Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, November 2, 2021

6,702 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary report →

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $126.76/cwt +0.90 vs last sale · ≈ $606/hd at 478 lb · 141 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $130.76/cwt +1.34 vs last sale · ≈ $553/hd at 423 lb · 95 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.89/cwt +0.35 vs last sale · ≈ $717/hd at 574 lb · 89 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,702	1,935	2,576
Feeder cattle	5,547	1,641	2,089
Slaughter cattle	885	242	355
Replacement cattle	270	52	132

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	163.00	$163.00	$546	—
355	355	7	170.00	$170.00	$604	+3.42
401–446	432	30	155.00–170.00	$163.68	$707	+1.62
450–496	479	55	149.00–166.00	$158.44	$759	+0.86
500–545	517	37	144.00–161.00	$151.27	$782	+1.47
550–580	566	60	139.00–148.00	$143.77	$814	-1.63
600–636	625	10	131.00–145.00	$136.32	$852	-4.06
653–692	678	69	127.00–135.00	$133.04	$902	-3.07
700–745	711	15	125.00–133.00	$130.61	$929	+1.61
755 fancy	755	1	129.00	$129.00	$974	—
775–795	788	11	122.00–129.50	$126.82	$999	+1.02
850	850	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,062	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	160.00	$160.00	$464	—
305–348	334	14	154.00–172.00	$167.10	$558	+5.94
356–395	364	24	152.00–165.00	$161.55	$588	+3.55
405–440	421	18	146.00–165.00	$154.61	$651	+0.52
455–491	474	39	143.00–155.00	$153.11	$726	+1.77
515–545	529	58	139.00–152.00	$145.59	$770	+2.64
555–595	585	22	133.00–145.00	$138.30	$809	+0.69
600–645	623	51	110.00–138.00	$134.88	$840	+5.66
655–695	671	21	117.00–132.00	$123.36	$828	-0.62
700–745	716	16	122.00–129.00	$123.83	$887	+2.88
758–775	772	10	120.00–128.00	$121.57	$939	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	2	150.00–155.00	$152.41	$508	-0.34
350–390	373	5	150.00–165.00	$155.53	$580	+13.47
415–430	422	3	140.00–145.00	$141.64	$598	—
465–495	479	7	128.00–140.00	$135.23	$648	—
505–540	525	13	119.00–136.00	$123.93	$651	-7.07
555–580	564	11	117.00–125.00	$121.98	$688	-2.53
605–645	621	23	113.00–127.00	$122.01	$758	—
690	690	1	117.00	$117.00	$807	+4.00

