Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, June 22, 2021

3,361 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.24/cwt +2.58 vs last sale · ≈ $706/hd at 522 lb · 63 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.64/cwt +2.91 vs last sale · ≈ $650/hd at 472 lb · 56 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $129.61/cwt +0.32 vs last sale · ≈ $679/hd at 524 lb · 50 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,361	2,573	5,250
Feeder cattle	2,460	1,869	4,286
Slaughter cattle	714	518	784
Replacement cattle	187	186	180

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with moderate 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	8	176.00–182.00	$179.00	$582	+4.00
350–390	371	10	150.00–177.00	$165.91	$616	-6.26
405–440	424	19	158.00–170.00	$163.04	$691	-0.72
453 value added	453	8	165.00	$165.00	$747	—
470–495	482	17	147.00–169.00	$162.37	$783	+1.61
500–545	527	25	135.00–166.00	$152.81	$805	-2.94
560–593	581	12	133.00–156.00	$144.26	$838	-5.07
610–647	634	46	135.00–141.00	$137.86	$874	-4.71
650–680	665	12	130.00–140.00	$135.98	$904	+1.20
700–745	719	19	127.00–135.00	$132.69	$954	-1.31
760–770	765	3	125.00–129.00	$126.33	$966	+1.91
790 value added	790	30	133.75	$133.75	$1,057	—
815–818	818	6	119.00	$119.00	$973	—
880	880	1	113.00	$113.00	$994	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	310	3	141.00–160.00	$151.75	$470	—
360–395	377	17	135.00–165.00	$159.64	$602	-0.84
400–445	421	13	137.00–160.00	$154.35	$650	+0.02
455–495	475	13	131.00–158.00	$148.67	$706	-1.40
510–545	529	20	128.00–155.00	$144.25	$763	-0.82
551–595	563	35	130.00–149.00	$144.19	$812	+0.48
600–620	611	6	123.00–130.00	$125.46	$767	-9.89
655–693	676	7	130.00–136.00	$131.28	$887	-1.72
705–745	711	19	108.00–133.00	$122.64	$872	+10.65

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	155.00	$155.00	$426	—
310–325	321	5	123.00–152.00	$145.34	$467	—
375–385	377	5	148.00–152.00	$150.00	$566	+5.50
450–490	485	13	140.00–145.00	$142.69	$692	+1.73
560	560	1	125.00	$125.00	$700	-8.51
720–745	728	3	101.00–102.00	$101.66	$740	-16.32

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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	170.00	$170.00	$348	—
275–295	284	4	148.00–155.00	$151.90	$431	+1.90
305–330	324	4	143.00–150.00	$145.16	$470	-2.84
355–395	368	13	137.00–160.00	$142.78	$525	+0.77
405–445	428	18	135.00–145.00	$139.18	$596	+2.16
450–495	472	56	125.00–155.00	$137.64	$650	+2.91
500–545	522	63	118.00–138.00	$135.24	$706	+2.58
550–595	564	39	113.00–145.00	$131.64	$742	+3.36
605–645	619	29	120.00–135.00	$128.56	$796	+4.81
660–690	670	12	116.00–125.00	$120.12	$805	-2.05
678–680 value added	679	16	129.00–131.00	$130.25	$884	—
705–745	735	18	101.00–125.00	$120.48	$886	+3.19
770	770	2	122.00	$122.00	$939	+9.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	283	3	142.00–143.00	$142.32	$403	—
300–345	321	16	132.00–150.00	$138.76	$445	-0.66
352–395	374	34	132.00–148.00	$142.43	$533	+8.09
400–445	424	45	121.00–145.00	$136.64	$579	+3.24
450–495	472	45	120.00–141.00	$131.58	$621	-3.18
500–545	524	50	109.00–140.00	$129.61	$679	+0.32
555–590	576	22	120.00–133.00	$128.96	$743	+6.91
605–630	623	14	117.00–126.00	$121.22	$755	+2.77
665–695	679	7	112.00–122.00	$117.29	$796	+1.77
720–740	729	4	95.00–115.00	$107.49	$784	+2.80
755–790	769	4	99.00–112.00	$103.68	$797	-0.82

