Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, September 15, 2021

3,834 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.92/cwt -4.72 vs last sale · ≈ $628/hd at 483 lb · 146 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $132.62/cwt -2.48 vs last sale · ≈ $698/hd at 526 lb · 77 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.21/cwt -2.44 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 573 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,834	7,702	2,117
Feeder cattle	3,318	6,430	1,551
Slaughter cattle	356	1,039	298
Replacement cattle	160	233	268

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade moderate with moderate 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
310–345	332	12	170.00–176.00	$172.38	$572	—
355–380	366	7	167.00–174.00	$170.79	$625	+0.64
400–445	415	17	155.00–170.00	$162.31	$674	-3.51
455–495	483	21	150.00–160.00	$155.95	$753	-2.03
505–549	522	48	140.00–159.00	$151.34	$790	+0.31
550–595	559	12	135.00–147.00	$143.27	$801	+1.08
600–645	623	58	130.00–145.00	$138.06	$860	-1.37
655–685	671	55	129.00–140.00	$133.22	$894	-1.79
700–735	716	21	115.00–135.00	$126.36	$905	-5.10
755 value added	755	3	127.00	$127.00	$959	-11.07
765–795	779	13	115.00–129.00	$121.85	$949	-5.49
835	835	1	119.00	$119.00	$994	—
900	900	1	107.00	$107.00	$963	-12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	324	8	155.00–165.00	$161.70	$524	-4.74
360–395	379	16	145.00–162.00	$157.60	$597	-5.49
400–445	415	3	148.00–150.00	$149.29	$620	-1.99
450–485	465	12	139.00–160.00	$148.63	$691	-5.06
500–540	521	19	134.00–148.00	$140.95	$734	-6.92
550–570	564	15	130.00–140.00	$134.73	$760	-8.18
600–645	622	24	125.00–135.00	$128.46	$799	-7.64
660–685	676	16	117.00–131.00	$125.69	$850	-5.87
735	735	2	110.00	$110.00	$808	-15.88

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–380	376	7	135.00–152.00	$148.09	$557	-12.41
455–470	462	27	139.00–154.00	$147.06	$679	+8.14
515–535	528	14	139.00–142.00	$140.23	$740	+0.78
555–585	570	14	125.00–134.00	$129.43	$738	-5.55
605–645	625	9	115.00–125.00	$120.44	$753	-9.56
685	685	3	117.00	$117.00	$801	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	155.00–160.00	$157.37	$441	+0.67
315–330	322	9	142.50–155.00	$147.27	$474	-1.62
355–385	374	16	135.00–146.00	$140.62	$526	-2.42
400–445	427	17	130.00–138.00	$134.05	$572	-6.98
450–495	483	146	127.00–135.00	$129.92	$628	-4.72
500–545	521	59	125.00–133.00	$130.40	$679	-2.94
558–595	571	60	125.00–131.50	$129.68	$740	+1.00
596 value added	596	6	135.50	$135.50	$808	-4.29
600–634	620	31	122.00–133.00	$127.81	$792	+1.37
640–645 fancy	643	2	127.00	$127.00	$817	-0.42
660 fancy	660	2	128.00	$128.00	$845	—
650–690	674	24	117.50–127.00	$123.46	$832	-0.82
735–745	741	5	119.00–120.00	$119.40	$885	-2.51
795	795	2	115.00	$115.00	$914	-3.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	279	5	140.00–146.00	$143.55	$401	-6.45
305–345	327	20	130.00–147.00	$135.86	$444	-5.77
350–395	374	26	124.00–140.00	$131.51	$492	-3.79
400–445	421	36	115.00–132.00	$124.64	$525	-6.40
450–495	474	29	120.00–134.00	$125.57	$595	-4.24
500–545	528	26	117.00–129.00	$123.41	$652	-3.40
555–598	574	16	115.00–124.00	$119.33	$685	-4.96
605–645	620	13	112.00–120.00	$116.53	$722	-5.28
665–695	682	10	110.00–118.00	$114.79	$783	-0.78
725–730	727	3	105.00–110.00	$106.67	$775	-5.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	130.00	$130.00	$370	—
305–345	323	3	130.00–140.00	$135.19	$437	+1.20
375–395	383	10	120.00–135.00	$124.73	$478	-5.78
400–435	419	14	110.00–135.00	$120.68	$506	-3.11
465–490	473	10	114.00–125.00	$118.73	$562	-0.78
510–547	527	15	111.00–122.00	$115.41	$608	+0.80
555–595	571	13	109.00–115.00	$111.10	$634	-5.26
605–645	623	3	107.00–112.00	$109.65	$683	+6.64
655–660	658	2	102.00–107.00	$104.49	$688	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	5	126.00	$126.00	$658	—
583	583	9	123.00	$123.00	$717	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	174.00–176.00	$174.80	$594	+0.05
355–395	380	20	155.00–175.00	$160.61	$610	-7.31
410–445	423	30	142.50–160.00	$151.17	$639	-8.68
450–485	475	15	132.50–150.00	$143.79	$683	-2.55
500–545	526	77	127.00–140.00	$132.62	$698	-2.48
550–585	565	36	120.00–137.00	$124.85	$705	-5.53
605–635	619	52	119.00–131.00	$126.55	$783	+3.37
655–685	672	17	119.00–122.00	$120.17	$808	-3.55
730 fancy	730	1	129.00	$129.00	$942	—
740–745	742	3	115.00–120.00	$118.33	$878	-2.02
775–785	778	4	107.00–115.00	$112.98	$879	-7.69

