Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, June 2, 2021

2,544 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $127.75/cwt ≈ $1,134/hd at 888 lb · 55 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $123.40/cwt -1.99 vs last sale · ≈ $590/hd at 478 lb · 46 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $129.10/cwt -3.32 vs last sale · ≈ $555/hd at 430 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,544	4,105	1,506
Feeder cattle	2,001	3,085	1,257
Slaughter cattle	360	741	170
Replacement cattle	183	279	79

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. 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
325	325	1	160.00	$160.00	$520	-4.89
370–385	375	17	156.00–170.00	$159.34	$598	+0.04
410	410	3	155.00–165.00	$161.67	$663	+6.40
450–490	468	21	144.00–158.00	$149.03	$697	+0.39
510–545	530	13	134.00–153.00	$148.93	$789	+4.06
555–590	569	17	130.00–150.00	$144.26	$821	+3.17
590 value added	590	25	151.75	$151.75	$895	—
610 value added	610	4	133.50	$133.50	$814	—
600–645	627	18	124.50–143.00	$136.70	$857	-0.99
650–695	671	11	122.00–139.00	$131.04	$879	+3.56
701–745	715	28	117.00–130.00	$126.98	$908	—
771	771	7	127.00	$127.00	$979	+13.33
810–835	821	11	110.00–125.00	$121.42	$997	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	160.00	$160.00	$536	+3.76
350–355	353	3	145.00–158.00	$153.71	$543	+2.45
410–445	423	14	139.00–160.00	$153.06	$647	+8.27
450–490	477	13	144.00–155.00	$148.99	$711	+10.75
505–546	523	25	138.00–147.00	$140.65	$736	+3.40
555–598	576	17	126.00–144.00	$136.20	$785	-0.21
601–645	611	22	127.00–135.00	$130.34	$796	+1.73
650–665	660	17	122.00–128.00	$124.41	$821	-2.78
705–720	713	4	119.00–120.00	$119.49	$852	-4.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
888	888	55	127.75	$127.75	$1,134	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	4	150.00	$150.00	$660	+18.00
460–490	471	18	133.00–141.00	$137.54	$648	+8.19
515–520	518	4	130.00–135.00	$132.51	$686	+10.02
555–570	566	7	125.00–130.00	$126.69	$717	+4.93

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	140.00	$140.00	$308	—
270	270	3	138.00	$138.00	$373	+3.68
305–345	319	9	132.00–147.00	$135.15	$431	+2.29
350–390	372	23	120.00–145.00	$130.75	$486	-0.24
400–445	430	42	117.50–137.00	$129.10	$555	-3.32
450–495	478	46	115.00–132.00	$123.40	$590	-1.99
500–545	521	22	110.00–126.00	$121.18	$631	-0.88
555–595	568	40	117.00–123.00	$120.84	$686	+3.04
605–645	621	20	97.50–117.00	$113.70	$706	-1.16
670–687	683	14	102.00–112.00	$110.23	$753	+3.95
705–745	717	11	82.00–107.00	$98.29	$705	-6.83
755	755	1	91.00	$91.00	$687	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	319	14	132.50–143.00	$138.02	$440	-0.62
350–380	359	13	130.00–150.00	$135.09	$485	+0.56
405–440	429	28	126.00–140.00	$128.55	$551	-2.21
455–495	482	25	123.00–140.00	$129.43	$624	+2.46
500–545	518	25	120.00–135.00	$128.10	$664	+0.89
552–585	562	26	114.00–133.50	$124.01	$697	+0.26
605–635	619	15	112.00–127.60	$122.90	$761	+4.83
650–690	673	21	105.00–122.00	$117.39	$790	+3.66
705–745	740	19	115.00–118.50	$117.93	$873	+6.14
755–772	765	5	108.00–115.00	$110.17	$843	—
822–829	827	16	110.00–111.50	$111.03	$918	—
900	900	1	85.00	$85.00	$765	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	5	130.00	$130.00	$338	-10.75
315–325	320	6	115.00–120.00	$118.16	$378	-14.14
350–390	376	7	117.50–137.00	$127.65	$480	-2.00
400–440	431	8	115.00–132.00	$121.91	$525	-2.18
450–475	463	2	122.00–125.00	$123.46	$572	+5.96
500–545	524	7	75.00–120.00	$111.72	$585	+2.07
552–595	574	11	110.00–115.00	$111.68	$641	+3.11
640	640	1	102.00	$102.00	$653	-0.46
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	-1.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	164.00	$164.00	$369	—
305–335	325	4	150.00–160.00	$153.67	$499	-6.35
365–390	384	7	142.00–160.00	$151.61	$582	-7.39
400–430	418	12	137.50–150.00	$143.70	$601	-6.83
465–490	480	18	130.00–150.00	$140.21	$673	+1.93
496 value added	496	4	143.00	$143.00	$709	—
505 fancy	505	1	150.00	$150.00	$758	—
500–540	518	23	117.00–147.00	$130.18	$674	-3.40
550–580	558	18	115.00–137.00	$125.24	$699	-4.57
600–645	618	18	110.00–133.00	$121.59	$751	-4.74
655–695	667	14	112.00–120.00	$116.58	$778	-5.41
650–695 fancy	670	3	125.00–127.00	$125.69	$842	-2.31
710–725	718	11	107.00–112.00	$109.19	$784	-5.81
790	790	1	105.00	$105.00	$830	—
815	815	1	98.00	$98.00	$799	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	160.00	$160.00	$320	—
260–270	266	5	150.00–152.00	$151.22	$402	—
360–390	373	10	139.00–155.00	$146.33	$546	-7.41
400–445	427	26	120.00–147.00	$137.04	$585	-7.17
455–495	469	30	120.00–142.00	$130.45	$612	-2.79
500–545	527	19	112.50–133.00	$122.97	$648	-4.76
555–595	576	17	109.00–130.00	$119.68	$689	-4.23
600–645	617	10	107.50–120.00	$117.13	$723	-2.13
650–690	671	7	107.00–115.00	$110.51	$742	-3.36
720–730	726	5	100.00–105.00	$103.02	$748	-8.51
760–785	775	5	100.00–102.00	$100.78	$781	-4.92

