Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 19, 2021

5,502 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.07/cwt -3.67 vs last sale · ≈ $720/hd at 576 lb · 116 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $132.77/cwt +2.28 vs last sale · ≈ $878/hd at 662 lb · 59 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $122.93/cwt -0.59 vs last sale · ≈ $580/hd at 472 lb · 48 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,502	2,844	5,388
Feeder cattle	4,431	2,293	4,591
Slaughter cattle	705	337	544
Replacement cattle	366	214	253

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady. 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
370–375	373	3	164.00–167.00	$164.99	$615	-6.88
410–435	421	9	149.00–160.00	$153.78	$647	-8.09
450–495	471	22	143.00–165.00	$148.61	$700	-4.99
500–525	515	13	139.00–148.00	$144.77	$746	-3.25
554–585	559	28	130.00–145.00	$143.59	$803	+1.28
605–642	626	10	132.00–144.00	$140.27	$878	+2.32
650 value added	650	2	135.00	$135.00	$878	—
650–690	662	57	123.00–138.00	$132.69	$878	+2.20
704–740	715	26	124.00–139.00	$136.74	$978	+6.74
720 value added	720	1	127.00	$127.00	$914	—
761	761	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,043	+18.02
836	836	3	129.00	$129.00	$1,078	+13.13

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	327	5	156.00–160.00	$158.01	$517	—
360–395	377	13	152.00–160.00	$156.48	$590	+5.02
400–440	416	14	142.00–167.00	$156.61	$651	+5.03
450–495	468	11	135.00–154.00	$145.81	$682	-1.70
500–545	530	38	140.00–148.00	$140.72	$746	-0.96
550–585	569	9	133.00–140.00	$135.68	$772	+2.46
610–630	625	9	130.00–136.00	$131.78	$824	+4.34
695	695	2	128.00–129.00	$128.50	$893	+4.73
746	746	3	120.00	$120.00	$895	+0.99
750–785	780	10	114.00–128.00	$125.35	$978	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	155.00	$155.00	$426	—
300–335	321	6	145.00–150.00	$148.33	$476	+5.83
360–375	372	5	140.00–146.00	$141.16	$525	+1.40
410–435	422	5	140.00–150.00	$143.16	$604	+2.73
470–490	479	9	120.00–148.00	$139.16	$667	+0.32
500–545	531	6	125.00–137.00	$131.39	$698	-0.86
560–590	575	4	122.00–130.00	$127.73	$734	+3.23
620–645	633	2	120.00–122.00	$120.98	$766	-1.02

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	2	138.00–140.00	$139.01	$379	-5.99
320–345	339	11	135.00–150.00	$143.29	$486	+1.62
360–390	378	16	130.00–145.00	$134.48	$508	-0.69
400–445	420	15	128.00–142.50	$133.36	$560	+1.52
450–495	472	24	120.00–138.00	$127.78	$603	-4.14
500–539	524	29	116.00–131.00	$122.52	$642	-6.50
558 value added	558	12	130.25	$130.25	$727	—
550–598	578	104	116.00–130.00	$124.47	$719	+0.03
619 value added	619	4	124.00	$124.00	$768	—
600–645	624	24	110.00–124.00	$118.62	$740	-2.48
653 value added	653	10	133.50	$133.50	$872	—
650–695	667	32	109.00–118.00	$115.47	$770	-4.10
710	710	2	117.00	$117.00	$831	+2.59
721 value added	721	5	124.50	$124.50	$898	—
740–745 fancy	743	2	118.00–119.00	$118.50	$880	—
770–790	780	2	109.00–112.00	$110.52	$862	-3.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	328	8	128.00–144.00	$132.37	$434	+0.43
355–395	373	15	123.00–135.00	$129.10	$482	-1.09
410–445	425	39	115.00–136.00	$128.63	$547	-0.68
455–495	472	48	110.00–130.00	$122.93	$580	-0.59
500–544	524	32	115.00–124.00	$121.07	$634	+0.25
555–595	573	25	110.00–124.00	$117.09	$671	+2.43
620–640	630	6	107.00–115.00	$111.66	$703	+1.44
650–695	674	13	100.00–116.00	$108.56	$732	+3.71
715–745	736	4	107.00–110.00	$108.23	$797	+3.23
750–770	760	2	100.00–108.00	$104.05	$791	+14.05

