Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, June 16, 2021

3,058 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.83/cwt +4.40 vs last sale · ≈ $707/hd at 517 lb · 99 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.77/cwt +2.12 vs last sale · ≈ $588/hd at 418 lb · 67 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $148.00/cwt +3.13 vs last sale · ≈ $848/hd at 573 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,058	4,709	2,305
Feeder cattle	2,398	3,898	1,629
Slaughter cattle	485	610	380
Replacement cattle	175	201	296

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 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
310–340	333	5	168.00–180.00	$172.06	$573	-1.07
370–395	383	6	162.50–170.00	$166.18	$636	-1.14
400–448	418	23	151.00–170.00	$159.63	$667	-2.84
460–495	476	18	148.00–162.00	$154.61	$736	-0.07
505–545	524	26	142.50–155.00	$148.99	$781	-4.84
567 value added	567	24	156.00	$156.00	$885	—
550–589	576	42	136.00–148.00	$143.43	$826	-1.44
600–645	630	31	134.00–145.00	$139.84	$881	-2.75
655–695	665	58	127.00–139.00	$134.69	$896	-4.66
700–745	711	33	125.00–133.00	$129.67	$922	-1.24
760 value added	760	17	136.00–137.00	$136.94	$1,041	—
773–795	779	23	120.00–130.00	$125.38	$977	-4.78
815–835	825	2	122.00–127.00	$124.47	$1,027	+4.47
938	938	5	108.50	$108.50	$1,018	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	162.50	$162.50	$512	—
375–395	383	7	157.00–160.00	$158.55	$607	+0.79
410–445	420	11	150.00–155.00	$151.66	$637	-2.52
455–495	482	24	135.00–152.00	$145.97	$704	-6.55
505–540	524	28	125.00–147.00	$139.33	$730	-5.39
533 thin fleshed	533	12	140.00	$140.00	$746	—
550–565	559	8	134.00–140.00	$137.75	$770	-5.72
600–645	623	11	130.00–136.00	$134.39	$837	+3.76
660–690	676	15	117.00–125.00	$123.13	$832	-8.07
710–745	728	2	115.00–118.00	$116.54	$848	-8.74
755	755	1	112.50	$112.50	$849	-7.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	330	4	145.00–153.00	$150.19	$496	+1.88
432	432	2	145.00	$145.00	$626	-8.52
470–475	472	12	138.00–140.00	$139.33	$658	+4.51
505–510	509	4	130.00–132.00	$131.50	$669	-2.78
605–615	613	5	117.00–120.00	$119.41	$732	-0.09
655–680	673	10	110.00–115.00	$111.91	$753	-2.58

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	318	4	140.00–145.00	$142.27	$452	-1.37
360–395	373	8	136.00–145.00	$140.88	$525	+2.79
400–445	418	67	134.00–148.00	$140.77	$588	+2.84
450–496	482	27	130.00–137.00	$133.51	$644	-1.48
504 value added	504	42	143.00	$143.00	$721	—
500–545	526	57	126.00–140.00	$132.29	$696	-0.08
550–595	569	56	121.00–130.00	$127.16	$724	+0.02
600 fancy	600	1	127.00	$127.00	$762	-2.00
601–645	618	55	117.00–130.00	$124.38	$769	+0.33
655–697	680	27	116.00–125.00	$121.01	$823	+3.27
700–745	718	16	110.00–121.00	$118.89	$854	+1.35
780	780	7	102.00	$102.00	$796	+6.53
855	855	1	100.00	$100.00	$855	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	136.00	$136.00	$449	-1.79
355–395	372	6	136.00–147.00	$142.63	$531	+8.31
400–448	426	32	128.00–137.00	$132.27	$563	-3.18
460–485	475	11	124.00–133.00	$129.71	$616	+0.58
505–545	526	25	115.00–128.00	$123.94	$652	-2.49
560–595	573	20	105.00–127.00	$118.27	$678	-4.51
600–645	619	29	105.00–118.00	$113.62	$703	-4.28
651–695	663	11	107.00–112.00	$109.54	$726	+0.93
715–725	720	4	105.00–107.50	$106.76	$769	+4.26

