Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, May 10, 2021

2,053 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $126.63/cwt +3.59 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 531 lb · 37 head

light 4-weight M&L 3 heifers $127.62/cwt +5.15 vs last sale · ≈ $550/hd at 431 lb · 36 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $112.90/cwt -3.78 vs last sale · ≈ $648/hd at 574 lb · 34 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,053	1,732	1,035
Feeder cattle	1,398	1,153	789
Slaughter cattle	280	268	126
Replacement cattle	375	311	120

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 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
500–530	512	6	138.00–152.00	$144.71	$741	+3.07
555–560	558	4	137.00–141.00	$139.25	$777	+7.90
600–640	620	6	130.00–140.00	$134.48	$834	+5.33
650–680	668	3	124.00–132.00	$127.61	$852	+3.63
730 value added	730	6	125.00	$125.00	$912	—
720–740	734	4	117.00–123.00	$121.03	$888	-1.72
750	750	1	117.00	$117.00	$878	-1.20
810	810	7	121.50	$121.50	$984	—
905	905	19	119.00	$119.00	$1,077	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	147.00	$147.00	$478	—
360–398	389	9	145.00–152.00	$149.88	$583	+5.48
405–445	428	6	140.00–166.00	$150.26	$643	+2.11
450–490	470	17	136.00–155.00	$140.87	$662	+10.25
515–545	537	10	128.00–139.00	$133.66	$718	+0.10
565–580	572	5	129.00–132.00	$130.40	$746	+6.25
600–635	617	3	122.00–125.00	$123.34	$761	+2.32
710–720	715	2	112.00–116.00	$113.99	$815	+3.02
765	765	1	102.00	$102.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	316	6	130.00–140.00	$136.58	$432	-13.42
370–380	375	2	127.00–133.00	$129.96	$487	—
410–440	422	3	147.00–155.00	$152.22	$642	+16.70
480–495	493	6	123.00–131.00	$124.30	$613	-11.20
515	515	1	130.00	$130.00	$670	+6.00
565–580	574	5	115.00–122.00	$119.20	$684	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	2	132.00	$132.00	$284	—
265–290	278	2	127.00–130.00	$128.43	$357	-8.10
335–345	340	2	135.00–137.00	$135.99	$462	+3.51
355–390	374	19	121.00–135.00	$128.97	$482	+0.33
400–445	420	21	122.00–138.00	$126.79	$533	+3.04
450–495	468	21	115.00–132.00	$122.09	$571	+0.87
500–545	518	23	109.00–127.00	$116.93	$606	-0.49
550–594	574	34	107.00–120.00	$112.90	$648	-3.78
600–640	614	15	100.00–109.00	$105.28	$646	-3.22
650–685	673	6	98.00–107.00	$103.17	$694	+3.65
715–725	720	2	100.00–102.00	$100.99	$727	+6.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	142.00	$142.00	$469	+4.03
360–395	373	11	137.00–145.00	$141.62	$528	+9.99
410–425	414	4	135.00–140.00	$136.28	$564	+8.65
455–495	471	19	125.00–133.00	$127.78	$602	-0.57
500–548	525	25	122.00–132.00	$127.63	$670	+6.49
550–586	572	16	115.00–130.00	$123.93	$709	+5.65
600–645	626	11	117.00–122.00	$119.73	$750	+4.52
655 fancy	655	1	125.00	$125.00	$819	—
680	680	6	110.00–115.00	$110.83	$754	-2.17
735–745	742	3	105.00–110.00	$107.33	$796	-1.98
765–795	776	7	103.00–105.00	$103.58	$804	-2.39

