Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, August 17, 2021

5,932 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.93/cwt +1.68 vs last sale · ≈ $769/hd at 566 lb · 118 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.53/cwt +1.35 vs last sale · ≈ $825/hd at 627 lb · 100 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $144.13/cwt +2.90 vs last sale · ≈ $902/hd at 626 lb · 96 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,932	3,147	5,542
Feeder cattle	4,813	2,732	4,780
Slaughter cattle	854	344	590
Replacement cattle	265	71	172

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. 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
320–325	324	4	182.00–190.00	$185.48	$601	-9.38
365–390	376	7	175.00–178.00	$176.00	$662	+1.46
406–445	426	31	162.00–177.00	$168.19	$716	-0.49
450–495	475	41	150.00–170.00	$162.07	$770	+3.60
500–548	525	34	140.00–166.00	$155.51	$816	+1.86
555–595	583	50	137.00–159.00	$153.96	$898	-0.03
598 value added	598	17	150.00	$150.00	$897	—
605 value added	605	13	149.00	$149.00	$901	—
604–645	629	83	133.00–157.00	$143.37	$902	+2.14
673–689 value added	681	59	142.50–146.00	$143.65	$978	—
655–699	682	25	135.50–145.00	$137.57	$938	-2.33
705–738	734	28	130.00–135.00	$132.13	$970	+0.05
742–749 value added	745	39	139.00–140.50	$139.73	$1,041	-1.48
756 value added	756	7	139.00	$139.00	$1,051	—
750–795	775	4	116.00–135.00	$125.64	$974	-3.82
800	800	6	116.00–136.00	$132.67	$1,061	—
855	855	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,094	—
945	945	1	95.00	$95.00	$898	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	12	172.00–182.00	$177.17	$576	+4.12
355–395	374	12	152.00–183.00	$166.58	$623	+1.34
400–440	433	37	149.00–172.00	$158.97	$688	+0.84
450–495	478	46	140.00–167.00	$157.95	$755	+5.95
500–545	526	33	139.00–158.00	$149.13	$784	-1.00
550–595	572	78	125.00–147.00	$143.22	$819	+0.86
600–645	631	75	125.00–144.00	$140.06	$884	+3.92
665	665	3	139.00	$139.00	$924	+5.60
715–720	717	5	120.00–136.00	$129.57	$929	-1.43
775	775	2	118.00	$118.00	$914	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	318	6	160.00–180.00	$167.16	$532	+1.36
360–395	376	9	152.00–175.00	$163.55	$615	+3.46
421–445	425	6	162.00–166.00	$162.70	$691	+14.93
455–485	477	6	132.00–158.00	$146.10	$697	+2.15
530–540	535	3	130.00–145.00	$138.36	$740	+1.01
565–590	576	4	130.00–136.00	$133.47	$769	-6.53
625	625	4	115.00–130.00	$122.50	$766	-4.58
660–695	678	2	125.00–127.00	$125.97	$854	+0.97

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	235	3	167.00–169.00	$168.36	$396	—
290	290	1	165.00	$165.00	$478	—
305–335	323	11	155.00–164.00	$160.83	$519	+10.87
350–395	375	16	135.00–157.00	$140.89	$528	-1.78
400–445	418	36	130.00–154.00	$143.62	$600	+5.28
450–495	470	45	127.00–147.00	$136.62	$642	-0.98
490 value added	490	8	140.00	$140.00	$686	—
510–540	520	3	133.00–136.00	$134.04	$697	-3.49
500–545	523	37	126.00–138.00	$132.62	$694	-4.91
520–545 value added	539	28	139.00–142.00	$141.01	$760	+1.51
560 fancy	560	23	142.00	$142.00	$795	—
560–566 value added	562	57	134.00–142.00	$137.36	$772	—
565	565	1	146.00	$146.00	$825	+11.75
555–595	575	37	125.00–135.00	$129.68	$746	-4.57
600–645	625	35	123.00–135.00	$127.67	$798	-2.44
603–647 value added	628	65	133.00–134.50	$133.61	$839	—
650	650	1	129.00	$129.00	$838	-6.49
652–658 value added	655	36	132.00–133.00	$132.45	$868	—
655–690	669	6	119.00–125.00	$122.38	$819	-13.11
700–720	707	16	115.00–124.00	$120.80	$854	+0.98
715 value added	715	4	130.00	$130.00	$930	—
758–795	770	6	110.00–121.00	$116.44	$897	+6.44

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	283	2	147.00–150.00	$148.57	$420	+2.78
300–345	324	21	132.00–155.00	$144.87	$469	-0.03
350–395	374	51	120.00–151.00	$139.25	$521	+2.37
400–447	426	48	120.00–147.00	$136.22	$580	+0.64
450–497	476	75	120.00–140.00	$131.86	$628	+0.19
500–545	523	94	123.00–135.00	$128.26	$671	-0.50
550–590	571	47	108.00–130.00	$123.22	$704	-1.49
600–645	625	27	109.00–125.00	$117.43	$734	-5.54
650–675	668	7	113.00–118.00	$115.42	$771	-1.83
720–745	726	4	110.00–115.00	$112.76	$819	+0.43
765–790	780	10	105.00–112.00	$107.62	$839	-2.71