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	3	125.00–147.00	$132.81	$449	+0.86
375–390	381	7	125.00–142.00	$130.83	$498	-0.26
400–440	423	6	117.50–132.00	$127.78	$541	+1.22
455–460	459	5	115.00–120.00	$115.99	$532	-6.28
500–545	520	11	102.00–120.00	$110.65	$575	-5.42
590	590	2	100.00	$100.00	$590	-7.43
610–630	623	4	95.00–107.00	$102.96	$641	-1.03
660	660	1	100.00	$100.00	$660	-6.75

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305	303	2	160.00	$160.00	$485	—
355–380	369	16	147.50–162.00	$153.10	$565	-1.56
400–445	420	28	138.00–148.00	$143.23	$602	-2.01
455–490	473	42	127.50–144.00	$135.17	$639	-4.38
510–545	523	32	129.00–139.00	$133.62	$699	+2.73
550–593	572	28	116.00–130.00	$123.14	$704	-0.97
605–645	620	16	114.00–126.00	$118.88	$737	-3.13
650–695	669	13	110.00–125.00	$118.33	$792	-1.38
720–740	731	9	115.00–116.00	$115.56	$845	-0.93
765	765	1	106.00	$106.00	$811	-2.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	182.50	$182.50	$365	+7.50
260	260	1	180.00	$180.00	$468	—
300–330	323	4	168.00–180.00	$170.79	$552	+8.51
360–390	378	19	158.00–170.00	$161.20	$609	-1.39
410 value added	410	4	163.00	$163.00	$668	—
400–440	418	23	150.00–160.00	$155.26	$649	-0.44
455–490	480	12	134.00–150.00	$146.13	$701	-2.34
503 fancy	503	6	137.50	$137.50	$692	—
510–545	528	15	126.50–144.00	$134.81	$712	+1.42
550–585	568	25	120.00–136.00	$127.62	$725	-2.80
600–640	624	18	116.00–131.00	$125.40	$782	-2.36
650–690	674	8	105.00–125.00	$120.45	$812	-2.64
700–740	716	8	115.00–125.00	$121.13	$867	+4.11
770–795	776	10	107.00–124.00	$120.06	$932	+8.63

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	325	6	144.00–148.00	$146.71	$477	-13.29
365–375	368	3	140.00–142.00	$141.32	$520	-2.47
400–445	423	16	127.00–142.00	$136.13	$576	+2.50
450–495	474	15	107.00–135.00	$130.45	$618	+2.98
500–545	516	21	120.00–130.00	$124.44	$642	+2.09
555–590	568	11	110.00–121.00	$117.18	$666	-1.75
600–645	629	10	106.00–112.00	$109.08	$686	-0.46
655	655	1	109.00	$109.00	$714	+1.14
710–725	720	6	105.00–110.00	$107.01	$770	+0.28

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1360	1129	80-85%	65	52.00–69.00	$64.73	$731	-6.05
860–1550	1147	80-85%	98	62.00–76.00	$69.70	$799	+3.24
910–1430	1192	80-85%	47	71.00–84.00	$76.53	$912	-0.53

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1685	1347	75-80%	62	62.00–77.50	$69.59	$937	—
1020–1660	1359	75-80%	17	68.00–81.00	$74.93	$1,018	-4.21
1140–1875	1442	75-80%	6	60.00–68.00	$63.87	$921	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1070	920	85-90%	13	50.00–60.00	$54.48	$501	—
800–1525	989	85-90%	55	49.00–73.00	$59.32	$587	-2.47
870–1125	1026	85-90%	12	54.00–65.00	$60.98	$626	-5.81

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1275	1240	2	84.00–89.00	$86.43	$1,072	—
1020–2090	1656	18	87.00–96.00	$91.11	$1,509	—
1755–2450	1991	9	94.00–108.00	$99.05	$1,972	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	720.00	$720.00
810–1170	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	690.00–760.00	$718.64

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–680	630	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	400.00–410.00	$403.60

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1030	902	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	730.00–780.00	$752.26
985–1260	1077	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	960.00–1,000.00	$984.40
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,050.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	525.00–850.00	$702.11
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	800.00–1,175.00	$951.56
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	700.00–950.00	$851.90

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	690.00	$690.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–750.00	$725.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	380.00–500.00	$453.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	615.00	$615.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1145	1017	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	770.00–840.00	$803.10
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
1005–1425	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,250.00–1,375.00	$1,306.76	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	900.00–1,275.00	$1,057.81	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1055–1115	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,150.00	$1,109.18	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	500.00–850.00	$756.25	—

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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.