00–138.00	$130.62	$687	+1.52
550–595	573	13	114.00–128.00	$122.31	$701	-3.03
610–645	627	23	110.00–132.00	$119.77	$751	+1.96
650–695	675	17	108.00–124.00	$114.10	$770	-7.73
710–740	726	8	85.00–112.00	$103.24	$750	-12.25
755–770	760	3	110.00–115.00	$111.69	$849	—
835	835	2	87.00	$87.00	$726	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	280	6	158.00–160.00	$159.31	$446	—
315–320	318	5	156.00–157.00	$156.60	$498	-5.40
350–378	364	20	137.00–174.00	$158.02	$575	-7.42
400–445	423	23	130.00–164.00	$147.49	$624	-2.48
450–490	466	23	129.00–154.00	$142.85	$666	-2.85
500–535	517	24	120.00–144.00	$135.70	$702	-2.83
550–590	567	24	116.00–138.00	$129.73	$736	-0.71
570 fancy	570	1	139.00	$139.00	$792	—
600–645	616	10	122.00–131.00	$128.36	$791	+5.38
655–680	663	10	94.00–131.00	$117.96	$782	+0.02
705–725	716	8	112.00–123.00	$117.63	$842	+3.14
760 fancy	760	1	112.00	$112.00	$851	—
790	790	1	103.00	$103.00	$814	-2.00
955	955	1	87.00	$87.00	$831	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	271	7	143.00–170.00	$150.99	$409	-19.01
310–335	327	6	114.00–138.00	$127.50	$417	-22.99
350–395	370	12	130.00–156.00	$147.67	$546	+14.85
405–448	431	19	127.00–142.00	$136.12	$587	-2.73
455–495	473	24	120.00–135.00	$127.49	$603	-1.87
500–540	520	11	120.00–128.00	$122.19	$635	+2.73
550–595	575	7	112.00–115.00	$114.57	$659	+1.58
605–640	623	5	110.00–118.00	$112.94	$704	+5.94
690	690	1	105.00	$105.00	$724	+3.23

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1425	1108	80-85%	63	54.00–64.00	$59.73	$662	-4.07
920–1535	1201	80-85%	132	61.50–75.00	$67.00	$805	-0.75
1045–1540	1254	80-85%	37	69.00–86.00	$75.17	$943	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1700	1308	75-80%	22	48.00–64.00	$59.80	$782	-14.02
1130–1575	1360	75-80%	15	66.00–75.00	$72.34	$984	+6.80
1090–1955	1385	75-80%	105	57.50–71.00	$66.90	$927	+1.36

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1145	950	85-90%	22	40.00–55.00	$50.66	$481	—
710–1235	1033	85-90%	55	45.00–62.00	$56.06	$579	-5.74
710–1235	1055	85-90%	38	50.00–70.00	$64.56	$681	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–2375	1494	17	75.00–83.00	$77.57	$1,159	—
1000–2260	1552	38	79.00–95.00	$86.12	$1,337	—
1460–2030	1839	17	88.00–100.00	$92.15	$1,695	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–1045	847	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	500.00–875.00	$597.10
825–950	890	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	610.00–860.00	$696.89

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	500.00–550.00	$531.25

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995–1170	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	675.00–800.00	$762.71
1045–1155	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,050.00–1,225.00	$1,153.15
1075–1350	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	775.00–975.00	$837.72
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	550.00–800.00	$662.86
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	800.00–1,125.00	$941.82
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	700.00–1,025.00	$841.35

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–960	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–650.00	$637.03
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	430.00–550.00	$518.57
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	480.00–750.00	$544.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	540.00–790.00	$618.57

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	650.00–925.00	$745.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	625.00–825.00	$691.67

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–925	904	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	575.00–600.00	$595.46

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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
1020–1205	1121	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,175.00–1,225.00	$1,199.36	—
1025–1230	1148	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,350.00–1,475.00	$1,414.68	—
1100–1335	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,086.50	—
1485	1485	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1560 fancy	1560	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	1,175.00–1,200.00	$1,191.67	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	825.00–1,225.00	$1,005.78	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	975.00–1,000.00	$987.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1075	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	850.00–1,000.00	$909.31	+84.27
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1150–1195	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,100.00	$1,026.44	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,050.00	$1,012.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	525.00–870.00	$779.58	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	775.00–900.00	$850.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	820.00–870.00	$845.00	—

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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
795–915	875	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	775.00–900.00	$827.29	—
870–980	922	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	875.00–1,050.00	$946.61	—

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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.