Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, August 11, 2021

3,370 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $141.44/cwt -11.18 vs last sale · ≈ $816/hd at 577 lb · 103 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.27/cwt -8.81 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 527 lb · 90 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.03/cwt -9.49 vs last sale · ≈ $786/hd at 634 lb · 69 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,370	6,301	2,970
Feeder cattle	2,588	4,929	2,447
Slaughter cattle	505	908	323
Replacement cattle	277	464	200

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 lower. 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
225	225	2	177.00	$177.00	$398	—
285–295	290	4	168.00–172.00	$170.03	$493	—
320–345	335	9	165.00–200.00	$174.54	$585	-20.58
350–395	379	14	158.00–188.00	$164.34	$623	-17.00
405–447	435	45	154.00–170.00	$157.56	$685	-11.54
450–495	479	51	145.00–161.00	$158.18	$758	-2.10
505–545	514	39	140.00–155.00	$146.80	$755	-11.48
557–586	577	103	135.00–148.00	$141.44	$816	-11.18
605–645	622	42	132.00–139.00	$135.16	$841	-11.61
653–690	661	28	128.00–138.50	$133.80	$884	-8.55
677 value added	677	28	138.00	$138.00	$934	—
702–740	721	28	125.50–134.00	$129.90	$937	-7.80
755–795	766	11	122.00–125.00	$122.73	$940	-13.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	382	6	155.00–165.00	$160.19	$612	-8.07
400–445	417	12	150.00–159.00	$152.89	$638	-10.38
465–495	476	24	138.00–145.00	$142.96	$680	-12.43
504–545	520	20	130.00–146.00	$137.26	$714	-14.42
550–598	580	22	125.00–141.00	$133.19	$773	-11.67
600–645	621	9	123.00–132.00	$127.11	$789	-11.56
665	665	3	125.00	$125.00	$831	-13.26
720	720	3	120.00	$120.00	$864	-13.34

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	382	3	151.00–155.00	$152.38	$582	-3.88
460–475	468	2	135.00–140.00	$137.46	$643	-11.01
570–585	576	5	130.00–131.00	$130.59	$752	—
610–615	613	5	118.00–125.00	$122.21	$749	—
715	715	3	114.00	$114.00	$815	-6.00

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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	330	18	142.00–160.00	$149.79	$494	-10.50
350–395	372	24	143.00–155.00	$147.56	$549	-5.17
400–445	433	59	126.00–145.00	$135.97	$589	-8.78
452–487	473	42	125.00–138.00	$131.21	$621	-11.71
500–548	527	90	122.00–142.00	$129.27	$681	-7.21
551–595	569	45	116.00–140.00	$128.26	$730	-3.42
600–645	634	69	122.00–135.00	$124.03	$786	-7.95
650–695	653	23	114.00–127.00	$117.90	$770	-11.46
703–734	718	16	112.00–120.00	$115.40	$829	-8.05
750–795	768	6	110.00–115.00	$112.00	$860	-3.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	325	12	140.00–155.00	$146.26	$475	+0.37
355–390	372	16	129.00–140.00	$132.62	$493	-9.93
400–445	431	31	120.00–145.00	$127.80	$551	-8.98
455–495	470	26	120.00–142.00	$127.55	$599	-5.02
500–545	519	35	115.00–135.00	$123.37	$640	-4.43
560–595	574	21	114.00–127.00	$122.01	$700	-2.89
600–645	620	12	105.00–122.00	$116.71	$724	-4.37
660–685	666	7	110.00–117.00	$112.46	$749	-1.18
700	700	1	110.00	$110.00	$770	-1.79
760–775	770	4	101.00–108.00	$103.73	$799	-0.28

