Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, June 30, 2021

2,440 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $139.75/cwt ≈ $995/hd at 712 lb · 69 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.75/cwt -2.05 vs last sale · ≈ $710/hd at 527 lb · 54 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.81/cwt -1.13 vs last sale · ≈ $755/hd at 573 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	2,440	5,308
Feeder cattle	1,742	3,746
Slaughter cattle	426	1,241
Replacement cattle	272	321

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 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
300–345	324	9	163.00–178.00	$169.48	$549	-10.26
355–395	369	8	160.00–170.00	$165.05	$609	-13.37
400–430	413	19	157.00–170.00	$160.84	$664	-2.68
460–495	478	18	150.00–164.00	$156.99	$750	-11.35
500–546	531	23	145.00–155.00	$150.98	$802	-6.81
550–595	580	15	140.00–151.00	$143.32	$831	-6.62
600–645	623	12	132.00–145.00	$139.68	$870	-2.69
650–660	658	7	128.00–135.00	$130.99	$862	-3.25
704–739	728	20	117.00–134.00	$124.31	$905	-7.58
755–795	772	6	115.00–127.00	$120.28	$929	-6.08

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	322	7	161.00–167.00	$162.99	$525	-3.62
355–380	370	20	150.00–168.00	$161.14	$596	-2.04
405–440	427	12	149.00–161.00	$156.30	$667	-5.04
450–495	481	12	147.00–155.00	$150.92	$726	+0.64
510–545	529	13	140.00–147.00	$142.51	$754	-5.26
550–590	581	8	135.00–140.00	$138.40	$804	-2.58
610–635	623	2	127.00–135.00	$130.92	$816	-6.69

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–310	308	2	156.00–159.00	$157.49	$485	+6.28
355–390	371	9	135.00–158.00	$148.56	$551	-4.39
410–440	431	7	145.00–150.00	$146.36	$631	+4.04
460	460	4	140.00	$140.00	$644	+2.50
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	-1.67
655	655	3	115.00	$115.00	$753	-5.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	325	14	140.00–155.00	$146.43	$476	-4.17
355–395	376	14	137.00–155.00	$142.26	$535	-5.82
410	410	1	147.50	$147.50	$605	+6.70
405–445	425	36	135.00–150.00	$140.16	$596	-0.64
450–490	469	36	133.00–142.50	$138.21	$648	-0.01
500–548	527	54	130.00–140.00	$134.75	$710	-1.32
550–598	573	40	127.00–135.50	$131.81	$755	-1.13
600–645	620	35	117.00–132.00	$121.54	$754	-6.30
655–695	668	24	110.00–122.00	$114.55	$765	-11.94
700–740	728	11	105.00–119.00	$110.99	$808	-12.04
760–795	778	2	96.00–112.00	$103.82	$808	-13.67
815–840	825	3	85.00–107.00	$92.92	$767	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	321	15	135.00–150.00	$140.12	$450	-5.67
350–395	374	23	130.00–147.00	$134.90	$505	-4.54
400–445	421	29	125.00–142.00	$133.09	$560	-2.04
450–495	475	35	122.00–137.00	$129.60	$616	-3.14
500–545	523	26	120.00–134.00	$127.85	$669	-1.27
550–595	573	22	115.00–127.00	$122.37	$701	-1.71
600–645	629	15	105.00–123.00	$114.68	$721	-6.27
655–690	673	8	113.00–119.00	$115.88	$780	+0.45
710–725	721	4	100.00–105.00	$103.77	$748	-6.86
750–765	755	3	100.00–105.00	$103.31	$780	-0.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
712	712	69	139.75	$139.75	$995	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	4	130.00–135.00	$132.01	$449	-10.73
360–385	370	11	120.00–130.00	$122.40	$453	-12.49
400–445	426	21	118.00–135.00	$124.75	$531	-4.82
460–490	473	11	115.00–130.00	$121.70	$576	-5.01
510	510	1	125.00	$125.00	$638	+5.04
555–590	567	8	90.00–117.00	$107.43	$609	-7.61
705	705	2	95.00	$95.00	$670	—
755	755	3	90.00	$90.00	$680	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	186.00	$186.00	$549	+3.34
300–345	319	15	160.00–180.00	$166.34	$531	-9.73
355–395	374	12	150.00–170.00	$157.39	$589	-5.68
400–445	428	20	140.00–165.00	$149.88	$641	-2.69
450–495	479	21	140.00–160.00	$144.38	$692	-3.33
505–545	525	22	135.00–143.00	$138.25	$726	-1.32
550–595	570	18	130.00–137.00	$133.84	$763	-0.90
600–645	620	22	120.00–135.00	$126.97	$787	-4.20
650–690	664	15	115.00–125.00	$120.50	$800	-4.69
720–740	728	7	112.50–120.00	$115.64	$842	-4.35
765–795	780	5	110.00–118.00	$112.84	$880	—
815	815	1	109.00	$109.00	$888	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	277	3	170.00–187.00	$175.33	$486	+2.83
300–335	315	7	150.00–170.00	$156.42	$493	-3.85
355–395	383	13	137.50–165.00	$145.23	$556	-6.94
405–445	421	16	130.00–157.00	$142.32	$599	-2.52
455–490	475	28	127.00–152.00	$136.97	$651	-1.61
500–540	520	19	125.00–136.00	$130.95	$681	-2.10
550–585	565	14	120.00–139.00	$126.22	$713	-4.28
600–635	622	13	115.00–127.00	$117.91	$733	-6.14
660–695	682	3	110.00–115.00	$113.05	$771	-2.55
710–740	719	5	104.00–117.00	$109.25	$786	-7.20

