Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, September 29, 2021

3,432 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.79/cwt -1.37 vs last sale · ≈ $646/hd at 522 lb · 63 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $131.96/cwt -1.13 vs last sale · ≈ $686/hd at 520 lb · 51 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.77/cwt -3.30 vs last sale · ≈ $705/hd at 574 lb · 45 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,432	6,186	3,244
Feeder cattle	2,827	5,205	2,638
Slaughter cattle	382	758	379
Replacement cattle	223	223	227

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold steady 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
355–395	374	7	160.00–170.00	$163.50	$611	+1.50
400–445	423	9	150.00–163.00	$154.93	$655	-12.93
535–545	539	20	138.00–150.00	$143.81	$775	+3.49
550–580	571	25	131.00–147.00	$137.42	$785	-11.10
610–635	618	29	132.00–142.00	$136.24	$842	-1.17
625–645 value added	633	10	144.00–147.00	$145.78	$923	—
650–695	672	32	127.50–135.00	$131.30	$882	+0.82
660–690 value added	680	6	143.00–144.00	$143.32	$975	—
710–745	725	13	121.00–134.00	$127.66	$926	+1.74
775–795	786	8	120.00–126.00	$122.85	$966	-5.15

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	376	7	146.00–160.00	$154.60	$581	-4.64
415–445	434	8	143.00–148.00	$145.60	$632	-7.84
450–480	459	14	128.00–142.00	$136.40	$626	-11.81
500–540	528	26	135.00–143.00	$139.76	$738	-2.61
555–585	571	12	120.00–134.00	$130.04	$743	-4.79
625–645	637	14	125.00–130.00	$126.65	$807	-4.85
655–695	671	13	120.00–129.00	$124.03	$832	-4.46
715–745	730	3	116.00–118.00	$116.65	$852	-9.35

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	380	6	139.00–150.00	$144.81	$550	—
445	445	2	135.00	$135.00	$601	-5.00
470–493	487	4	137.00–144.00	$142.31	$693	+7.31
505–525	519	7	110.00–132.00	$125.01	$649	-0.75
575–580	577	3	118.00–125.00	$122.65	$708	-1.56
660–670	665	3	112.00–117.00	$114.32	$760	—
705–730	718	3	108.00–112.00	$110.34	$792	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	3	140.00	$140.00	$385	—
300–345	316	9	134.00–138.00	$135.43	$428	-0.62
355–395	372	10	126.00–132.00	$129.64	$482	+5.64
410–440	424	19	124.00–132.00	$128.28	$544	-0.67
450–485	473	30	122.00–135.00	$125.54	$594	+2.57
505 fancy	505	1	135.00	$135.00	$682	-6.00
505–547	522	62	119.00–128.00	$123.61	$645	-1.23
550–598	574	45	118.00–127.00	$122.77	$705	-1.15
605–645	623	29	117.00–123.00	$120.87	$753	-0.54
635 value added	635	3	125.00	$125.00	$794	-4.37
650–695	673	14	110.00–121.00	$116.57	$785	-2.08
665–690 fancy	678	2	122.00–125.00	$123.53	$838	-1.47
700–740	720	11	105.00–122.00	$113.27	$816	+1.92
750–795	783	7	105.00–116.00	$112.21	$879	+0.78
810	810	1	100.00	$100.00	$810	-6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	6	130.00	$130.00	$344	—
310–340	324	20	124.00–132.00	$128.91	$418	-1.14
350–385	370	32	120.00–132.00	$127.02	$470	+1.02
407–440	423	45	119.00–130.00	$122.86	$520	-1.04
450–495	472	41	115.00–126.00	$120.01	$566	-1.88
504–545	516	32	115.00–124.00	$117.88	$608	-1.68
550–595	577	15	110.00–122.00	$114.79	$662	-1.13
605–630	617	18	109.00–115.00	$111.44	$688	-3.14
650–690	680	12	100.00–110.00	$107.10	$728	+1.32
700–720	713	3	105.00–111.00	$109.04	$777	+6.26
750–760	753	3	100.00–102.00	$100.67	$758	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	325	8	119.00–127.00	$124.38	$404	+4.05
375–385	377	7	110.00–130.00	$120.02	$452	+2.76
410–435	423	8	116.00–122.00	$119.52	$506	+2.84
455–495	477	21	110.00–120.00	$115.50	$551	+0.68
505–545	524	13	100.00–116.00	$109.56	$574	-0.22
560–595	581	10	107.00–112.00	$108.50	$630	-6.23
600–635	621	8	80.00–107.00	$97.82	$607	-10.72
675–695	689	9	100.00–107.00	$102.20	$704	+4.82