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–332	328	23	125.00–140.00	$137.34	$450	+1.47
350–395	377	31	129.00–145.00	$136.86	$516	+5.88
400–445	423	95	120.00–139.00	$130.76	$553	+1.34
450–496	478	141	115.00–134.00	$126.76	$606	+0.90
500–545	522	53	113.00–127.00	$122.48	$639	+1.41
550–595	570	71	102.00–125.00	$118.78	$677	+2.08
610–645	625	14	110.00–121.00	$115.36	$721	+4.31
660–690	673	5	110.00–115.00	$112.62	$758	+1.63
705	705	1	107.00	$107.00	$754	+0.66
765–785	778	4	103.00–108.00	$104.48	$813	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	317	15	134.00–154.00	$141.50	$449	+1.50
350–385	371	21	134.00–148.00	$139.42	$517	+2.60
400–440	425	56	128.00–145.00	$133.89	$569	-1.43
450–498	473	46	125.00–143.00	$133.14	$630	+2.93
505–540	518	36	120.00–135.00	$128.01	$663	+0.27
550–585	574	89	118.00–130.50	$124.89	$717	+0.35
605 fancy	605	1	134.00	$134.00	$811	—
605–648	627	75	115.00–127.00	$121.64	$763	+1.23
650–691	678	40	110.00–123.50	$121.10	$821	+2.02
705–737	733	23	115.00–122.00	$121.20	$888	+7.20
751–765	755	8	100.00–118.00	$112.58	$850	-5.00
880	880	1	103.00	$103.00	$906	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	330	16	132.00–140.00	$134.66	$444	+9.86
355–395	377	23	122.00–138.00	$130.33	$491	+9.34
400–445	425	25	115.00–130.00	$123.77	$526	+4.82
450–495	470	27	108.00–126.00	$116.77	$549	-0.49
500–545	527	36	105.00–122.00	$112.13	$591	-1.79
555–595	578	7	103.00–115.00	$108.69	$628	-0.98
620–640	628	4	103.00–110.00	$105.73	$664	—
655–690	666	16	100.00–102.00	$100.37	$668	-1.63
725–745	728	6	95.00–100.00	$99.15	$722	—
755	755	3	98.00	$98.00	$740	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	319	9	163.00–172.00	$167.01	$533	-4.99
350–395	374	33	150.00–172.00	$158.92	$594	-2.75
415 fancy	415	1	167.00	$167.00	$693	—
400–445	421	38	146.00–163.00	$155.71	$656	+0.96
455 fancy	455	1	157.00	$157.00	$714	—
450–495	475	55	140.00–157.50	$150.53	$715	+3.00
500–545	518	41	131.00–155.00	$141.07	$731	+0.67
550–591	566	51	121.00–142.00	$133.70	$757	-1.87
575	575	1	137.00	$137.00	$788	+1.43
605–645	620	31	118.00–135.00	$127.09	$788	-1.63
655–695	675	25	115.00–125.00	$120.50	$813	—
700–745	722	23	109.00–125.00	$118.02	$852	-1.62
750–795	779	12	101.00–112.00	$108.93	$849	-8.07
850	850	1	103.00	$103.00	$876	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	278	5	150.00–165.00	$155.94	$434	-10.46
305–345	331	19	146.00–165.00	$156.47	$518	-1.77
350–390	373	22	142.00–162.00	$152.19	$568	+0.76
400–445	425	46	130.00–157.00	$146.23	$621	-1.34
450–495	468	48	125.00–150.00	$141.75	$663	+2.48
505–545	522	51	120.00–140.00	$133.27	$696	+3.83
550–595	570	40	115.00–133.00	$125.37	$715	-5.34
600–648	631	45	110.00–129.00	$119.75	$756	-2.78
650–690	668	19	102.00–122.00	$116.30	$777	-0.96
700–745	724	4	102.00–115.00	$108.00	$782	-6.54
780–795	788	2	102.00–105.00	$103.49	$816	-6.18

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	167.00	$167.00	$484	+18.68
305–340	319	8	145.00–162.00	$151.62	$484	+12.47
355–395	368	8	137.00–152.00	$143.32	$527	-1.31
405–445	429	24	128.00–147.00	$137.91	$592	-4.40
455–485	471	27	113.00–140.00	$123.66	$582	-5.29
500–545	520	18	107.00–127.00	$122.04	$635	+6.84
550–595	576	16	113.00–123.00	$119.58	$689	+1.59
610–635	619	6	105.00–118.00	$111.01	$687	—
660–690	672	5	101.00–108.00	$103.24	$694	-1.76
725	725	3	105.00	$105.00	$761	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1480	1116	80-85%	98	55.00–64.00	$59.04	$659	+2.57
790–1525	1176	80-85%	97	47.00–57.00	$52.67	$619	—
780–1450	1240	80-85%	38	61.00–70.00	$65.75	$815	+6.11

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1170	989	85-90%	41	35.00–50.00	$45.82	$453	+2.13
835–1260	1008	85-90%	28	43.00–62.00	$50.11	$505	+6.87
790–1345	1020	85-90%	67	35.00–57.00	$47.02	$480	+3.78

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1800	1322	75-80%	41	66.00–73.00	$68.62	$907	—
1205–1975	1408	75-80%	59	58.00–65.00	$61.66	$868	-0.56
1190–1885	1477	75-80%	23	52.00–59.00	$56.48	$834	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–2155	1440	25	67.00–84.00	$76.06	$1,095	—
1375–2110	1676	27	83.00–98.00	$91.27	$1,530	—
1260–2260	1765	31	78.00–92.00	$83.16	$1,468	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–845	811	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	480.00–615.00	$538.75

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1160–1290	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	750.00–975.00	$859.84
1500	1500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	650.00–1,075.00	$839.71
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	515.00–875.00	$720.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	600.00–775.00	$702.94
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	250.00	$250.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–990	923	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–650.00	$626.83
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	440.00–625.00	$551.88
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	340.00–440.00	$390.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1230	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	762.00	$762.00
1270–1375	1323	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	812.00–850.00	$831.75
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	550.00–820.00	$685.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	480.00–825.00	$738.75

↑ Back to top

Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	775.00–850.00	$812.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	925.00–950.00	$939.29	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1165–1255	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–850.00	$800.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	800.00–1,275.00	$1,167.05	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

↑ Back to top

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.