Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, August 4, 2021

1,936 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $139.75/cwt ≈ $981/hd at 702 lb · 65 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.60/cwt -4.38 vs last sale · ≈ $659/hd at 479 lb · 58 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.76/cwt -4.91 vs last sale · ≈ $742/hd at 572 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,936	5,150	2,502
Feeder cattle	1,551	4,309	1,976
Slaughter cattle	234	624	326
Replacement cattle	151	217	200

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 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
300–345	335	7	180.00–192.50	$185.42	$621	+2.82
360–395	375	15	174.00–186.00	$177.66	$666	-0.59
405–445	426	12	163.00–175.00	$169.38	$722	+0.40
455–495	478	12	155.00–167.00	$160.73	$768	-6.46
515–540	527	19	149.00–165.00	$153.82	$811	-4.01
550–590	570	26	145.00–157.00	$149.58	$853	-5.33
600–645	614	35	135.00–152.00	$141.74	$870	-4.86
655–695	666	19	135.00–145.00	$138.93	$925	-2.60
720–735	726	17	130.00–135.00	$130.58	$948	-6.95
760–790	771	4	125.00–135.00	$129.56	$999	-11.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	331	15	162.00–175.00	$170.42	$564	+2.03
370–395	384	16	158.00–169.00	$162.16	$623	-7.64
425–445	430	10	155.00–165.00	$158.73	$683	-6.46
475–485	477	6	150.00–160.00	$151.70	$724	-6.60
505–545	522	17	136.00–150.00	$143.26	$748	-7.86
550–585	572	17	127.00–155.00	$136.70	$782	-6.08
605	605	1	135.00	$135.00	$817	-4.78
667	667	5	135.00	$135.00	$900	-5.60

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	172.00	$172.00	$585	-8.00
365–380	373	3	149.00–154.00	$151.00	$563	-11.54
415–428	423	5	135.00–155.00	$145.85	$617	-15.82
450–480	469	8	129.00–152.00	$144.23	$676	-10.57
520–545	532	9	125.00–140.00	$135.82	$723	-3.25
795	795	1	112.00	$112.00	$890	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	329	20	150.00–165.00	$158.32	$521	+3.72
355–395	372	18	145.00–157.50	$151.80	$565	+2.65
405	405	4	151.00–157.50	$154.25	$625	+10.25
410–445	430	23	136.00–155.00	$142.36	$612	-3.21
450–495	479	58	130.00–145.00	$137.60	$659	-4.38
500	500	1	135.00	$135.00	$675	-4.98
500–545	523	34	128.00–142.00	$134.05	$701	-5.93
550–595	572	37	122.00–137.00	$129.76	$742	-4.91
600–645	628	22	124.00–133.00	$129.10	$811	-3.51
650	650	1	134.00	$134.00	$871	+7.35
650–695	662	28	120.00–131.00	$127.24	$842	+0.59
720–725	724	4	118.00–121.00	$118.75	$860	-0.64
795	795	2	105.00	$105.00	$835	-9.33
870	870	1	94.00	$94.00	$818	—
915	915	1	95.00	$95.00	$869	—
1015	1015	3	84.50	$84.50	$858	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	162.00	$162.00	$478	—
300–345	324	18	142.00–160.00	$150.04	$486	+1.99
355–390	375	16	134.00–147.00	$137.79	$517	-5.38
400–445	426	23	130.00–145.00	$135.00	$575	-6.90
450–495	474	26	115.00–140.00	$129.31	$613	-5.85
500–545	521	18	112.50–136.00	$125.51	$654	-7.35
550–585	575	22	110.00–130.00	$122.33	$703	-3.81
610–640	618	7	120.00–126.00	$122.71	$758	-0.55
650–655	653	2	113.00–117.00	$115.01	$751	-2.28

