Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, June 9, 2021

2,457 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.89/cwt -3.08 vs last sale · ≈ $708/hd at 567 lb · 68 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.73/cwt -2.06 vs last sale · ≈ $642/hd at 480 lb · 61 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $128.79/cwt -2.49 vs last sale · ≈ $550/hd at 427 lb · 44 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,457	5,149	2,570
Feeder cattle	1,915	4,064	2,016
Slaughter cattle	353	723	295
Replacement cattle	189	362	259

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold unevenly 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
200–215	206	4	170.00–185.00	$177.33	$365	—
275–290	284	4	168.00–175.00	$170.70	$485	—
310–345	334	6	157.00–164.00	$160.63	$537	-17.04
350–395	373	7	155.00–162.50	$158.07	$590	-1.51
385	385	2	125.00	$125.00	$481	-34.58
400–430	415	25	150.00–162.00	$154.57	$641	-7.08
470–495	480	28	144.00–160.00	$149.76	$719	-3.58
500–535	519	23	136.00–152.00	$145.38	$755	-3.65
555–595	567	25	133.00–152.00	$141.48	$802	-0.02
600–640	622	13	127.50–141.00	$132.42	$824	-6.45
650–695	669	10	125.00–132.00	$128.06	$857	-2.45
715–745	732	12	120.00–130.00	$124.75	$913	-0.46
770–780	773	3	116.00–120.00	$118.66	$917	-7.75
815	815	3	110.00	$110.00	$896	-10.00
890	890	2	106.00	$106.00	$943	—
1055	1055	1	90.00	$90.00	$950	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	155.00	$155.00	$326	—
285	285	3	160.00	$160.00	$456	—
345	345	4	155.00	$155.00	$535	—
355–375	365	6	144.00–155.00	$148.60	$542	-13.46
405–435	422	19	145.00–155.00	$150.22	$634	-10.61
460–485	467	13	144.00–152.00	$148.80	$695	+2.77
505–545	519	33	125.00–142.00	$136.73	$710	-5.60
550–593	569	23	125.00–147.00	$136.66	$778	+2.10
610–640	625	19	117.50–137.00	$125.31	$783	-4.12
650–685	680	31	125.00–131.00	$125.38	$853	+1.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–389	382	10	131.00–140.00	$135.02	$516	-7.98
415	415	4	140.00	$140.00	$581	-9.66
455–496	474	17	122.50–142.00	$138.64	$657	+3.24
560	560	2	124.00	$124.00	$694	—
636	636	15	120.00	$120.00	$763	-0.06

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–225	222	5	140.00–165.00	$152.68	$339	—
275–280	278	4	137.50–140.00	$138.74	$386	—
300–345	323	21	137.00–155.00	$141.33	$456	-14.59
350–395	375	28	132.50–152.00	$137.22	$515	-3.57
400–440	419	26	130.00–140.00	$134.45	$563	-3.26
450–492	480	61	125.00–140.00	$133.73	$642	-2.06
500–545	516	36	120.00–135.00	$128.51	$663	+0.92
553–580	567	68	119.00–131.00	$124.89	$708	+0.52
600–635	607	14	116.00–123.00	$119.99	$728	-3.89
665–690	679	12	109.00–120.00	$115.23	$782	-4.25
705–730	721	6	106.00–112.00	$108.63	$783	+2.89

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	312	6	132.00–137.00	$135.49	$423	-0.14
355–390	370	19	127.50–145.00	$132.00	$488	-3.05
400–448	427	44	115.00–136.00	$128.79	$550	-2.49
460–498	480	35	112.50–132.00	$123.84	$594	-4.63
500–545	525	27	107.50–129.00	$117.14	$615	-5.88
550–597	575	19	105.00–122.00	$117.51	$676	-2.30
600–645	621	15	100.00–117.00	$114.29	$710	-0.70
675	675	2	105.00–110.00	$107.50	$726	-1.25
710	710	2	105.00	$105.00	$746	+0.65

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	130.00	$130.00	$266	—
275	275	1	149.00	$149.00	$410	-2.36
315–340	329	15	123.00–146.00	$131.21	$432	-0.32
360–395	374	10	120.00–137.00	$128.16	$479	-1.54
400–440	419	17	110.00–131.00	$123.17	$516	-2.31
460–495	478	2	107.00–125.00	$116.33	$556	-2.60
505–540	530	16	110.00–121.00	$113.20	$600	-4.25
570–585	575	3	110.00–115.00	$111.70	$642	-2.99
670	670	2	102.00	$102.00	$683	+1.26

