Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, May 24, 2021

3,074 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $123.67/cwt -1.77 vs last sale · ≈ $590/hd at 477 lb · 48 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $134.11/cwt +0.78 vs last sale · ≈ $644/hd at 480 lb · 47 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $136.49/cwt -2.54 vs last sale · ≈ $860/hd at 630 lb · 43 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	3,074	2,452
Feeder cattle	2,441	1,903
Slaughter cattle	336	307
Replacement cattle	297	242

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder classes sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good 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	180.00	$180.00	$369	—
345	345	2	166.00	$166.00	$573	+5.64
405–425	415	2	170.00–172.00	$171.02	$710	+20.17
460–475	468	4	150.00–152.00	$150.98	$707	+5.94
505–525	514	11	139.00–152.00	$142.73	$734	-0.88
550–590	565	13	135.00–144.00	$138.27	$781	+0.44
600–640	630	43	130.00–139.00	$136.49	$860	-2.54
680–690	686	8	125.00–130.00	$126.88	$870	+0.20
705	705	1	120.00	$120.00	$846	-0.90
710 fancy	710	1	127.00	$127.00	$902	—
761 value added	761	28	130.90	$130.90	$996	—
760–772	771	8	115.00–117.00	$115.25	$889	+0.25
848 value added	848	9	125.00	$125.00	$1,060	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	315	2	165.00–170.00	$167.58	$528	+14.98
355–399	385	12	146.00–165.00	$150.15	$578	+3.10
415–430	422	8	150.00–158.00	$151.82	$641	+6.31
455–495	473	23	138.00–149.00	$143.56	$679	+2.79
505–545	524	21	135.00–145.00	$137.51	$721	-3.42
570–595	579	14	129.00–137.00	$131.24	$760	-2.23
605–645	625	11	122.00–130.00	$126.49	$791	-0.86
705–745	737	15	110.00–129.00	$117.54	$866	-1.95
755–795	775	2	105.00–109.00	$107.05	$830	-11.95

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	3	145.00–149.00	$146.32	$429	-3.68
305–340	330	12	140.00–150.00	$145.15	$479	—
350–395	371	10	135.00–157.00	$145.03	$538	+11.78
407–425	413	3	150.00–155.00	$153.28	$633	+23.98
505–545	514	7	116.00–130.00	$121.57	$625	-6.18
555–595	584	8	121.00–130.00	$125.74	$734	+6.26
670	670	2	110.00	$110.00	$737	—
710–715	713	2	113.00–116.00	$114.49	$816	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	131.00	$131.00	$386	-8.00
305–340	319	15	128.00–148.00	$133.47	$426	-1.18
355–380	363	18	125.00–140.00	$131.59	$478	-1.69
400–440	426	42	123.00–139.00	$127.56	$543	-2.32
455–495	477	48	117.00–133.00	$123.67	$590	-1.77
505–535	523	31	114.00–125.00	$119.74	$626	+0.01
555–595	576	28	112.50–120.00	$115.90	$668	+0.70
600–645	625	18	107.50–117.00	$112.67	$704	+1.47
650–695	671	18	102.00–112.00	$107.07	$718	+2.55
710–740	732	6	97.00–103.00	$100.51	$736	-1.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	139.00	$139.00	$403	—
305–330	319	4	133.00–152.00	$145.35	$464	+6.24
355–365	361	9	131.00–142.50	$134.91	$487	-1.62
405–445	429	24	129.00–142.00	$135.41	$581	+1.12
455–495	479	25	125.00–134.00	$129.12	$618	+1.56
505–540	515	28	125.00–130.00	$126.50	$651	+2.75
555–595	579	24	117.50–129.00	$123.77	$717	+1.70
600–645	611	34	112.00–124.00	$120.02	$733	+0.13
655–685	676	15	112.00–115.00	$113.26	$766	+2.43
710–735	718	3	102.00–112.50	$106.57	$765	-4.57
725 value added	725	21	121.00	$121.00	$877	—
775–778	777	4	107.50–109.00	$108.63	$844	+4.79

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	269	15	133.00–139.00	$135.01	$363	—
300–325	317	3	125.00–140.00	$129.74	$411	-4.27
365–395	381	33	119.00–138.00	$126.54	$482	-2.33
400–445	431	31	115.00–132.00	$123.57	$533	-4.97
455–495	474	21	110.00–125.00	$119.45	$566	-2.67
505–545	524	20	110.00–120.00	$116.13	$609	+3.25
550–595	574	13	102.00–110.00	$107.93	$620	+0.61
605–645	638	12	98.00–102.00	$99.47	$635	-1.53

