Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, October 4, 2021

2,258 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $145.88/cwt +2.07 vs last sale · ≈ $776/hd at 532 lb · 39 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $122.13/cwt +2.12 vs last sale · ≈ $570/hd at 467 lb · 36 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $127.68/cwt +0.66 vs last sale · ≈ $480/hd at 376 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,258	3,432	796
Feeder cattle	1,854	2,827	684
Slaughter cattle	273	382	77
Replacement cattle	131	223	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 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
345	345	1	172.50	$172.50	$595	—
365–390	376	5	162.50–167.50	$164.96	$620	+1.46
410–445	426	15	155.00–165.00	$158.81	$677	+3.88
455–485	468	13	147.00–155.00	$150.77	$706	—
510–537	532	39	143.00–151.00	$145.88	$776	+2.07
565–590	573	10	135.00–143.00	$138.49	$794	+1.07
620–645	628	3	126.00–135.00	$129.99	$816	-6.25
650–675	657	19	125.00–133.00	$128.80	$846	-2.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	336	9	155.00–164.00	$158.40	$532	—
360–395	374	15	148.00–160.00	$153.93	$576	-0.67
410–445	433	26	145.00–157.00	$149.81	$649	+4.21
455–490	473	10	140.00–149.00	$145.04	$686	+8.64
500–545	526	11	135.00–142.00	$138.90	$731	-0.86
560–595	573	21	127.50–138.00	$133.01	$762	+2.97
605–620	612	3	130.00–134.00	$132.35	$810	+5.70
655–685	670	2	120.00–128.00	$123.91	$830	-0.12
725–735	730	2	115.00–119.00	$116.99	$854	+0.34
780–795	788	3	110.00–121.00	$114.33	$901	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–385	373	2	130.00–135.00	$132.58	$495	-12.23
405–435	420	6	130.00–145.00	$139.54	$586	+4.54
455–495	477	6	127.00–131.00	$129.02	$615	-13.29
525–530	526	7	115.00–130.00	$124.29	$654	-0.72
575–595	585	7	110.00–127.00	$118.46	$693	-4.19
605	605	1	104.00	$104.00	$629	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	328	18	125.00–135.00	$128.77	$422	-0.14
355–395	376	33	120.00–135.00	$127.68	$480	+0.66
410–445	430	25	120.00–132.00	$126.39	$543	+3.53
450–495	467	36	117.00–127.50	$122.13	$570	+2.12
505–530	518	21	112.00–125.00	$118.53	$614	+0.65
550–595	569	17	111.00–119.00	$115.93	$660	+1.14
615–645	628	5	110.00–116.00	$113.40	$712	+1.96
665–680	676	9	100.00–115.00	$105.08	$710	-2.02
705–725	714	4	100.00–112.00	$108.70	$776	-0.34
780	780	1	97.00	$97.00	$757	-3.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	140.00	$140.00	$413	±0.00
305	305	2	137.00	$137.00	$418	+1.57
365–390	377	11	130.00–135.00	$131.66	$496	+2.02
415–435	425	12	130.00–138.00	$132.85	$565	+4.57
450–470	455	7	127.00–135.00	$132.02	$601	+6.48
500–545	526	27	122.00–132.50	$124.77	$656	+1.16
555–595	579	15	120.00–129.00	$123.46	$715	+0.69
605–645	619	9	120.00–125.00	$121.54	$752	+0.67
630	630	1	125.00	$125.00	$788	+4.13
655–675	663	3	118.00–122.00	$120.01	$796	+3.44
715–725	723	4	115.00–120.00	$116.24	$840	+2.97
780	780	2	105.00–109.00	$107.00	$835	-5.21

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	287	5	125.00–130.00	$127.02	$365	—
305–335	323	11	115.00–126.00	$117.67	$380	-6.71
370–375	375	14	118.00–124.00	$120.57	$452	+0.55
405–445	428	16	105.00–124.00	$113.58	$486	-5.94
455–485	473	17	100.00–118.00	$109.75	$519	-5.75
545	545	7	109.00–115.00	$109.86	$599	+0.30
575	575	2	100.00	$100.00	$575	-8.50
615–645	625	3	95.00–106.00	$100.25	$627	+2.43

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	273	6	155.00–163.00	$159.67	$436	+10.67
305–320	311	15	147.00–162.00	$152.67	$475	+3.19
350–395	380	13	140.00–156.00	$147.37	$560	+4.05
415–445	428	25	135.00–147.00	$139.78	$598	+2.94
450–495	480	26	128.00–139.00	$132.32	$635	+0.28
505–545	520	23	122.50–133.00	$127.13	$661	+0.68
550–595	571	21	110.00–126.00	$119.58	$683	-0.58
605–640	627	10	105.00–122.00	$113.99	$715	-0.24
655–675	670	10	107.00–117.00	$111.19	$745	+2.42
710–715	712	3	100.00–107.50	$104.17	$742	-0.03

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	327	5	160.00–168.00	$163.79	$536	-2.61
355–390	374	16	152.00–170.00	$157.23	$588	-3.11
400–445	415	19	147.50–157.00	$150.55	$625	+2.98
450–490	467	18	138.00–147.50	$143.31	$669	+5.64
500–545	522	22	132.00–140.00	$135.83	$709	+3.87
550–590	565	14	127.50–133.00	$129.90	$734	+2.58
600–640	628	9	120.00–129.00	$123.87	$778	+1.41
650–660	655	4	117.50–124.00	$119.62	$784	+3.87
780–785	783	2	110.00–112.50	$111.25	$871	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	368	9	132.00–146.00	$135.98	$500	-3.24
405–435	416	14	125.00–135.00	$130.19	$542	-1.85
470–495	478	10	115.00–128.00	$123.05	$588	-1.88
505–540	527	16	110.00–123.00	$116.32	$613	-4.29
555–590	565	8	100.00–119.00	$109.36	$618	+3.34
610–645	632	7	93.00–115.00	$107.85	$682	+2.40
705–735	720	2	85.00–91.00	$87.94	$633	+17.94
765–775	772	3	80.00–85.00	$83.35	$643	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1390	1126	80-85%	27	46.00–56.00	$52.57	$592	-1.38
700–1425	1206	80-85%	8	58.00–65.00	$62.00	$748	—
820–1585	1233	80-85%	63	52.00–64.00	$58.54	$722	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1285	1031	85-90%	36	40.00–54.00	$49.27	$508	+1.01
1045–1050	1048	85-90%	10	57.00–60.00	$58.50	$613	+10.24
975–1170	1099	85-90%	17	41.00–45.00	$43.77	$481	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1580	1430	75-80%	14	56.00–62.00	$59.94	$857	+6.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1755	1373	12	65.00–82.00	$75.81	$1,041	+1.58
1090–2045	1482	13	72.00–87.00	$80.73	$1,196	—
1275–2080	1613	4	89.00–91.00	$89.67	$1,446	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–885	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	380.00–550.00	$469.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	910.00	$910.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1075–1165	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–900.00	$763.14
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	700.00–760.00	$748.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	600.00–680.00	$640.00
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,230.00–1,325.00	$1,293.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–950.00	$850.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–945	823	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–525.00	$510.64
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	460.00–480.00	$470.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	550.00–650.00	$583.33
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	940.00	$940.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	900.00–975.00	$945.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,075.00–1,125.00	$1,091.67	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	740.00–800.00	$788.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	630.00–740.00	$673.33	—

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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.