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	165.00	$165.00	$330	—
280	280	1	175.00	$175.00	$490	—
320–330	325	2	167.00–173.00	$170.05	$553	+20.66
355–390	364	4	150.00–165.00	$159.76	$582	+6.40
400–445	428	26	130.00–148.00	$136.96	$586	-4.32
455–490	469	35	115.00–143.00	$128.13	$601	-8.21
500–545	522	32	115.00–135.00	$123.64	$645	-3.32
550–595	573	26	110.00–126.00	$120.73	$692	-3.62
600–645	632	18	110.00–120.00	$115.47	$730	-2.37
660–695	682	8	112.00–117.00	$115.11	$785	+1.07
705–745	713	5	110.00–112.00	$110.81	$790	+4.74
755–765	762	3	97.50–105.00	$102.52	$781	+4.03

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–215	208	2	183.00–185.00	$183.96	$383	—
270–275	273	2	162.50–177.00	$169.68	$463	+9.68
305–345	330	14	153.00–164.00	$158.07	$522	+2.83
350–395	378	18	142.50–159.00	$154.49	$584	+5.60
400–446	414	23	134.00–155.00	$139.04	$576	-3.66
455–495	481	18	125.00–145.00	$133.47	$642	-1.64
505–540	526	14	120.00–147.00	$131.06	$689	+3.85
560 fancy	560	1	145.00	$145.00	$812	—
550–580	565	6	116.00–126.00	$120.85	$683	-10.86
600–645	629	35	110.00–127.00	$121.46	$764	-2.22
650–690	670	7	110.00–121.00	$113.84	$763	-7.97
725–745	733	4	109.00–120.00	$116.70	$855	+0.50
755–785	775	3	113.00–118.00	$114.62	$888	+6.34

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–370	364	8	122.50–155.00	$141.87	$516	+4.00
420–445	429	15	105.00–142.00	$129.53	$556	-3.85
450–485	466	9	120.00–130.00	$125.67	$586	-1.27
505–540	531	9	115.00–125.00	$118.05	$627	-1.07
555–575	568	8	110.00–119.00	$113.26	$643	-2.30
645	645	3	105.00	$105.00	$677	-3.77
725	725	2	101.00	$101.00	$732	-2.08
765	765	2	97.00	$97.00	$742	-3.01

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1385	1085	80-85%	48	55.00–66.00	$63.39	$688	—
825–1545	1141	80-85%	81	62.00–72.00	$68.91	$786	+3.63
900–1470	1158	80-85%	20	68.00–80.50	$73.00	$845	+3.99

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1100	925	85-90%	19	40.00–53.00	$48.57	$449	—
775–1265	977	85-90%	31	48.00–63.00	$55.12	$539	+1.28
900–1225	1051	85-90%	4	53.00–59.50	$56.38	$593	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1710	1324	75-80%	9	69.00–79.00	$73.06	$967	—
970–1620	1330	75-80%	30	60.00–73.00	$67.46	$897	—
1020–1570	1355	75-80%	6	55.00–65.00	$62.00	$840	-3.15

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1610	1344	9	77.00–86.00	$81.97	$1,102	-0.57
1050–1950	1616	22	80.00–97.00	$89.49	$1,446	+0.70
1225–2105	1785	10	93.00–102.00	$95.78	$1,710	-0.70

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1515	1318	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	970.00–1,010.00	$993.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	855.00–1,150.00	$999.32
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,275.00	$1,237.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	530.00–680.00	$606.67
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	650.00–875.00	$756.25
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	975.00–1,105.00	$1,045.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	650.00–975.00	$784.71

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	430.00–700.00	$560.28
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	710.00–875.00	$796.25
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1010–1405	1269	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	740.00–925.00	$855.11
1335	1335	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	990.00	$990.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	550.00–810.00	$677.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	970.00	$970.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	505.00	$505.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	235.00–440.00	$363.00

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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
1365–1385	1375	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,274.82	—
1170–1510	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	700.00–1,500.00	$1,175.49	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00–1,925.00	$1,712.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	840.00–1,300.00	$1,061.67	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	650.00–925.00	$842.08	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,030.00	$1,030.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	700.00–750.00	$716.67	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	325.00	$325.00	—

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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.