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	324	8	149.00–160.00	$153.65	$498	-8.73
350–395	369	27	130.00–165.00	$149.21	$551	-7.40
400–445	417	21	135.00–151.00	$144.76	$604	-8.52
450–495	477	40	125.00–145.00	$136.52	$651	-4.86
500–545	523	52	118.00–132.00	$127.22	$665	-7.12
550–595	578	39	120.00–130.00	$124.84	$722	+0.85
600–645	620	25	112.00–122.00	$117.42	$728	-7.85
655–690	678	12	110.00–116.00	$113.44	$769	-3.46
720–735	730	12	105.00–115.00	$110.40	$806	-4.84
785–795	792	7	105.00–110.00	$106.42	$843	-4.38

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	331	9	140.00–150.00	$145.11	$480	-6.65
355–395	373	15	125.00–157.00	$141.12	$526	-8.78
405–445	425	28	130.00–142.00	$136.83	$582	-1.86
450–495	479	19	120.00–134.00	$128.55	$616	-2.11
500–540	522	14	115.00–126.00	$121.06	$632	-0.68
575–595	578	7	115.00–120.00	$119.26	$689	+0.77
600–645	623	15	107.00–116.00	$111.78	$696	-3.94
675	675	5	106.00	$106.00	$716	+1.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1420	1034	80-85%	34	55.00–61.00	$58.21	$602	—
825–1520	1117	80-85%	93	56.00–68.00	$63.70	$712	-6.37
825–1425	1146	80-85%	22	63.00–74.00	$70.48	$808	+0.41

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1130	945	85-90%	24	41.00–58.00	$48.41	$457	—
845–1035	955	85-90%	3	53.00–55.00	$53.98	$516	+2.77
760–1220	973	85-90%	44	47.00–62.00	$53.54	$521	+2.33

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1410	1323	75-80%	2	58.00–62.00	$60.13	$796	—
1060–1835	1406	75-80%	33	57.50–70.00	$63.85	$898	—
1520–1900	1824	75-80%	5	67.00–68.00	$67.83	$1,237	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–2490	1480	13	90.00–105.00	$94.90	$1,405	+5.84
1125–1940	1533	15	80.00–97.00	$87.11	$1,335	—
1170–1705	1545	13	71.00–89.00	$81.12	$1,253	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
722–1060	807	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	700.00–1,000.00	$901.43
578–1105	918	(<2 yrs)	Open	21	530.00–1,090.00	$940.79
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	675.00–800.00	$717.05

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–795	743	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–875.00	$816.92

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	540.00	$540.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130–1215	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	725.00–925.00	$784.84
1155–1325	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	810.00–910.00	$852.28
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	800.00–975.00	$897.22
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	600.00–850.00	$721.25
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	775.00–875.00	$816.67
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,075.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	450.00–600.00	$510.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	550.00–625.00	$575.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–700.00	$675.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–700.00	$656.67
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	530.00–690.00	$627.50

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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
1240	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,140.00	$1,140.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	825.00–1,050.00	$925.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00–800.00	$725.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–750.00	$675.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	500.00–550.00	$525.00	—

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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.