Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, May 11, 2021

4,034 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.78/cwt -2.85 vs last sale · ≈ $650/hd at 521 lb · 69 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $123.04/cwt +0.95 vs last sale · ≈ $582/hd at 473 lb · 58 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $127.56/cwt +0.77 vs last sale · ≈ $546/hd at 428 lb · 55 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,034	2,053	4,283
Feeder cattle	2,864	1,398	3,257
Slaughter cattle	706	280	587
Replacement cattle	464	375	439

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade moderate with good 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
275	275	1	158.00	$158.00	$434	—
325–330	326	4	148.00–150.00	$149.49	$487	+2.49
375–380	376	8	141.00–148.00	$145.62	$548	-4.26
410–445	427	22	140.00–157.00	$147.48	$630	-2.78
465–495	485	41	120.00–150.00	$146.88	$712	+6.01
505–545	522	32	134.00–144.00	$139.25	$727	+5.59
550–595	574	48	130.00–139.00	$136.49	$783	+6.09
605–640	627	33	129.00–134.50	$132.73	$832	+9.39
662–690	671	25	121.00–129.00	$125.44	$842	—
710–748	737	11	117.00–126.50	$123.26	$908	+9.27
775–795	782	3	118.00	$118.00	$923	+16.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	195.00	$195.00	$400	—
280	280	2	162.00	$162.00	$454	—
315–345	328	3	160.00–185.00	$174.37	$572	—
355–365	360	2	170.00–172.00	$170.99	$616	—
425–445	437	3	143.00–161.00	$151.19	$661	—
450–480	466	16	139.00–157.00	$149.60	$697	—
505–530	518	2	134.00–157.00	$145.22	$752	+0.51
552 unweaned	552	2	139.00	$139.00	$767	—
555–595	562	33	126.00–155.00	$141.41	$795	+2.16
616 value added	616	15	141.00	$141.00	$869	—
605–639	632	16	134.00–142.00	$135.80	$858	+1.32
655	655	2	131.00	$131.00	$858	+3.39
705–725	724	27	123.00–128.50	$128.30	$929	+7.27
761	761	4	127.50	$127.50	$970	+10.50
785 value added	785	26	128.00	$128.00	$1,005	—
824 value added	824	34	124.75	$124.75	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	329	4	140.00–144.00	$141.03	$464	+4.45
375–395	384	4	135.00–140.00	$138.21	$531	+8.25
400–415	408	2	129.00–130.00	$129.51	$528	-22.71
475–495	482	3	130.00–135.00	$131.71	$635	+7.41
510–530	517	3	125.00–131.00	$128.70	$665	-1.30
575–585	578	4	120.00–130.00	$127.47	$737	+8.27
605–610	608	2	117.00–124.00	$120.51	$733	—
680	680	1	115.00	$115.00	$782	—
705–715	708	3	107.00–108.00	$107.34	$760	—
770–795	783	2	100.00–102.00	$100.98	$791	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	3	107.00	$107.00	$1,011	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	177.00	$177.00	$363	—
290–295	293	3	152.00–153.00	$152.67	$447	—
310–335	322	5	127.00–147.00	$137.74	$444	-4.26
350–380	369	9	123.00–130.00	$126.72	$468	-14.90
410–430	423	12	120.00–130.00	$124.47	$527	-11.81
450–490	463	20	117.00–134.00	$126.63	$586	-1.15
500–545	521	69	115.00–132.00	$124.78	$650	-2.85
550–596	574	40	110.00–130.00	$120.05	$689	-3.88
555–583	574	3	130.00–131.00	$130.32	$748	+6.39
600–630	618	32	108.00–122.00	$119.78	$740	+0.05
625 value added	625	6	123.00	$123.00	$769	—
655–680	667	22	95.00–123.00	$115.50	$770	+4.67
708	708	3	114.00	$114.00	$807	+6.67
735 fancy	735	7	112.00	$112.00	$823	—
768 value added	768	36	119.00	$119.00	$914	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	163.00	$163.00	$383	+31.00
265–285	270	5	140.00–150.00	$144.94	$391	+16.51
325–345	331	16	124.00–150.00	$136.50	$452	+0.51
355–396	378	25	115.00–142.00	$128.16	$484	-0.81
405–445	428	55	115.00–135.00	$127.56	$546	+0.77
450–495	473	58	112.00–135.00	$123.04	$582	+0.95
500–545	519	48	106.00–127.00	$119.60	$621	+2.67
555–595	575	29	101.00–121.00	$113.15	$651	+0.25
610–645	632	13	108.00–115.00	$112.00	$708	+6.72
665–685	678	3	101.00–105.00	$102.31	$694	-0.86
700–730	717	6	83.00–110.00	$100.22	$719	-0.77
785	785	1	93.00	$93.00	$730	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	152.00	$152.00	$357	—
280	280	2	130.00	$130.00	$364	—
360–395	371	6	110.00–137.00	$124.51	$462	-7.59
400–445	425	25	110.00–133.00	$118.66	$504	-8.96
455–495	469	12	107.00–127.00	$115.17	$540	+0.20
515–540	527	6	101.00–120.00	$110.75	$584	-0.22
550–575	561	5	85.00–113.00	$106.52	$598	+5.03
620–645	633	2	95.00–97.00	$96.02	$608	—
665–685	675	2	90.00	$90.00	$608	-7.02
715–745	732	3	90.00–96.00	$93.71	$686	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225	217	3	150.00–170.00	$158.04	$343	—
315–345	333	11	140.00–167.00	$156.89	$522	+6.40
350–395	374	27	130.00–159.00	$149.02	$557	+5.33
400–445	424	54	129.00–154.00	$144.40	$612	+1.62
450–495	470	50	120.00–145.00	$135.73	$638	+1.52
505–545	525	50	113.00–138.00	$127.60	$670	+0.97
550–595	561	40	120.00–131.00	$126.49	$710	+9.08
604–645	612	30	100.00–127.00	$115.35	$706	+0.27
655–695	670	13	98.00–125.00	$112.26	$752	+5.08
705–740	726	5	103.00–118.00	$110.69	$804	+6.18
930	930	1	79.50	$79.50	$739	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	172.00	$172.00	$430	+12.00
305–340	319	7	148.00–175.00	$161.30	$515	-3.30
350–395	375	8	139.00–166.00	$149.33	$560	-4.92
410–445	424	18	138.00–160.00	$148.94	$632	-0.86
450–495	465	36	124.00–151.00	$139.82	$650	-1.64
500–545	524	22	116.00–140.00	$130.76	$685	-5.31
550–595	568	19	114.00–134.00	$129.03	$733	-1.26
600–635	620	15	112.00–130.00	$123.69	$767	-0.61
650–685	664	7	108.00–125.00	$118.73	$788	+5.55
690 fancy	690	1	130.00	$130.00	$897	—
700–745	714	7	102.00–115.00	$110.58	$790	—
755–785	775	3	102.00–107.00	$103.96	$806	-8.04