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	135.00–155.00	$144.46	$467	+3.53
365–395	380	6	136.00–147.00	$140.60	$534	-12.22
410–445	427	12	125.00–142.00	$135.59	$579	-1.34
450–490	470	16	105.00–135.00	$124.15	$584	-5.31
520–545	536	9	115.00–127.00	$121.09	$649	-0.80
565–575	572	3	115.00–116.00	$115.67	$662	+0.85
615	615	3	110.00	$110.00	$676	±0.00
655	655	1	100.00	$100.00	$655	-7.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1440	1058	80-85%	52	52.00–66.00	$60.71	$642	—
820–1570	1109	80-85%	80	62.00–73.00	$66.76	$740	—
930–1460	1218	80-85%	27	68.00–78.00	$72.66	$885	-0.58

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1035	925	85-90%	13	41.00–48.00	$45.69	$423	-5.08
705–1355	933	85-90%	50	45.00–65.00	$53.74	$501	+2.97
865–1225	1026	85-90%	10	52.00–60.00	$54.76	$562	-9.55

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1695	1365	75-80%	11	69.00–82.00	$72.30	$987	—
1260–1715	1402	75-80%	6	60.00–64.00	$62.39	$875	-7.08
1195–1660	1423	75-80%	16	63.00–74.50	$67.78	$965	-1.69

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1750	1639	7	67.00–90.00	$80.91	$1,326	—
1430–1940	1707	13	90.00–103.00	$94.92	$1,620	—
1335–2560	1727	27	82.00–98.00	$88.44	$1,527	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	940.00	$940.00
1080–1125	1103	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	755.00–890.00	$823.88

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–855	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	550.00–605.00	$586.49

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1485	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	750.00–1,080.00	$863.83
1005–1355	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00–925.00	$891.91
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	650.00–925.00	$803.13
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	675.00–975.00	$810.94
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	570.00–700.00	$625.56
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	500.00–600.00	$566.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	870.00	$870.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	475.00–775.00	$584.38
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	450.00–575.00	$504.17
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	395.00–610.00	$468.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1100	899	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–825.00	$773.09

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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
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	800.00–1,050.00	$892.65	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	700.00–750.00	$737.50	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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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
1015–1075	1045	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,348.56	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780–995	888	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,125.00	$1,092.04	—

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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.