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	321	7	120.00–142.00	$124.59	$400	+0.80
350–395	367	12	131.00–137.00	$132.10	$485	+11.47
400–445	431	36	115.00–132.00	$127.62	$550	+5.15
450–495	470	17	109.00–125.00	$114.97	$540	-2.19
500–545	516	8	102.00–117.00	$110.97	$573	-2.09
555–575	568	4	97.00–105.00	$101.49	$576	—
660–670	664	5	95.00–100.00	$97.02	$644	—
755	755	2	95.00	$95.00	$717	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	4	99.00	$99.00	$802	—
940	940	6	87.00	$87.00	$818	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	155.00	$155.00	$450	-7.00
315–330	322	9	145.00–157.50	$150.49	$485	+4.61
355–390	380	14	137.00–162.00	$143.69	$546	+5.03
405–445	426	17	130.00–153.00	$142.78	$608	+8.03
450–495	468	26	125.00–145.00	$134.21	$628	+4.52
500–548	531	37	115.00–135.00	$126.63	$672	+3.59
550–595	570	22	108.00–129.00	$117.41	$669	+0.47
600–625	616	7	109.00–125.00	$115.08	$709	+0.35
655–690	674	8	101.00–116.00	$107.18	$722	+9.91
705–710	708	2	102.00–107.00	$104.51	$740	+3.51
785	785	1	102.00	$102.00	$801	+12.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	160.00	$160.00	$416	-2.33
305–345	336	5	160.00–167.50	$164.60	$553	+2.72
355–385	359	7	147.00–157.50	$154.25	$554	+6.54
400–445	425	30	140.00–162.00	$149.80	$637	+10.81
450–485	466	20	130.00–155.00	$141.46	$659	+10.13
500–545	521	9	134.00–142.00	$136.07	$709	+4.28
550–595	570	17	125.00–139.00	$130.29	$743	+3.64
600–645	615	5	122.00–128.00	$124.30	$764	+1.80
655–688	679	5	112.00–115.00	$113.18	$768	—
750	750	1	112.00	$112.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	275	2	140.00–147.00	$143.75	$395	+3.75
330–345	336	5	132.00–139.00	$134.88	$453	-4.17
360–390	379	7	130.00–152.00	$143.17	$543	-1.07
405–425	419	8	133.00–145.00	$137.92	$578	+9.82
458–495	482	20	105.00–132.00	$126.59	$610	+2.04
505–548	537	12	100.00–126.00	$116.73	$627	+1.03
550–595	564	9	95.00–125.00	$110.40	$623	-0.26

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1335	1064	80-85%	16	56.00–63.00	$59.83	$637	-2.78
870–1365	1135	80-85%	64	62.00–70.00	$65.73	$746	-3.25
1025–1505	1197	80-85%	23	65.00–74.00	$69.53	$832	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1640	1271	75-80%	18	71.00–76.00	$72.59	$923	+4.30
930–1685	1367	75-80%	39	61.00–72.00	$67.64	$925	—
1330–1555	1453	75-80%	3	55.00–64.00	$59.13	$859	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1180	960	85-90%	10	44.00–51.00	$47.51	$456	-5.80
800–1145	978	85-90%	12	51.00–64.00	$58.50	$572	+5.19
785–1125	994	85-90%	19	48.00–63.00	$56.51	$562	+3.20

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1420	1221	5	78.00–84.00	$80.51	$983	—
1535–2045	1798	5	75.00–90.00	$83.43	$1,500	-14.61
1645–2205	1855	12	88.00–97.00	$92.75	$1,721	—

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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	14	440.00–560.00	$500.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1000–1430	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	825.00–1,300.00	$1,103.12
1095–1635	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,000.00–1,425.00	$1,222.51
1510 fancy	1510	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	885.00–975.00	$930.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–825	821	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–775.00	$718.49
730–935	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	675.00–850.00	$737.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185–1380	1289	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,108.32
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,020.00	$1,020.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	560.00–590.00	$580.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	690.00–730.00	$716.67

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–880	808	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	775.00–950.00	$841.96
925–1000	971	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,070.30

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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
1000–1100	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,525.00–1,575.00	$1,563.37	—
1000–1355	1199	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	44	1,150.00–1,525.00	$1,435.55	—
1235–1355	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00–1,125.00	$1,100.26	-367.79
1330	1330	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1370–1445	1408	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,138.50	—
1540 fancy	1540	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	36	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,097.22	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,283.33	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–1250	1017	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,375.00–1,475.00	$1,424.18	—
950–1425	1142	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	46	1,100.00–1,375.00	$1,253.28	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865–1015	949	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	675.00–875.00	$783.73	—
1095–1140	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00–1,075.00	$977.01	—
1245	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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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
970	970	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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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.