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	279	4	125.00–130.00	$127.47	$356	—
310–325	317	3	120.00–125.00	$122.36	$388	-7.69
355–398	383	26	115.00–134.00	$122.04	$467	-8.78
405–445	425	11	110.00–130.00	$123.56	$525	+2.08
450–495	472	30	106.00–125.00	$118.73	$560	-1.70
505–545	525	13	106.00–119.00	$115.20	$605	-0.68
555–590	574	9	105.00–113.00	$109.33	$628	-2.82
615–640	630	4	100.00–105.00	$101.75	$641	—
660–670	665	2	94.00–95.00	$94.50	$628	-1.50
720	720	1	90.00	$90.00	$648	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
629 fancy	629	14	133.00	$133.00	$837	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	160.00	$160.00	$472	—
315–345	332	9	134.00–165.00	$147.38	$489	-14.24
350–395	367	14	130.00–158.00	$142.79	$524	-11.73
400–445	424	22	121.00–157.00	$144.60	$613	+1.32
455–495	472	31	125.00–148.00	$138.63	$654	+2.93
500–545	524	32	124.00–138.00	$133.66	$700	+3.90
550–595	573	26	120.00–134.00	$125.70	$720	+1.53
600–645	625	20	115.00–122.00	$119.19	$745	-2.21
650–690	664	9	112.00–120.00	$115.32	$766	+0.12
705–745	723	8	105.00–116.00	$111.00	$803	+2.66
775–795	785	4	105.00–110.00	$107.25	$842	+2.74

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	270	2	148.00–152.00	$149.85	$405	-20.15
315–325	323	4	140.00–146.00	$142.73	$461	-26.03
370–387	383	5	142.00–180.00	$155.97	$597	-7.10
400–445	428	27	138.00–170.00	$153.35	$656	-2.11
450–490	465	23	127.00–160.00	$147.09	$684	+1.71
505–545	523	22	121.00–146.00	$135.53	$709	-1.19
550–595	565	20	120.00–133.00	$129.13	$730	-1.43
600–645	622	23	116.00–129.00	$124.63	$775	-1.36
655–685	665	14	118.00–127.00	$121.91	$811	+3.25
700–740	715	7	115.00–123.00	$119.54	$855	+1.89
750–795	766	4	106.00–119.00	$114.14	$874	+2.82
800–830	812	3	103.00–106.00	$104.98	$852	—
905–910	908	2	94.00–99.00	$96.49	$876	—
965	965	1	94.00	$94.00	$907	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	134.00	$134.00	$395	-26.13
300–345	326	11	130.00–163.00	$145.75	$475	-5.41
365–395	382	19	125.00–152.00	$142.01	$542	-2.09
400–445	423	18	120.00–156.00	$136.08	$576	-0.68
450–495	478	12	119.00–135.00	$129.55	$619	+1.29
500–545	519	24	114.00–130.00	$125.31	$650	+2.31
550–590	571	16	113.00–121.00	$117.82	$673	-1.07
620–645	631	7	105.00–116.00	$110.16	$695	-4.21
675	675	3	100.00–110.00	$106.67	$720	+2.46
745	745	2	102.00	$102.00	$760	—
760	760	1	97.00	$97.00	$737	+5.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1345	1108	80-85%	52	44.00–58.00	$51.74	$573	+3.63
920–1410	1161	80-85%	73	51.00–63.00	$56.96	$661	+2.58
955–1430	1190	80-85%	23	59.00–66.00	$62.61	$745	+8.23

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1055	993	85-90%	40	36.00–50.00	$45.61	$453	+2.97
735–1235	1001	85-90%	51	36.00–57.00	$46.54	$466	-1.44
950–1310	1082	85-90%	13	48.00–62.00	$52.50	$568	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1260	1229	75-80%	8	63.00–70.00	$65.39	$804	—
1060–1730	1376	75-80%	39	54.00–65.00	$60.14	$828	+0.67
1195–1530	1472	75-80%	20	55.00–58.00	$56.85	$837	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1755	1520	13	69.00–84.00	$74.06	$1,126	—
1075–2030	1617	33	74.00–92.00	$81.54	$1,319	—
1460–2010	1757	10	82.00–96.00	$88.04	$1,547	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–975	838	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–780.00	$725.67
750–1093 thin fleshed	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	400.00–580.00	$517.59
815–1290	1041	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	549.00–775.00	$644.92
—	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1135	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	600.00–800.00	$716.05
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–825.00	$812.50
1010–1225	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	1,175.00–1,375.00	$1,282.27
1090–1300 fancy	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,556.37
1070–1510	1373	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,225.47
1300–1520 fancy	1390	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,052.64
1190–1620	1454	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,215.61
1350–1745	1504	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,575.00–1,800.00	$1,690.66
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–1,000.00	$818.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–700.00	$683.33
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–945	814	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	450.00–575.00	$511.79
880 fancy	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00
885–915	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–700.00	$665.92
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	525.00–700.00	$600.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	450.00–700.00	$596.88

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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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
1113	1113	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1283 fancy	1283	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1530–1620	1548	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,350.00–1,375.00	$1,369.77	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	775.00–1,000.00	$887.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–1005	878	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	725.00–950.00	$853.85	—

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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.