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	3	135.00	$135.00	$277	—
275	275	1	167.00	$167.00	$459	+23.25
300–345	321	8	155.00–162.00	$156.87	$504	+21.99
350–395	372	7	132.00–150.00	$142.08	$529	-1.09
400–430	418	11	130.00–142.00	$135.43	$566	-2.49
455–495	478	20	108.00–132.00	$127.31	$609	+0.72
505–540	527	14	108.00–124.00	$117.51	$619	+0.78
555–580	573	5	112.00–118.00	$115.79	$663	+5.39
615–645	629	7	100.00–112.00	$107.16	$674	—
755–785	770	4	90.00–100.00	$95.10	$732	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1420	1133	80-85%	44	58.00–66.00	$61.78	$700	-3.95
855–1430	1157	80-85%	126	62.00–74.00	$66.51	$770	—
945–1550	1240	80-85%	53	68.00–83.00	$73.53	$912	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1155	978	85-90%	28	41.00–58.00	$52.79	$516	-5.71
805–1125	1003	85-90%	56	50.00–65.00	$58.58	$588	—
815–1255	1033	85-90%	43	56.00–70.00	$64.46	$666	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1640	1320	75-80%	25	71.00–79.00	$74.32	$981	—
1115–1680	1365	75-80%	55	59.00–73.00	$67.95	$928	+0.31
1290–1650	1401	75-80%	15	61.00–67.00	$64.84	$908	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1720	1415	17	70.00–86.00	$80.10	$1,133	—
1015–2080	1516	26	84.00–92.50	$88.19	$1,337	—
1150–2055	1685	24	90.00–103.00	$94.39	$1,590	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–965	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	550.00–600.00	$576.88
—	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	775.00	$775.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	550.00–665.00	$607.50

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1305	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–910.00	$905.72
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	650.00–1,000.00	$794.38
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	800.00–1,125.00	$908.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	760.00–1,025.00	$895.43
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–825.00	$737.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	445.00–800.00	$650.83
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	650.00–775.00	$712.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	625.00–700.00	$665.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1240	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–850.00	$821.84
1165–1385	1279	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	950.00–975.00	$957.27
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	650.00–725.00	$668.75
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	750.00–850.00	$830.00

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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
1055–1240	1108	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–990.00	$860.32	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	900.00–1,125.00	$1,042.86	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	1,375.00–1,575.00	$1,507.14	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	106	1,000.00–1,500.00	$1,219.53	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	700.00–1,000.00	$874.87	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	30	700.00–875.00	$798.33	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980–1140	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,075.00–1,125.00	$1,090.41	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,125.00–1,200.00	$1,175.00	—

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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.