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	127.50	$127.50	$440	-7.16
355–375	372	9	123.00–130.00	$127.22	$473	-10.19
420	420	3	115.00–135.00	$127.33	$535	-0.28
455–490	465	10	120.00–130.00	$122.83	$571	-1.41
505–535	519	9	110.00–125.00	$116.20	$603	+0.52
665–680	673	5	105.00–108.00	$106.61	$717	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	319	8	168.00–200.00	$175.70	$560	-11.90
360–380	373	14	154.00–180.00	$163.95	$612	-10.05
415–445	426	20	147.50–167.00	$155.20	$661	-10.89
450–498	470	27	137.50–160.00	$144.96	$681	-8.52
510–545	526	29	131.00–142.00	$136.69	$719	-9.03
550–595	578	26	127.00–140.00	$131.13	$758	-8.38
600–645	628	19	126.00–138.00	$132.61	$833	-3.33
652–680	669	14	122.00–136.00	$129.13	$864	+0.46
740–745	743	3	110.00–126.00	$120.69	$897	-4.47
750–795	765	3	110.00–111.00	$110.35	$844	-7.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	316	9	160.00–170.00	$164.64	$520	-8.87
360–395	379	10	140.00–152.50	$148.41	$562	-16.78
400–440	421	24	137.50–168.00	$147.51	$621	-9.12
455–495	480	20	134.00–155.00	$141.18	$678	-3.43
505–545	522	20	125.00–138.00	$132.31	$691	-4.35
555–595	571	10	115.00–137.00	$123.64	$706	-7.66
605–635	622	22	115.00–127.00	$120.89	$752	-5.02
650–680	672	6	117.00–120.00	$119.51	$803	-6.19
705–745	723	9	114.00–117.00	$115.90	$838	+1.07
775–785	778	4	95.00–110.00	$106.21	$826	-11.78

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	155.00	$155.00	$512	-8.29
365	365	3	143.00	$143.00	$522	-13.80
415–445	430	5	130.00–154.00	$138.33	$595	-6.05
455–475	466	9	124.00–147.00	$130.68	$609	-2.91
515–540	530	8	120.00–132.00	$124.90	$662	-4.69
555–580	570	6	105.00–127.00	$116.03	$661	-7.76
610–640	630	3	115.00–120.00	$116.61	$735	-0.94
655–675	664	7	105.00–111.00	$109.14	$725	-0.86
765	765	3	101.00	$101.00	$773	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1275	1084	80-85%	22	64.00–71.00	$66.40	$720	+6.79
755–1495	1115	80-85%	48	50.00–66.00	$56.50	$630	-9.14
735–1470	1146	80-85%	133	57.00–72.00	$62.23	$713	-3.41

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1175	964	85-90%	18	39.00–55.00	$47.28	$456	-9.46
705–1410	978	85-90%	43	43.00–59.00	$52.35	$512	-4.39
875–1145	1038	85-90%	6	47.00–50.00	$48.78	$506	-14.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1545	1264	75-80%	13	54.00–64.00	$60.01	$759	-9.56
1050–1740	1458	75-80%	51	60.00–68.00	$63.47	$925	-12.82

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1990	1500	20	70.00–82.00	$78.45	$1,177	—
1175–2025	1713	19	82.00–99.00	$87.05	$1,491	—
1120–2145	1833	6	94.00–104.00	$96.28	$1,765	-2.01

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	895.00–1,065.00	$976.67
1035	1035	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,065.00	$1,065.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	27	700.00–925.00	$803.70
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,058.33
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,175.00–1,250.00	$1,212.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	700.00–1,120.00	$909.32
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	800.00–1,250.00	$1,026.07

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	550.00–600.00	$575.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	600.00–725.00	$656.25
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	575.00–875.00	$750.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635–785	723	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	375.00–425.00	$404.10
825–975	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–750.00	$727.08
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	500.00–575.00	$537.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	450.00–500.00	$475.00

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	700.00–1,325.00	$1,027.78	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	825.00	$825.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	850.00–925.00	$875.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	675.00–775.00	$737.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785–935	860	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–800.00	$777.18	—
1065 fancy	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	600.00–975.00	$778.13	—

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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.