Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, July 13, 2021

6,253 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.37/cwt -0.65 vs last sale · ≈ $713/hd at 523 lb · 100 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $151.67/cwt -2.05 vs last sale · ≈ $869/hd at 573 lb · 100 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.09/cwt +1.63 vs last sale · ≈ $763/hd at 573 lb · 92 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,253	4,229	3,924
Feeder cattle	5,012	3,352	3,150
Slaughter cattle	889	540	453
Replacement cattle	352	337	321

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available due to markets being closed last week in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	374	11	161.00–183.00	$172.69	$646	-2.64
400–445	426	17	154.00–180.00	$168.11	$716	-2.32
460–495	475	14	159.00–175.00	$165.35	$785	+0.87
501 value added	501	6	167.00	$167.00	$837	—
505–540	520	42	150.00–168.00	$158.13	$822	-3.58
553–594	573	100	144.50–158.00	$151.67	$869	-2.05
600–646	617	59	134.00–150.00	$143.50	$885	-2.57
670 value added	670	1	144.00	$144.00	$965	-5.00
655–695	671	85	123.00–147.00	$139.41	$935	-5.43
700–749	724	47	127.50–144.00	$132.92	$962	-5.64
785 value added	785	5	133.00	$133.00	$1,044	—
760–797	795	19	122.00–130.00	$128.91	$1,025	—
834	834	4	116.00	$116.00	$967	—
851	851	5	136.00	$136.00	$1,157	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	321	6	170.00–180.00	$174.99	$562	+4.41
365–385	375	10	162.50–177.00	$169.97	$637	+7.99
410–445	424	12	140.00–168.00	$157.15	$666	-1.37
455–495	473	8	146.00–153.00	$149.42	$707	-4.16
500–545	527	15	144.00–152.00	$147.15	$775	-2.14
560–595	579	24	128.00–147.00	$138.72	$803	-3.12
610–647	635	19	111.00–141.00	$134.30	$853	-6.43
655–685	667	13	125.00–136.00	$128.47	$857	-8.86
702–740	714	11	124.00–131.00	$128.43	$917	-5.31
763–792	782	28	116.00–130.00	$125.02	$978	-4.71

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–395	367	13	150.00–157.00	$151.81	$557	+3.46
405–440	420	4	140.00–155.00	$145.86	$613	-8.71
485	485	1	147.00	$147.00	$713	-5.01
525	525	3	143.00	$143.00	$751	-0.75
560–595	581	5	120.00–139.00	$131.89	$766	-9.08
605	605	16	125.00	$125.00	$756	-10.00
675–690	684	5	119.00–123.00	$121.42	$831	-5.58
705–720	714	5	114.00–117.00	$115.82	$827	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
693	693	11	141.00	$141.00	$977	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	321	8	144.00–152.00	$148.26	$476	-2.61
350–395	365	12	137.00–150.00	$143.22	$523	-2.94
400–445	423	44	129.00–146.00	$140.43	$594	-2.16
450–495	474	65	125.00–145.00	$139.87	$663	+0.14
500–546	523	100	123.00–141.00	$136.37	$713	-0.65
550–595	573	88	121.00–138.00	$132.95	$762	+1.49
580	580	1	134.00	$134.00	$777	+2.54
583 fancy	583	3	137.00	$137.00	$799	—
600–645	615	57	118.00–132.00	$128.49	$790	-0.19
650–690	659	50	114.00–128.00	$125.04	$824	+3.67
700–745	722	41	113.00–124.00	$118.15	$853	-0.07
785–790	786	7	111.00–114.00	$112.14	$881	+4.31
822	822	2	106.00	$106.00	$871	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	327	15	130.00–155.00	$145.99	$477	+4.06
355–394	377	50	126.00–147.00	$140.64	$530	+1.74
400–445	428	64	116.00–144.00	$136.20	$583	-2.92
450–495	475	59	113.00–140.00	$134.45	$639	-1.29
500–545	524	38	109.00–136.00	$127.86	$670	-0.65
570	570	3	121.00	$121.00	$690	-1.56
550–595	580	51	110.00–130.00	$123.92	$719	+1.36
600–645	632	15	113.00–125.00	$120.07	$759	-0.70
655–695	680	14	110.00–119.00	$114.87	$781	+1.56
715–720	716	6	105.00–115.00	$113.32	$811	+5.82
755–795	778	6	94.00–115.00	$107.78	$839	+5.78

