Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 5, 2021

5,789 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.01/cwt +4.55 vs last sale · ≈ $733/hd at 573 lb · 87 head

light 6-weight M&L 2 steers $134.38/cwt +2.03 vs last sale · ≈ $840/hd at 625 lb · 82 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $146.69/cwt +8.20 vs last sale · ≈ $832/hd at 567 lb · 76 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,789	2,258	3,024
Feeder cattle	4,562	1,854	2,497
Slaughter cattle	787	273	341
Replacement cattle	440	131	186

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady to 2.00 higher. 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
335–345	340	2	166.00–187.50	$176.91	$601	+4.41
360–395	374	14	162.00–168.00	$164.40	$615	-0.56
400–435	415	22	153.00–167.00	$158.72	$659	-0.09
455–496	481	24	147.00–162.00	$150.22	$723	-0.55
505–544	521	34	136.00–154.00	$149.24	$778	+3.36
553 value added	553	9	153.50	$153.50	$849	—
555–591	569	67	138.00–148.00	$145.77	$829	+7.28
618 value added	618	21	148.50	$148.50	$918	—
605–643	626	43	132.00–144.00	$139.06	$871	+9.07
657–699	670	37	132.00–140.00	$135.62	$909	+6.82
666–680 value added	676	18	138.00–142.50	$139.23	$941	—
720–745	730	37	125.00–136.00	$131.75	$962	—
735 value added	735	2	131.00	$131.00	$963	—
760–799	777	25	125.00–135.00	$131.43	$1,021	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	331	8	140.00–162.00	$149.13	$494	-9.27
365–395	374	7	150.00–160.00	$156.68	$586	+2.75
405–445	428	23	144.00–155.00	$151.27	$647	+1.46
450–496	476	37	140.00–157.00	$144.89	$690	-0.15
500–548	532	34	132.00–148.00	$141.07	$750	+2.17
550–580	572	49	127.00–143.00	$138.65	$793	+5.64
600–645	625	82	125.00–138.00	$134.38	$840	+2.03
650–680	664	5	120.00–131.00	$125.43	$833	+1.52
710–735	723	5	120.00–126.00	$122.99	$889	+6.00
795	795	1	115.00	$115.00	$914	+0.67
849	849	31	126.00	$126.00	$1,070	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
731	731	68	146.00	$146.00	$1,067	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	366	7	138.00–167.00	$150.43	$551	+17.85
425–445	435	2	140.00–157.00	$148.70	$647	+9.16
455–485	470	19	131.00–148.00	$134.78	$633	+5.76
500–545	523	5	125.00–137.00	$132.14	$691	+7.85
555–585	560	6	125.00–130.00	$125.87	$705	+7.41
635	635	1	122.00	$122.00	$775	+18.00
695	695	2	117.00–120.00	$118.50	$824	—
705	705	2	107.00	$107.00	$754	—

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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	288	6	138.00–142.00	$140.72	$405	+0.72
310–340	320	3	133.00–138.00	$134.77	$431	-2.23
340 fancy	340	1	154.00	$154.00	$524	—
350–385	370	15	128.00–144.00	$131.94	$488	+0.28
400–440	422	26	125.00–142.00	$130.70	$552	-2.15
450–495	475	20	123.00–140.00	$129.80	$617	-2.22
502–545	521	50	118.00–138.00	$131.14	$683	+6.37
565 fancy	565	1	133.00	$133.00	$751	—
550–599	573	86	112.00–132.00	$127.95	$733	+4.49
611	611	17	129.00	$129.00	$788	+7.46
600–640	617	40	115.00–129.00	$123.28	$761	+1.74
660–665 fancy	663	2	123.00–127.00	$125.01	$829	—
655–690	674	19	111.00–126.00	$119.33	$804	-0.68
715 fancy	715	1	120.00	$120.00	$858	—
720–745	727	12	114.00–119.00	$117.00	$851	+0.76
758 fancy	758	2	121.00	$121.00	$917	—
755–790	773	2	112.00–115.00	$113.47	$877	+6.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	133.00	$133.00	$392	—
310–345	330	11	124.00–130.00	$127.31	$420	-1.46
355–390	378	15	125.00–140.00	$131.92	$499	+4.24
400–445	420	61	114.00–137.00	$128.49	$540	+2.10
450–495	476	69	117.00–133.00	$125.11	$596	+2.98
505–545	526	32	103.00–129.00	$121.47	$639	+2.94
555–595	576	17	114.00–122.00	$117.86	$679	+1.93
605	605	3	115.00	$115.00	$696	+1.60
650–695	675	10	105.00–115.00	$109.61	$740	+4.53
700–730	720	3	100.00–105.00	$103.38	$744	-5.32
750–785	768	2	100.00–102.00	$101.02	$776	+4.02

