Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 26, 2021

6,874 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $124.14/cwt +0.67 vs last sale · ≈ $591/hd at 476 lb · 138 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $129.33/cwt +1.39 vs last sale · ≈ $551/hd at 426 lb · 84 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $150.19/cwt -0.01 vs last sale · ≈ $792/hd at 527 lb · 82 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,874	4,574	4,284
Feeder cattle	5,825	3,820	3,522
Slaughter cattle	751	492	542
Replacement cattle	298	262	220

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good 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
306–340	311	7	161.00–165.00	$164.38	$511	-1.57
350–395	385	21	163.00–170.00	$165.82	$638	+7.10
405–446	437	46	158.00–169.00	$163.38	$714	+5.50
450–498	481	37	149.00–159.00	$155.24	$747	-0.05
503–543	527	82	141.00–156.00	$150.19	$792	-0.01
555–585	573	75	141.00–152.50	$147.64	$846	+1.65
604–645	625	69	134.00–145.50	$140.12	$876	+7.07
650–695	668	17	127.00–140.00	$136.65	$913	+6.15
700–740	725	11	120.00–135.00	$129.73	$941	+2.01
748 value added	748	3	132.50	$132.50	$991	—
751–795 value added	761	60	122.00–139.75	$138.74	$1,056	+11.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–349	337	13	158.00–166.00	$162.04	$546	+2.25
350–390	377	26	150.00–160.00	$155.54	$586	+2.40
435–445	442	25	150.00–160.00	$155.78	$689	+4.77
460–495	471	41	138.00–162.00	$147.98	$697	-0.72
500–540	521	50	140.00–147.00	$142.85	$744	-0.15
555–590	581	29	124.00–140.00	$135.88	$789	-0.99
600–645	621	43	120.00–137.00	$130.44	$810	+1.41
654–695	672	56	115.00–135.00	$131.57	$884	+6.59
700–725	716	13	113.00–127.00	$122.64	$878	+1.10
760	760	1	115.00	$115.00	$874	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–315	309	4	150.00–155.00	$151.75	$469	+9.23
365–395	383	19	135.00–165.00	$142.82	$547	+3.28
405–425	415	4	125.00–139.00	$132.29	$549	-8.25
450–484	473	8	110.00–147.00	$131.07	$620	-5.93
505–545	514	22	125.00–135.00	$132.15	$679	+2.77
555–595	576	8	110.00–127.00	$118.38	$682	-4.38
694	694	4	115.00	$115.00	$798	-3.09
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	-2.83

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	140.00	$140.00	$329	—
260–295	287	9	135.00–140.00	$138.73	$398	—
305–345	325	13	128.00–148.00	$136.04	$442	+0.68
350–395	378	32	115.00–143.00	$132.62	$501	-0.53
405–445	426	84	111.00–138.00	$129.33	$551	+1.39
450–496	476	138	110.00–135.00	$124.14	$591	+0.67
505–545	525	75	111.00–128.00	$120.97	$635	+2.38
550–595	577	46	102.00–122.00	$117.98	$681	+2.78
600–645	631	22	110.00–120.00	$116.83	$737	+4.20
655–695	680	16	107.00–115.00	$110.79	$753	+2.53
700–740	719	5	105.00–110.00	$108.02	$777	+2.82
785–790	788	2	100.00–105.00	$102.51	$808	+2.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	141.00	$141.00	$402	—
300–340	331	21	130.00–142.00	$135.65	$449	—
355–390	367	34	130.00–145.00	$136.40	$501	-1.00
400–445	432	53	126.00–145.00	$137.14	$592	+2.15
435	435	2	162.00	$162.00	$705	+27.01
450–490	464	42	118.00–138.00	$130.18	$604	+0.91
513 value added	513	22	140.00	$140.00	$718	—
500–540	529	43	120.00–136.00	$133.35	$705	+5.65
550–595	572	65	115.00–134.00	$128.26	$734	+5.02
605 value added	605	1	140.00	$140.00	$847	—
600–645	616	75	110.00–130.00	$123.34	$760	+5.18
625 fancy	625	2	136.00	$136.00	$850	—
665	665	1	120.50	$120.50	$801	+3.97
650–671 fancy	667	13	124.00–128.00	$127.55	$851	—
650–696	677	30	110.00–125.00	$119.91	$812	+3.38
700–740	723	13	113.00–124.00	$118.27	$855	+3.55
770–780	775	2	115.00–121.00	$117.98	$914	+6.98
785 value added	785	1	126.00	$126.00	$989	—
816	816	5	99.00	$99.00	$808	—
943	943	3	95.00	$95.00	$896	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	329	18	120.00–133.00	$125.16	$412	-5.36
355–396	378	38	105.00–135.00	$120.54	$456	-7.60
400–435	418	15	110.00–130.00	$121.86	$509	+1.89
450–496	477	38	105.00–126.00	$117.95	$563	+1.40
500–545	521	20	110.00–119.00	$115.69	$603	+2.91
550–590	567	15	100.00–117.00	$108.07	$613	+0.59
610–635	620	7	95.00–112.00	$104.05	$645	-0.58
725–740	729	4	100.00–104.00	$101.51	$740	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	327	28	150.00–167.00	$155.54	$509	-3.26
350–395	371	32	140.00–164.00	$148.27	$550	-6.46
400–445	430	43	135.00–157.00	$146.94	$632	-1.32
450–499	477	78	125.00–150.00	$137.13	$654	-0.74
500–545	522	35	116.00–138.00	$127.02	$663	-3.45
550–595	572	30	115.00–134.00	$123.76	$708	+0.31
600–645	621	36	112.00–130.00	$122.51	$761	+5.83
655–695	672	11	114.00–121.00	$116.27	$781	+2.42
705–710	708	2	109.00–110.00	$109.50	$775	+2.01
770–795	781	4	105.00–110.00	$107.74	$841	+8.77

