Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, November 10, 2021

4,334 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.79/cwt -4.39 vs last sale · ≈ $818/hd at 621 lb · 105 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.43/cwt +2.99 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 529 lb · 89 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $125.25/cwt +0.47 vs last sale · ≈ $594/hd at 474 lb · 81 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,334	7,610	3,232
Feeder cattle	3,552	6,220	2,791
Slaughter cattle	487	912	254
Replacement cattle	295	478	187

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 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.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	326	6	167.50–175.00	$170.67	$556	+5.17
350–390	377	13	162.50–182.00	$168.20	$634	+2.01
405 value added	405	1	175.00	$175.00	$709	—
400–445	425	11	157.50–168.00	$161.54	$687	+4.42
450–495	467	33	152.00–164.00	$158.49	$740	+1.58
505–548	538	43	144.00–155.00	$148.17	$797	-3.82
555–575 value added	563	5	153.00–157.00	$154.22	$868	-1.91
560–590	574	16	140.00–160.00	$152.62	$876	+5.66
607–640 value added	614	38	141.00–148.00	$147.10	$903	+2.30
610–640	621	27	135.00–143.50	$140.06	$870	+0.12
654–695	660	51	125.00–145.00	$140.49	$927	+8.50
665–685 value added	680	6	140.00–146.00	$143.01	$972	+0.51
701–740 value added	706	39	140.00–149.00	$147.83	$1,044	+6.37
700–725	714	8	117.00–134.00	$129.50	$925	+4.50
775–795	783	9	130.00–137.00	$134.08	$1,050	+6.58
825 fancy	825	7	142.00	$142.00	$1,172	—
837 value added	837	55	147.25	$147.25	$1,232	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	331	7	154.00–167.00	$162.55	$538	+1.60
360–390	371	22	145.00–168.00	$157.29	$584	-0.20
405–445	423	13	145.00–157.00	$152.66	$646	-2.59
450–495	465	24	134.00–152.00	$145.91	$678	-5.45
510–540	527	29	133.00–148.00	$140.63	$741	-4.41
550–590	571	38	130.00–145.00	$138.65	$792	-1.61
600–635	617	13	122.00–134.00	$130.28	$804	-5.28
620 value added	620	7	134.00	$134.00	$831	—
660	660	2	125.00	$125.00	$825	-5.90
700–740	719	13	122.00–130.00	$127.05	$913	+0.81
765	765	1	120.00	$120.00	$918	-2.25

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	150.00–155.00	$152.50	$503	—
370	370	4	131.00–152.00	$146.75	$543	-5.38
420–425	423	5	134.00–150.00	$143.65	$608	-0.21
460–495	476	15	133.00–142.00	$139.36	$663	-3.29
505–545	525	11	130.00–136.00	$132.67	$697	+1.87
570–585	575	7	120.00–130.00	$126.28	$726	+1.39
615	615	2	122.00	$122.00	$750	-5.26
670	670	3	120.00	$120.00	$804	-0.52

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	323	17	140.00–150.00	$143.63	$464	+4.79
365–395	374	23	132.50–138.00	$135.50	$507	+1.59
400–445	422	34	128.00–144.00	$133.07	$562	-3.77
450–495	473	46	125.00–141.00	$132.18	$625	-2.98
483 value added	483	8	137.00	$137.00	$662	—
500–545	523	43	120.00–135.00	$126.33	$661	-13.67
535 value added	535	46	142.00	$142.00	$760	—
560 value added	560	6	140.00	$140.00	$784	—
550–590	562	37	120.00–130.00	$125.76	$707	-8.77
605–645	621	50	115.00–128.00	$124.58	$774	-6.87
612–637 value added	621	55	138.00–139.00	$138.35	$859	-5.15
650–675	660	21	110.00–126.00	$119.56	$789	-8.73
675 value added	675	4	135.00	$135.00	$911	—
723 fancy	723	10	119.00	$119.00	$860	—
715–730	725	3	105.00–110.00	$106.64	$773	-21.85
723–740 value added	726	34	125.00–130.00	$125.90	$914	—
770 fancy	770	2	129.00	$129.00	$993	+13.50
777 value added	777	5	123.00	$123.00	$956	—
778	778	14	119.50	$119.50	$930	+11.50
873 value added	873	8	120.00	$120.00	$1,048	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	327	17	130.00–145.00	$133.51	$437	+0.46
350–390	370	39	120.00–140.00	$127.06	$470	-6.81
400–448	424	56	117.00–138.00	$125.13	$531	-5.09
450–495	474	81	115.00–140.00	$125.25	$594	+0.47
500–545	528	57	115.00–126.00	$120.36	$636	-0.70
555–585	570	28	112.00–125.00	$116.67	$665	-3.26
600–645	628	23	108.00–120.00	$114.54	$719	-1.23
655–695	672	16	104.00–114.00	$109.69	$737	-2.73
700–745	730	6	88.00–105.00	$100.46	$733	-7.46
760–795	786	4	100.00–105.00	$103.79	$816	+0.04