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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	3	165.00	$165.00	$478	+11.07
305–345	321	8	150.00–157.50	$153.51	$493	+3.00
355–385	373	24	140.00–150.00	$147.21	$549	-1.89
405–445	424	41	135.00–152.00	$142.76	$605	+2.76
450–495	480	47	127.00–142.00	$134.11	$644	+0.78
500–545	524	32	120.00–136.00	$126.15	$661	-2.21
555–595	576	34	115.00–127.00	$119.35	$687	-4.88
610–635	624	11	112.00–120.00	$115.37	$720	-3.86
655–695	670	14	100.00–116.00	$109.66	$735	-3.83
700–745	725	6	102.00–108.00	$105.02	$761	-2.11
755–760	757	3	100.00–103.00	$102.00	$772	+3.11

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	335	14	160.00–167.50	$164.90	$552	+5.77
355–395	376	19	148.00–157.50	$151.92	$571	+1.72
405–440	414	35	142.50–153.00	$147.84	$612	+0.98
465–495	481	13	135.00–147.00	$140.46	$676	+1.20
505–540	522	25	131.00–144.00	$135.41	$707	+2.91
550–595	573	18	126.00–139.00	$130.65	$749	+1.02
600–635	616	17	119.00–130.00	$124.49	$767	-2.56
655–675	664	7	112.50–123.00	$118.07	$784	+0.94
705–745	719	9	105.00–112.00	$110.52	$795	+0.72
750–790	771	6	101.00–107.00	$104.82	$808	-2.18

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	265	4	150.00–160.00	$156.20	$414	—
320–345	331	16	142.00–165.00	$147.45	$488	+7.45
355–395	371	14	130.00–152.00	$142.80	$530	+7.36
410–445	433	15	125.00–145.00	$134.93	$584	+1.77
455–495	478	27	120.00–137.00	$125.04	$598	+0.33
505–540	523	21	112.00–130.00	$118.60	$620	-3.06
600–625	614	7	102.00–110.00	$106.16	$652	+1.16
670–695	680	4	90.00–105.00	$98.55	$670	-3.45
730	730	1	101.00	$101.00	$737	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1240	1020	80-85%	16	55.00–64.00	$59.90	$611	—
955–1525	1184	80-85%	30	66.00–76.00	$70.20	$831	—
805–1580	1188	80-85%	51	58.00–71.00	$64.79	$770	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1065	932	85-90%	16	42.00–56.00	$49.30	$459	—
705–1170	988	85-90%	32	44.00–63.00	$56.45	$558	+0.59
725–1315	1029	85-90%	27	53.00–69.00	$60.06	$618	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1660	1313	75-80%	18	69.00–78.00	$72.83	$956	-5.07
1050–1650	1454	75-80%	16	64.00–72.00	$67.93	$988	—
1485–1690	1568	75-80%	3	64.00–66.00	$64.63	$1,013	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1765	1512	15	74.00–85.00	$80.36	$1,215	-8.04
1280–2220	1583	23	84.00–96.00	$88.38	$1,399	—
1650–2075	1899	8	92.00–100.00	$96.45	$1,832	—

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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	10	465.00–615.00	$540.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
530–735	628	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	390.00–525.00	$447.21

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1180	1117	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	700.00–800.00	$750.97
1025–1240	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–900.00	$877.37
1005–1410	1187	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	850.00–950.00	$896.91
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1310–1320 fancy	1315	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,149.62
1370	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	885.00	$885.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	775.00–1,075.00	$893.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	800.00–975.00	$891.43
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–825.00	$808.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
770–985	907	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00–950.00	$876.42
880–995	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–750.00	$670.40
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–700.00	$650.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–1040	892	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–700.00	$665.05
1030–1235	1134	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–850.00	$818.83
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	660.00–700.00	$676.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–815	785	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–875.00	$802.87
870	870	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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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
900–1460	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,217.29	—
975–1425	1217	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,425.00	$1,327.24	+2.24
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	750.00–1,020.00	$932.50	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1300	1071	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	1,035.00–1,150.00	$1,088.46	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945–1250	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00–975.00	$878.51	—
1210	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	475.00–525.00	$491.67	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	825.00–900.00	$862.50	—

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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.