Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, August 31, 2021

3,509 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.63/cwt +5.49 vs last sale · ≈ $801/hd at 582 lb · 80 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.50/cwt ≈ $1,065/hd at 722 lb · 68 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $143.40/cwt +4.92 vs last sale · ≈ $688/hd at 480 lb · 64 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,509	3,470	5,365
Feeder cattle	2,937	2,778	4,586
Slaughter cattle	343	431	549
Replacement cattle	229	261	230

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold steady to 2.00 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
320	320	1	197.00	$197.00	$630	+9.00
375	375	1	190.00	$190.00	$712	+16.16
405–445	426	8	166.00–182.50	$176.10	$750	+4.80
450–495	479	6	155.00–172.00	$159.19	$763	-0.22
505–549	528	29	150.00–164.00	$158.99	$839	+7.18
555–595	565	5	145.00–154.00	$150.55	$851	+6.90
559–598 value added	590	28	151.00–155.00	$151.75	$895	-1.25
651 value added	651	7	153.00	$153.00	$996	+7.00
650–688	667	18	140.00–148.00	$145.64	$971	+4.94
705–725	721	5	135.00–139.00	$138.22	$997	+0.98
729 value added	729	15	142.50	$142.50	$1,039	—
840–842	842	6	122.00–137.50	$134.92	$1,136	+12.92
906	906	19	129.00	$129.00	$1,169	+13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	315	3	160.00–174.00	$168.26	$530	-2.82
365–380	374	7	161.00–182.00	$170.76	$639	+1.46
405–445	428	10	150.00–175.00	$161.95	$693	-2.73
455–495	476	19	145.00–167.00	$157.89	$752	+3.23
525–545	538	16	144.00–158.00	$151.77	$817	-1.14
550–595	571	37	138.00–150.00	$147.65	$843	+3.33
625–640	630	5	138.00–145.00	$140.82	$887	+6.78
655–690	675	5	131.00–138.00	$134.56	$908	+3.70
710–735	724	4	128.00–132.00	$129.73	$939	-0.27
765	765	1	127.00	$127.00	$972	+1.94

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	155.00	$155.00	$535	-0.63
350–375	363	2	170.00–175.00	$172.41	$626	+22.11
405	405	3	167.00	$167.00	$676	+16.85
475–485	478	4	135.00–148.00	$139.54	$667	-14.28
510–525	518	3	135.00–145.00	$138.95	$720	-1.86
575–590	580	4	129.00–133.00	$130.77	$758	-1.02
615–625	623	6	127.00–134.00	$132.85	$828	+4.82
665–695	678	4	120.00–125.00	$123.52	$837	-1.48
720	720	1	112.00	$112.00	$806	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	175.00	$175.00	$368	—
310–330	324	7	154.00–165.00	$156.94	$508	+1.73
365–395	383	14	144.00–155.00	$149.15	$571	+0.09
400–445	422	22	135.00–151.00	$140.97	$595	-0.99
450–495	472	39	128.00–148.00	$140.22	$662	+3.27
500–545	525	37	123.00–147.00	$137.07	$720	+1.53
550–597	575	38	120.00–142.00	$134.66	$774	+2.82
568–591 value added	588	42	139.50–145.00	$140.31	$825	—
600–645	622	13	123.00–133.00	$128.81	$801	+1.47
635 value added	635	18	139.00	$139.00	$883	+9.00
660–695	686	21	119.00–130.00	$124.91	$857	+1.90
692 value added	692	24	133.75	$133.75	$926	—
705–715	708	3	119.00–120.00	$119.66	$847	-1.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	9	138.00–154.00	$145.42	$477	-4.61
360–395	376	24	130.00–152.00	$140.72	$529	+1.61
400–445	425	33	121.00–150.00	$137.48	$584	+3.30
450–495	475	42	116.00–142.00	$131.79	$626	+2.28
500–546	528	28	120.00–135.00	$129.11	$682	+3.09
550–595	579	13	115.00–132.00	$124.95	$723	+3.11
625–630	626	7	124.00–127.00	$124.43	$779	+7.29
660–695	679	10	110.00–118.00	$114.16	$775	+0.07
700–715	708	2	112.00–115.00	$113.48	$803	-1.52
785	785	1	110.00	$110.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
693	693	46	145.00	$145.00	$1,005	—
722 value added	722	68	147.50	$147.50	$1,065	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	280	3	152.00–155.00	$152.98	$428	+2.98
310–345	334	14	121.00–149.00	$133.10	$445	-9.02
350–395	375	19	112.00–147.00	$134.90	$506	-3.61
405–445	428	9	120.00–141.00	$129.73	$555	+1.54
450–495	470	13	110.00–135.00	$124.62	$586	-1.87
505–540	529	17	105.00–130.00	$115.64	$612	-5.83
555–585	570	5	100.00–125.00	$114.04	$650	+4.24
610–646	638	8	88.00–117.00	$109.60	$699	—
665–679	676	8	90.00–112.00	$109.29	$739	-1.87
735–745	740	2	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$796	—
775	775	1	105.00	$105.00	$814	±0.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	180.00	$180.00	$621	+15.78
355–395	379	14	148.00–177.00	$161.56	$612	+11.30
405–445	426	35	130.00–167.00	$148.54	$633	+1.87
450–495	480	64	122.00–160.00	$143.40	$688	+4.92
500–545	522	32	120.00–150.00	$135.97	$710	+0.77
550–595	574	59	114.00–146.00	$133.77	$768	+5.16
605–645	623	15	124.00–135.00	$127.33	$793	+6.35
650–690	667	15	120.00–134.00	$126.18	$842	+9.18
720–745	726	7	116.00–125.00	$122.99	$893	+13.07
760	760	1	117.00	$117.00	$889	+11.14