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
702	702	65	139.75	$139.75	$981	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	150.00	$150.00	$442	-7.00
300–330	310	3	147.00	$147.00	$456	+2.68
355–385	371	4	129.00–142.00	$134.45	$499	-4.75
400–445	424	13	123.00–140.00	$133.57	$566	+3.47
470–495	478	7	110.00–135.00	$122.74	$587	-10.53
515–540	523	3	115.00–124.00	$119.59	$625	-6.78
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	+2.36
770	770	1	85.00	$85.00	$654	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	181.00–208.00	$193.78	$543	+13.78
315–345	332	9	169.00–185.00	$174.79	$580	+7.81
365–375	371	8	165.00–178.00	$171.05	$635	+6.58
410–440	425	10	157.00–170.00	$163.47	$695	-3.23
450–495	477	24	139.00–155.00	$147.32	$703	-6.47
500–525	511	13	132.00–147.00	$136.51	$698	-7.18
550–595	565	30	127.50–147.00	$132.37	$748	-5.65
600–638	619	31	125.00–139.00	$129.35	$801	-6.29
620 fancy	620	1	142.00	$142.00	$880	—
650–695	671	18	120.00–130.00	$126.31	$848	-6.33
720–740	730	13	124.00–126.00	$124.76	$911	-3.02
750–795	775	12	117.00–126.00	$120.54	$934	-3.56
855	855	1	107.00	$107.00	$915	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	328	7	155.00–168.00	$161.84	$531	-2.64
350–385	368	11	150.00–170.00	$159.50	$587	-1.60
405–440	427	20	142.50–155.00	$150.70	$643	-5.16
450–490	472	25	132.00–150.00	$140.81	$665	-6.08
510–545	525	20	124.00–142.00	$133.45	$701	-2.95
550–580	569	17	120.00–130.00	$124.83	$710	-6.79
600–645	621	10	115.00–130.00	$121.72	$756	-10.10
650–675	665	7	110.00–122.00	$115.16	$766	-11.19
710–735	723	2	106.00–109.00	$107.53	$777	-12.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	318	2	160.00–165.00	$162.64	$517	+6.13
365–375	370	4	155.00–162.00	$159.02	$588	+3.58
415–430	425	6	145.00–152.00	$149.86	$637	+2.25
450–495	475	17	125.00–142.00	$134.13	$637	-4.13
500–545	520	11	127.00–135.00	$131.34	$683	+0.20
565–598	591	5	122.00–126.00	$125.24	$740	+6.77
630	630	1	120.00	$120.00	$756	-0.21
670	670	1	115.00	$115.00	$770	-1.48

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1305	1033	80-85%	16	50.00–64.00	$56.49	$584	—
855–1375	1173	80-85%	40	55.00–73.00	$64.28	$754	-4.29
1020–1395	1191	80-85%	12	61.00–77.00	$67.92	$809	-0.65

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1605	1277	75-80%	31	60.00–73.00	$68.27	$872	—
980–1540	1282	75-80%	14	58.00–67.00	$62.64	$803	—
1605	1605	75-80%	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,236	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1010	939	85-90%	6	44.00–55.00	$50.26	$472	—
780–1105	953	85-90%	18	40.00–64.00	$53.72	$512	—
895–1245	1042	85-90%	7	44.00–66.00	$55.28	$576	-0.74

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1755	1431	8	70.00–93.00	$80.23	$1,148	-6.89
1450–2070	1633	12	86.00–98.00	$91.57	$1,495	—
1760–1845	1812	3	95.00–105.00	$100.41	$1,819	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780 fancy	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	834.00	$834.00
750–1105	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	600.00–730.00	$683.62
1045	1045	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	930.00	$930.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1115	1058	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,525.00	$1,513.18
1040–1305	1212	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	850.00–1,125.00	$1,050.18
1290	1290	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	650.00–900.00	$813.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	850.00–1,075.00	$946.43
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,008.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1040	1003	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	690.00–740.00	$707.28
1075–1270	1156	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	850.00–900.00	$867.51
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	675.00–825.00	$750.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	550.00–725.00	$661.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–965	834	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	750.00–780.00	$764.43
900–915	908	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00–800.00	$775.21
955	955	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
960 fancy	960	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.01	$1,375.01	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	625.00–900.00	$710.71	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,116.67	—

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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
850–1085	964	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,010.00–1,050.00	$1,029.27	—
920–1120	1015	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00–1,500.00	$1,421.67	—

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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.