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	332	16	125.00–150.00	$141.76	$471	+11.76
355–395	376	10	122.00–140.00	$132.96	$500	+1.77
425–445	434	14	120.00–137.00	$131.20	$569	+0.67
465–495	480	12	116.00–130.00	$123.92	$595	-3.46
505–540	524	14	107.00–122.00	$115.84	$607	-12.06
595	595	2	112.00–115.00	$113.50	$675	-7.67
625	625	1	110.00	$110.00	$688	—
705–745	725	4	100.00–105.00	$102.50	$743	—
780	780	1	94.00	$94.00	$733	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	173.00	$173.00	$389	—
285–290	287	7	165.00–173.00	$170.55	$489	—
305–345	335	12	144.00–167.00	$161.05	$540	+1.90
350–390	376	16	132.00–165.00	$151.91	$571	+1.16
405–445	425	32	132.00–156.00	$148.41	$631	+1.32
460–495	478	33	115.00–148.00	$140.51	$672	+2.95
500–545	531	44	116.00–143.00	$134.01	$712	+0.70
555–595	581	28	105.00–140.00	$128.45	$746	+1.78
605–645	628	13	117.00–137.00	$123.86	$778	+5.98
655–690	673	6	117.00–125.00	$119.28	$803	+4.71
720–740	730	5	105.00–120.00	$114.00	$832	+2.82
755–795	769	11	92.00–117.00	$109.10	$839	+3.17

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	2	182.00–183.00	$182.52	$484	—
325–345	332	9	150.00–174.00	$161.94	$538	-6.05
365–385	377	8	149.00–165.00	$158.39	$597	-8.04
405–445	432	12	138.00–164.00	$153.77	$664	-3.29
450–495	478	19	126.00–158.00	$146.37	$700	-3.53
505–545	521	27	121.00–147.00	$136.12	$709	-2.53
550–595	575	21	119.00–134.00	$129.27	$743	-5.19
600–645	620	17	115.00–137.00	$126.90	$787	-2.05
620 fancy	620	1	133.00	$133.00	$825	—
655–695	670	9	105.00–124.00	$115.28	$772	-6.41
710–735	718	9	111.00–129.00	$121.78	$874	+4.53
760	760	2	115.00–121.00	$118.00	$897	+2.75
825–835	830	3	92.00–106.00	$99.32	$824	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	4	155.00–165.00	$158.07	$526	+8.07
390–395	393	3	155.00–158.00	$156.67	$616	+11.41
405–440	426	15	120.00–147.00	$137.15	$584	-2.89
455–495	477	26	120.00–138.00	$130.32	$622	-0.15
505–545	523	14	110.00–130.00	$122.61	$641	-1.71
565–595	583	5	120.00–125.00	$122.39	$714	—
610–649	640	30	100.00–122.00	$118.55	$759	+8.55
660–675	668	2	114.00–117.00	$115.52	$772	+7.09
770–795	783	2	104.00	$104.00	$814	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1495	1113	80-85%	57	59.00–69.00	$65.43	$728	—
810–1490	1129	80-85%	98	64.00–77.00	$70.48	$796	—
895–1385	1187	80-85%	52	69.00–85.00	$76.07	$903	+5.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1480	1276	75-80%	30	69.50–84.00	$79.85	$1,019	—
1035–1655	1368	75-80%	70	62.00–78.00	$73.63	$1,007	-0.40
1130–1660	1402	75-80%	53	58.00–72.00	$69.38	$973	-1.76

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1085	943	85-90%	26	45.00–67.00	$54.02	$509	—
795–1165	1001	85-90%	57	50.00–67.00	$60.88	$609	+1.86
700–1575	1029	85-90%	48	55.00–72.00	$64.37	$662	+5.35

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1815	1328	18	72.00–88.00	$83.86	$1,114	-0.92
1080–2050	1519	12	82.00–95.00	$89.88	$1,365	-0.73
1315–2210	1832	22	97.00–105.00	$100.33	$1,838	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
580–850	713	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	400.00–575.00	$485.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1145	1078	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	820.00–880.00	$851.88

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1205	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	805.00–1,000.00	$894.87
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–825.00	$812.50
1200–1300	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	875.00–975.00	$926.34
1250 fancy	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	600.00–700.00	$641.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	775.00–1,075.00	$966.88
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	650.00–805.00	$711.25

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1070	1003	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	700.00–775.00	$750.08
980–1270	1136	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	835.00–885.00	$858.32
1295–1495	1395	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,025.76

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	605.00	$605.00
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	300.00–800.00	$532.08

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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
1125–1265	1199	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,450.00	$1,260.90	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,375.00–1,550.00	$1,462.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	825.00–1,400.00	$1,093.64	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
670–905	788	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–800.00	$742.54	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–880.00	$815.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	550.00–800.00	$678.57	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855–1250	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,174.09	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	675.00–825.00	$775.00	—

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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
1035	1035	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1290	1290	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

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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.