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	331	7	132.00–153.00	$139.94	$463	+5.37
355–395	376	23	105.00–146.00	$134.49	$506	+1.59
400–443	431	34	125.00–140.00	$130.65	$563	+0.20
450–495	475	24	116.00–134.00	$125.78	$597	+0.01
500–545	524	11	102.00–129.00	$124.44	$652	+1.74
550–575	567	20	115.00–123.00	$118.48	$672	-3.41
615–635	627	6	114.00–118.00	$116.16	$728	-3.84
665–695	686	6	100.00–110.00	$106.48	$730	-4.85

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	195.00	$195.00	$439	—
280	280	1	202.00	$202.00	$566	+17.00
300–345	317	12	129.00–195.00	$173.67	$551	-1.16
350–395	368	18	164.00–195.00	$173.63	$639	+4.27
400–445	419	47	149.00–172.00	$163.61	$686	+0.55
450–495	474	40	135.00–165.00	$151.71	$719	+2.42
500–545	515	52	129.00–157.00	$142.93	$736	+2.13
550–596	576	37	129.00–145.00	$135.23	$779	-2.25
615 value added	615	1	145.00	$145.00	$892	—
610–635 fancy	623	2	138.00–139.00	$138.51	$863	—
600–646	624	28	124.00–142.00	$133.07	$830	-1.57
650–690	668	18	122.00–140.00	$130.28	$870	+1.07
700–745	720	15	116.00–129.00	$123.04	$886	-1.87
780	780	1	109.00	$109.00	$850	-6.02
810–825	817	3	101.00–107.00	$103.32	$844	-12.68

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	180.00	$180.00	$441	+11.00
255	255	1	166.00	$166.00	$423	-2.75
300–345	330	18	148.00–177.00	$161.35	$532	+0.28
350–390	369	22	145.00–170.00	$160.96	$594	-3.19
405–445	429	45	140.00–164.00	$155.06	$665	+2.42
455–495	475	42	121.00–152.00	$143.04	$679	+1.09
500–545	521	46	121.00–145.00	$136.03	$709	+1.99
550–595	576	40	109.00–139.00	$132.62	$764	+2.39
600–645	621	16	118.00–134.00	$129.52	$804	+3.07
660–695	671	17	114.00–132.00	$124.80	$837	+5.81
710–725	718	9	110.00–129.00	$120.19	$863	+2.94
750–780	763	5	100.00–119.00	$110.44	$843	-0.37

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	273	5	170.00–177.00	$175.64	$479	+8.64
320–345	331	9	162.00–175.00	$169.57	$561	+7.10
355–390	372	13	145.00–160.00	$154.62	$575	+0.41
410–445	429	22	122.00–154.00	$141.52	$607	-2.40
450–495	476	26	119.00–142.00	$134.61	$641	-1.45
500–545	524	36	120.00–132.00	$127.82	$670	-3.44
550–585	568	9	120.00–131.00	$124.47	$707	-0.47
610–635	620	3	117.00–125.00	$120.72	$748	+3.72
655–675	668	4	110.00–120.00	$113.75	$760	—
705–745	718	3	100.00–110.00	$103.46	$743	—
790	790	1	102.00	$102.00	$806	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1370	1092	80-85%	72	57.00–67.00	$61.99	$677	—
815–1700	1161	80-85%	193	63.00–74.00	$66.94	$777	-0.16
880–1925	1249	80-85%	46	69.00–81.00	$73.13	$913	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1530	1288	75-80%	78	60.00–75.00	$70.52	$908	—
1105–1690	1343	75-80%	14	67.00–79.00	$74.02	$994	-3.39
1150–1770	1382	75-80%	29	62.00–69.00	$66.79	$923	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1310	972	85-90%	34	40.00–62.00	$55.41	$539	+4.28
890–1185	992	85-90%	24	55.00–72.00	$63.31	$628	+12.18
840–1320	1010	85-90%	61	48.00–69.00	$59.38	$600	+2.17

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1870	1493	26	75.00–94.00	$83.87	$1,252	—
1125–2465	1593	28	80.00–100.00	$89.24	$1,422	—
1570–2345	1864	20	92.00–105.00	$99.59	$1,856	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630–850	726	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	500.00–640.00	$589.95
1035–1075	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	670.00–690.00	$680.19
1350 fancy	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
—	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	1,075.00–1,275.00	$1,200.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	700.00–925.00	$772.92

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185–1310	1248	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00–950.00	$902.51
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	700.00–1,150.00	$867.86
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	44	700.00–1,150.00	$896.02
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	900.00–1,175.00	$937.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1110–1140	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	910.00–1,025.00	$968.27
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,075.00	$970.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	700.00–900.00	$750.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	575.00–700.00	$650.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	400.00–775.00	$590.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	675.00–775.00	$725.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	810.00	$810.00

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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
1230–1300	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,025.00	$984.86	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	40	825.00–1,450.00	$1,047.13	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	725.00–800.00	$781.25	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105–1240	1173	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,110.00	$1,105.29	—

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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
945	945	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
535	535	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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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.