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	340	6	120.00–125.00	$122.01	$415	+4.34
360–395	379	22	115.00–138.00	$120.73	$458	+0.16
400–445	435	21	109.00–134.00	$117.99	$513	+4.41
450–495	470	35	105.00–127.00	$116.13	$546	+6.38
515–545	527	14	105.00–122.00	$112.52	$593	+2.66
555–585	569	8	102.00–114.00	$107.90	$614	+7.90
605–625	612	3	102.00–110.00	$106.34	$651	+6.09
650–695	673	6	97.00–105.00	$100.40	$676	—
720	720	1	95.00	$95.00	$684	—
755–765	760	2	95.00–97.00	$96.01	$730	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	3	160.00–163.00	$162.01	$450	+2.34
300–340	320	19	142.00–155.00	$149.11	$477	-3.56
350–395	376	20	135.00–172.00	$155.16	$583	+7.79
400–440	422	27	140.00–154.00	$145.21	$613	+5.43
455–495	475	31	122.00–143.00	$134.24	$638	+1.92
500–545	525	36	110.00–139.00	$127.68	$670	+0.55
550–595	575	33	103.00–130.00	$123.62	$711	+4.04
600–645	627	23	117.00–124.00	$122.28	$767	+8.29
650–695	669	16	110.00–121.00	$114.57	$766	+3.38
710–745	726	7	105.00–115.00	$110.28	$801	+6.11
775–785	783	4	106.00–110.00	$109.01	$854	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	190.00	$190.00	$656	+26.21
350–395	370	21	148.00–185.00	$168.68	$624	+11.45
400–445	426	36	144.00–167.50	$156.96	$669	+6.41
460–495	478	27	125.00–152.00	$143.89	$688	+0.58
500–545	525	61	120.00–146.00	$135.64	$712	-0.19
550–597	581	24	116.00–136.00	$132.57	$770	+2.67
600–645	615	17	120.00–133.00	$126.80	$780	+2.93
660–695	677	7	120.00–126.00	$122.85	$832	+3.23
715–745	728	14	100.00–123.00	$116.07	$845	—
770–790	777	3	110.00–114.00	$112.64	$875	+1.39

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	314	10	130.00–165.00	$140.40	$441	—
355–395	373	14	127.50–157.00	$136.28	$508	+0.30
405–445	431	20	120.00–148.00	$133.42	$575	+3.23
450–495	473	23	115.00–139.00	$126.81	$600	+3.76
500–540	523	16	110.00–129.00	$119.99	$628	+3.67
555–595	578	13	90.00–122.00	$113.83	$658	+4.47
625–645	633	4	110.00–116.00	$113.72	$720	+5.87
655–675	666	7	95.00–110.00	$103.55	$690	—
710	710	2	102.00	$102.00	$724	+14.06
755	755	1	104.00	$104.00	$785	+20.65

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1395	1133	80-85%	68	48.00–59.00	$55.14	$625	+2.57
840–1560	1165	80-85%	147	54.00–65.00	$60.27	$702	—
905–1480	1225	80-85%	24	60.00–72.00	$65.09	$797	+6.55

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–1155	974	85-90%	41	38.00–49.00	$44.28	$431	—
815–1245	1015	85-90%	67	45.00–58.00	$51.53	$523	+2.26
850–1195	1053	85-90%	29	50.00–62.00	$56.94	$600	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1550	1351	75-80%	20	62.00–76.00	$65.57	$886	—
1075–1740	1361	75-80%	41	55.00–69.00	$60.53	$824	—
1035–1630	1372	75-80%	34	50.00–63.00	$55.69	$764	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1730	1434	18	70.00–84.00	$77.77	$1,115	—
1005–2095	1530	33	80.00–90.00	$84.14	$1,287	—
1180–2280	1765	21	85.00–100.00	$92.88	$1,639	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1105	971	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	528.00–700.00	$611.66
995–1030	1013	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	680.00–745.00	$711.94

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
480–830	706	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	300.00–500.00	$393.55

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090–1480	1288	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	800.00–1,000.00	$910.20
1065–1610	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	45	1,100.00–1,375.00	$1,264.23
1210–1460 fancy	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,725.00–1,950.00	$1,814.35
1215–1410	1336	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	850.00–1,050.00	$967.11
1040–1715	1341	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,153.96
1250–1595 fancy	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,500.00–1,700.00	$1,596.01
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	550.00–1,000.00	$762.27
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	600.00	$600.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	550.00–850.00	$673.57
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	810.00–875.00	$842.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	625.00–1,095.00	$820.91

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1270–1305	1288	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	785.00–810.00	$797.67
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–950.00	$933.33
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	525.00–800.00	$754.17
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	450.00–500.00	$468.75

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–895	815	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	320.00–500.00	$401.17
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	395.00–500.00	$435.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	540.00–600.00	$558.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	530.00–660.00	$585.71

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	750.00–800.00	$787.50

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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
1500	1500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	825.00–950.00	$908.33	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,035.00	$1,035.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	37	675.00–1,000.00	$833.78	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	475.00–525.00	$500.00	—

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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.