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	330	2	145.00–162.00	$153.89	$508	-13.11
385	385	1	157.00	$157.00	$604	+12.27
420–440	427	6	140.00–150.00	$144.46	$617	+1.67
450–475	465	16	120.00–140.00	$128.18	$596	-0.15
505–545	521	7	115.00–130.00	$120.86	$630	-4.77
560–595	574	4	117.00–120.00	$117.78	$676	-1.64
605–635	621	5	105.00–110.00	$108.83	$676	-1.71
655	655	2	105.00	$105.00	$688	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1485	1142	80-85%	30	67.00–75.00	$71.85	$821	+10.33
885–1475	1164	80-85%	77	60.00–70.00	$65.60	$764	-4.95
850–1515	1175	80-85%	52	55.00–65.00	$60.00	$705	-10.55

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1090	923	85-90%	8	41.00–55.00	$49.46	$457	—
770–1215	1001	85-90%	55	45.00–60.00	$54.18	$542	-8.95
900–1155	1027	85-90%	15	51.00–61.00	$56.83	$584	-3.36

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1415	1273	75-80%	8	66.00–77.00	$69.15	$880	—
1120–1545	1309	75-80%	12	56.00–69.00	$61.34	$803	—
1050–1830	1413	75-80%	46	58.00–75.00	$63.27	$894	-12.36

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1815	1434	8	80.00–88.00	$85.38	$1,224	—
1375–1910	1652	6	90.00–107.00	$99.00	$1,635	+10.60
1230–2035	1670	19	80.00–95.00	$88.13	$1,472	-0.27

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	860.00	$860.00
765–1050	969	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	500.00–725.00	$620.86

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1240	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	925.00	$925.00
1425	1425	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	950.00–1,125.00	$1,043.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	550.00–900.00	$757.86
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	750.00–1,050.00	$854.27
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	575.00–675.00	$633.33
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–800.00	$775.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,100.00–1,550.00	$1,190.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	975.00–1,000.00	$987.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	395.00	$395.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	525.00–725.00	$650.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	500.00–825.00	$665.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	345.00–720.00	$596.88

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–1070	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–750.00	$722.28
1165–1340	1258	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	900.00–975.00	$926.37

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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
1055	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
970–1545	1249	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	950.00–1,350.00	$1,196.13	—
1595	1595	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	43	900.00–1,200.00	$1,032.56	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,300.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	700.00–900.00	$810.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905–1330	1138	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,114.04	—

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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.