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	152.00	$152.00	$395	+11.04
310–335	332	10	130.00–145.00	$132.09	$439	—
350–395	376	16	120.00–142.00	$129.00	$485	-0.39
405–445	427	24	104.00–138.00	$123.35	$527	-9.19
465–495	475	24	118.00–134.00	$126.24	$600	+4.78
500–540	523	8	118.00–127.00	$123.06	$644	+1.05
565–595	578	10	115.00–123.00	$118.37	$684	+2.14
600–645	628	11	105.00–115.00	$111.35	$699	+0.12
650–680	662	3	105.00–111.00	$108.69	$720	—
705–725	715	2	100.00–105.00	$102.53	$733	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	3	182.00–185.00	$184.00	$506	-6.00
300–345	317	14	158.00–180.00	$170.20	$540	-5.26
350–395	368	26	149.00–172.00	$164.36	$605	-4.63
400–445	418	32	138.00–166.00	$153.60	$642	-4.47
450–495	481	47	134.00–160.00	$148.52	$714	-2.08
500–545	521	53	125.00–149.00	$140.55	$732	-3.50
550–595	563	70	121.00–145.00	$138.46	$780	-0.62
580 fancy	580	1	145.00	$145.00	$841	-4.00
600–645	621	27	115.00–139.00	$129.51	$804	-3.96
650–695	670	30	116.00–134.00	$125.92	$844	-3.37
680 fancy	680	1	138.00	$138.00	$938	+3.00
705–745	722	13	110.00–127.00	$117.11	$846	-6.32
755–795	774	6	107.00–117.00	$110.98	$859	-11.02
815	815	1	99.00	$99.00	$807	—
900	900	1	96.00	$96.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	275	5	152.00–182.00	$174.96	$481	—
310–345	328	9	146.00–177.00	$167.63	$550	+1.61
350–395	381	27	140.00–167.00	$153.98	$587	-2.72
405–445	429	47	127.00–160.00	$151.85	$651	+3.13
450–495	475	63	128.00–155.00	$142.53	$677	-1.30
500–545	527	47	121.00–145.00	$135.79	$716	+0.49
550–595	572	46	115.00–143.00	$132.20	$756	+0.50
600–645	626	30	110.00–135.00	$125.20	$784	-1.93
660–695	679	20	108.00–126.00	$119.71	$813	+0.08
710–745	725	17	106.00–123.00	$115.43	$837	+1.76
750–795	772	10	106.00–118.00	$111.39	$860	+5.65

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	180.00	$180.00	$369	—
260–275	267	3	165.00–177.00	$172.88	$462	+5.88
310–340	333	10	142.00–160.00	$151.33	$504	-4.13
355–390	375	17	135.00–157.00	$145.30	$545	-2.51
400–445	423	23	127.00–147.00	$139.77	$591	-0.40
450–495	474	30	119.00–147.00	$135.61	$643	+0.16
500–545	524	24	125.00–135.00	$130.42	$683	+3.50
550–595	573	18	102.00–131.00	$122.68	$703	+1.78
605–645	623	12	110.00–125.00	$118.41	$738	—
675–680	677	3	120.00–124.00	$122.66	$830	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443 unweaned	443	20	152.50	$152.50	$676	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1620	1151	80-85%	55	55.00–68.00	$62.72	$722	—
730–1835	1163	80-85%	142	61.00–73.00	$67.35	$783	—
990–1520	1218	80-85%	71	68.00–79.00	$73.89	$900	+6.72

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1235	990	85-90%	42	44.00–59.00	$53.94	$534	-1.00
855–1170	1024	85-90%	40	54.00–70.00	$63.50	$650	+1.31
730–1315	1028	85-90%	69	49.00–65.00	$58.96	$606	-3.23

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1500	1324	75-80%	33	72.00–79.00	$73.99	$980	—
1035–2110	1378	75-80%	62	67.00–76.00	$70.68	$974	—
990–1660	1399	75-80%	27	62.00–69.00	$66.79	$934	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–2020	1581	22	80.00–95.00	$85.66	$1,354	—
1150–2350	1632	43	82.50–103.00	$92.22	$1,505	—
1460–2370	1790	16	92.00–109.00	$101.78	$1,822	+3.96

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
580–790	691	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	300.00–500.00	$399.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1085	1026	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	650.00–750.00	$686.09

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1120	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	925.00–975.00	$945.50
1060–1190	1112	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,222.38
1210	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1055–1405	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,225.00	$1,102.27
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	680.00–700.00	$690.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	675.00–1,175.00	$914.55

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1075	929	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	750.00–800.00	$775.78
1025–1115	1064	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,125.35
1055–1265	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–975.00	$928.36

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	625.00–760.00	$723.18

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	565.00	$565.00
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	380.00	$380.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	525.00–550.00	$537.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00
900	900	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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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
1115–1145	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,175.00	$1,162.33	—
1150 fancy	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
1425–1585	1505	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00–1,450.00	$1,438.16	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,225.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	36	925.00–1,125.00	$1,047.22	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	725.00–1,050.00	$844.44	—
— fancy	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	24	725.00–800.00	$781.25	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
690–1005	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	775.00–950.00	$858.48	—
840–1005	923	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–975.00	$940.85	—
925–1000	967	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00–1,200.00	$1,142.89	+298.60
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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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
705–1015	853	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,019.10	—
800–935	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	1,175.00–1,260.00	$1,229.25	—
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1190	1190	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.