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	339	6	171.00–180.00	$176.53	$598	+3.88
355–380	366	10	160.00–185.00	$172.34	$631	+4.57
400–440	421	29	155.00–180.00	$165.76	$698	+7.51
450–495	467	24	140.00–170.00	$154.30	$721	-0.39
500–545	527	33	128.00–162.00	$148.69	$784	+0.95
550–595	572	23	125.00–154.00	$140.13	$802	+2.94
600–645	619	30	123.00–140.00	$134.98	$836	+1.88
650–690	667	14	123.00–138.00	$131.63	$878	+4.81
700–745	722	12	124.00–134.00	$128.99	$931	+4.82
755–795	778	3	122.00–128.00	$125.72	$978	+7.16
863	863	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	170.00	$170.00	$468	—
315–335	323	9	144.00–167.00	$151.37	$489	—
350–395	369	14	128.00–165.00	$148.52	$548	+0.59
400–445	427	19	130.00–155.00	$141.74	$605	-0.18
450–495	470	19	132.00–147.00	$137.81	$648	+2.05
500–530	520	13	114.00–140.00	$130.35	$678	+3.37
555–590	569	6	121.00–136.00	$127.36	$725	+8.11
610–630	622	3	110.00–117.00	$113.98	$709	-6.29

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1720	1151	80-85%	66	61.00–72.00	$67.24	$774	—
895–1445	1154	80-85%	27	54.00–67.00	$62.64	$723	—
935–1545	1217	80-85%	21	69.00–80.00	$75.41	$918	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1270	977	85-90%	28	45.00–60.00	$54.28	$530	-3.15
810–1280	1003	85-90%	31	50.00–65.00	$58.53	$587	-6.49
840–1195	1050	85-90%	12	54.00–68.00	$64.34	$676	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1485	1338	75-80%	8	72.00–81.00	$75.73	$1,013	—
985–1670	1363	75-80%	21	66.00–76.00	$71.51	$975	-6.71
1135–1850	1508	75-80%	9	65.00–68.00	$67.36	$1,016	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1275	1205	4	80.00–86.00	$83.77	$1,009	—
995–1975	1583	20	86.50–99.00	$92.61	$1,466	—
1430–2135	1768	11	94.00–106.00	$100.70	$1,780	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1070	919	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	693.00–892.00	$782.65

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
673	673	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	500.00	$500.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1160	1119	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	810.00–900.00	$856.54
1015–1335	1166	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	675.00–1,025.00	$857.14
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,381.82
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	950.00–1,250.00	$1,104.46
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	39	675.00–950.00	$778.46
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1105–1245	1183	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00–875.00	$824.15
1100–1315	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	900.00–975.00	$926.19
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$837.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	610.00–900.00	$738.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
925–985	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–820.00	$741.69
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	610.00–850.00	$724.29
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	350.00–650.00	$491.82
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	280.00	$280.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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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
1090–1205	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,100.00	$994.99	-144.45
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,000.00–1,210.00	$1,065.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	600.00–950.00	$720.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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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.