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	149.00	$149.00	$402	+0.02
300–335	319	17	138.00–155.00	$149.48	$477	-5.70
350–375	367	13	135.00–148.00	$143.32	$526	-4.11
400–445	424	27	126.00–152.00	$136.84	$580	-7.01
450–495	472	35	123.00–142.00	$132.04	$623	-4.12
500–545	520	33	110.00–135.00	$126.45	$658	-3.05
550–595	571	27	110.00–129.00	$120.16	$686	-2.21
600–645	623	26	108.00–122.00	$114.23	$712	-3.15
660–695	672	17	101.00–113.00	$108.77	$731	-6.43
715–735	727	5	102.00–107.00	$104.20	$758	-13.26
755–785	770	2	105.00	$105.00	$808	+11.13

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	190.00	$190.00	$390	+5.00
305–345	331	6	160.00–172.00	$166.40	$551	+16.40
350–390	367	14	154.00–166.00	$160.34	$588	+1.73
400–445	424	33	142.00–155.00	$147.57	$626	-1.92
460–485	470	25	130.00–145.00	$137.67	$647	-8.02
500–543	520	51	122.00–142.00	$131.96	$686	-1.13
553–595	578	19	116.00–139.00	$127.32	$736	+1.15
600–640	614	28	117.50–133.00	$122.46	$752	-2.42
650–685	671	8	110.00–126.00	$115.75	$777	+1.80
700–745	721	7	109.00–114.00	$111.13	$801	-5.53
885	885	1	97.00	$97.00	$858	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–315	310	4	132.00–135.00	$133.52	$414	-10.13
365–395	388	5	137.00–145.00	$139.22	$540	+2.01
410–445	423	24	125.00–142.00	$132.04	$559	-0.92
455–495	472	12	119.00–135.00	$124.93	$590	+0.26
505–545	516	7	117.00–127.00	$120.61	$622	+1.04
565–595	575	7	100.00–115.00	$106.02	$610	-8.58
625–645	640	4	100.00–112.00	$105.45	$675	-7.93
660–675	671	4	101.00–105.00	$101.98	$684	-10.00
720	720	1	70.00	$70.00	$504	-30.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1385	1091	80-85%	8	59.00–71.00	$65.82	$718	—
850–1390	1128	80-85%	32	48.00–59.00	$53.95	$609	—
950–1495	1168	80-85%	100	53.00–66.00	$59.51	$695	+6.03

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1150	979	85-90%	28	35.00–45.00	$41.23	$404	-3.76
805–1310	1034	85-90%	43	40.00–59.00	$48.26	$499	-8.33
920–1120	1052	85-90%	6	48.00–52.00	$50.89	$535	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1590	1352	75-80%	28	53.00–65.00	$59.50	$804	+0.56
1015–1825	1401	75-80%	11	47.00–59.50	$53.94	$756	-0.37
1365–1505	1470	75-80%	4	63.00–69.00	$67.61	$994	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1590	1359	12	60.00–84.00	$74.23	$1,009	—
1635–2045	1793	12	80.00–95.00	$85.81	$1,539	—
1415–2160	1839	19	80.00–89.00	$84.22	$1,549	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1160	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	550.00–970.00	$785.34

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–790	732	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	535.00–680.00	$633.46

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1105	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–710.00	$705.21
1140–1270	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	750.00–875.00	$799.35
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	800.00–1,050.00	$888.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	700.00–1,000.00	$837.19
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	620.00–875.00	$771.25

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	500.00–600.00	$554.17
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	300.00–595.00	$452.86

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	720.00	$720.00
985–1370	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	780.00–840.00	$819.79
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	575.00	$575.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	610.00–700.00	$658.75

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	690.00	$690.00
940–1125	1033	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	710.00–830.00	$764.62
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	800.00–1,000.00	$860.83
—	—	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	950.00–1,050.00	$1,000.00

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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	29	850.00–1,250.00	$1,047.59	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	845.00	$845.00	+45.00
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	700.00–775.00	$757.14	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	850.00–1,050.00	$983.33	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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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.