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	4	125.00–131.00	$128.00	$416	-6.98
355–395	381	21	115.00–129.00	$123.45	$470	-3.88
405–449	426	23	110.00–132.00	$120.73	$514	-2.12
450–495	473	20	110.00–125.00	$114.38	$541	-5.10
505–530	522	11	110.00–120.00	$114.55	$598	+0.39
550–587	574	10	107.00–112.00	$109.09	$626	-3.84
615–628	623	4	105.00–107.00	$106.01	$660	-2.53
665	665	1	102.00	$102.00	$678	-0.75
765	765	3	101.00	$101.00	$773	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	157.00	$157.00	$424	-23.00
300–345	317	3	145.00–165.00	$152.28	$483	-5.43
350–395	372	19	140.00–160.00	$149.05	$554	-5.26
405–445	432	30	135.00–161.00	$147.79	$638	+0.04
450–495	473	33	128.00–147.00	$139.31	$659	-2.48
500–545	519	34	122.00–138.00	$131.19	$681	-1.87
550–595	570	21	115.00–130.00	$123.01	$701	-3.72
600–645	624	14	107.50–127.00	$116.23	$725	-4.28
655–695	677	14	105.00–120.00	$111.78	$757	+0.08
700–735	719	7	100.00–110.00	$105.76	$760	-3.72
790	790	2	101.00	$101.00	$798	-2.08

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	330	18	162.50–175.00	$170.95	$564	+2.18
350–390	374	16	155.00–170.00	$161.60	$604	-0.48
400–437	422	35	145.00–162.00	$153.24	$647	-6.17
450–495	468	27	139.00–157.00	$147.43	$690	-6.25
500–545	524	18	127.50–145.00	$137.28	$719	-5.82
550–590	573	17	125.00–137.00	$130.31	$747	-3.70
600–635	612	7	115.00–135.00	$127.31	$779	+4.31
660–695	679	10	110.00–126.00	$119.53	$812	+2.59
705–725	710	4	105.00–117.00	$109.80	$780	-8.96
750	750	1	110.00	$110.00	$825	-0.23
815	815	1	105.00	$105.00	$856	—
865	865	2	100.00	$100.00	$865	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	334	4	150.00–165.00	$153.54	$513	-7.57
355–395	364	13	140.00–152.00	$143.37	$522	+0.80
400–445	426	31	130.00–147.00	$139.50	$594	+1.49
455–495	472	40	125.00–140.00	$130.17	$614	-4.25
505–545	523	14	118.00–130.00	$122.40	$640	+1.38
560–585	573	7	117.00–125.00	$121.41	$696	+5.19
620–640	628	4	110.00–112.00	$110.49	$694	+3.54
655–690	665	7	100.00–110.00	$106.55	$709	+2.91
735	735	5	101.00	$101.00	$742	+1.00
790–795	794	4	92.00–100.00	$98.01	$778	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1425	1141	80-85%	72	47.00–60.00	$54.67	$624	—
955–1500	1149	80-85%	27	60.00–73.00	$67.63	$777	—
825–1600	1192	80-85%	81	54.00–67.00	$60.25	$718	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1195	1003	85-90%	24	36.00–45.00	$41.22	$413	—
905–1290	1012	85-90%	23	45.00–54.00	$51.01	$516	—
875–1290	1060	85-90%	49	40.00–52.00	$46.95	$498	-0.06

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1490	1376	75-80%	18	62.00–75.00	$68.73	$946	+14.72
1175–1670	1446	75-80%	29	53.00–68.00	$62.02	$897	—
1320–1890	1529	75-80%	17	48.00–60.00	$53.76	$822	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1685	1532	11	70.00–79.50	$75.52	$1,157	+3.63
1225–2315	1679	18	76.00–86.00	$82.27	$1,381	—
1685–2005	1835	3	89.00–94.00	$91.81	$1,685	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–850	768	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	635.00–850.00	$741.94
940–1135	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	522.00–750.00	$612.69
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	500.00–600.00	$557.14

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–880	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	500.00–665.00	$554.55

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–940	938	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–950.00	$825.33
1100–1350	1209	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	950.00–1,175.00	$996.78
1075–1380	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,000.00–1,225.00	$1,098.02
1275 fancy	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	550.00–725.00	$620.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	750.00–800.00	$768.75
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	520.00–800.00	$641.43
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	825.00–1,150.00	$972.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	650.00–1,025.00	$763.91

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–880	830	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–725.00	$708.84
855	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	500.00	$500.00
950–955	953	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–975.00	$912.34
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	600.00–775.00	$691.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	500.00–600.00	$546.43

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1225–1305	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	825.00–840.00	$832.26
1340	1340	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	500.00–600.00	$540.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–575.00	$562.50

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	250.00	$250.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	340.00–425.00	$382.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1048	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	830.00	$830.00

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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
1105–1415	1261	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,100.00–1,425.00	$1,265.03	-651.46
1215–1420	1319	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,250.00–1,450.00	$1,332.77	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	800.00–1,250.00	$997.06	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	600.00–950.00	$787.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890–1140	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–1,000.00	$916.56	—
890–1095	1036	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,000.00	$888.96	—
1150–1260	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,050.00	$997.72	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	740.00–850.00	$795.00	—

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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.