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	180.00	$180.00	$360	—
325–340	333	2	165.00–175.00	$169.89	$566	+8.63
350–370	360	14	152.00–167.00	$158.83	$572	-7.16
405–445	428	24	149.00–163.00	$153.50	$657	-1.59
450–495	469	43	133.00–162.50	$150.53	$706	+3.98
500–545	517	52	123.00–153.00	$140.46	$726	+1.94
550–590	562	20	120.00–138.00	$128.89	$724	-5.04
605 fancy	605	1	131.00	$131.00	$793	—
600–640	622	47	122.00–132.50	$126.88	$789	-0.41
655–691	679	21	120.00–128.00	$125.37	$851	+3.40
705–720 fancy	713	2	123.00–126.00	$124.48	$888	—
705–745	725	25	113.00–121.00	$117.61	$853	+2.12
750–795	764	9	106.00–117.00	$111.16	$849	-0.49
800	800	1	110.00	$110.00	$880	—
870	870	1	96.00	$96.00	$835	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	314	7	132.00–162.00	$149.20	$468	+1.04
350–395	378	19	125.00–152.00	$138.77	$525	-6.46
400–440	423	27	120.00–147.00	$136.61	$578	-0.04
465–495	477	27	110.00–137.00	$120.30	$574	-10.18
505–545	524	13	105.00–127.00	$118.44	$621	-3.51
555–590	566	5	115.00–122.00	$118.64	$672	+0.43
605–620	609	4	90.00–100.00	$97.45	$593	-8.23
675	675	1	108.00	$108.00	$729	+2.62

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1350	1157	80-85%	83	44.00–59.00	$52.41	$606	-3.57
750–1410	1193	80-85%	24	59.00–72.00	$62.64	$747	+6.66
915–1850	1209	80-85%	80	52.00–64.00	$58.26	$704	-3.22

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1225	1012	85-90%	40	34.00–51.00	$44.37	$449	-2.18
815–1230	1028	85-90%	31	40.00–60.00	$48.51	$499	-2.84
705–1335	1036	85-90%	72	35.00–56.00	$44.94	$466	-6.41

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1755	1369	75-80%	8	66.00–74.00	$68.05	$932	—
1020–1660	1372	75-80%	38	50.00–65.00	$60.57	$831	—
1175–1680	1411	75-80%	37	52.00–59.00	$56.56	$798	-2.33

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1705	1355	16	70.00–83.00	$73.73	$999	—
1155–2010	1639	34	68.00–89.00	$79.93	$1,310	-3.93
1560–2160	1863	20	82.00–96.00	$86.62	$1,614	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–1055	866	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	865.00–1,050.00	$953.05
820–1070	954	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	428.00–850.00	$653.05

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	475.00–600.00	$537.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–855	846	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	525.00–575.00	$540.99

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–985	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–850.00	$722.41
940–1525	1199	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,325.00–1,500.00	$1,439.44
1040–1515	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,525.00–1,750.00	$1,662.74
1055–1345 fancy	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,954.28
1055–1485 fancy	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	1,900.00–2,200.00	$1,999.22
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	500.00–850.00	$689.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	550.00–900.00	$756.58

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–895	767	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	400.00–600.00	$496.28
875–915	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–750.00	$725.56
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	690.00	$690.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	410.00	$410.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	250.00–700.00	$447.22

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	310.00–525.00	$431.25

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	160.00–220.00	$195.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	390.00	$390.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–815	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–1,050.00	$916.35
790–930	838	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	570.00–650.00	$620.13
850 fancy	850	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00

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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
1225–1300	1263	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–1,525.00	$1,512.87	—
1740	1740	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	700.00–1,325.00	$875.93	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	825.00–985.00	$905.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	430.00–490.00	$440.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	500.00–590.00	$554.00	—

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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.