Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, November 17, 2021

3,516 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.27/cwt -2.25 vs last sale · ≈ $604/hd at 471 lb · 70 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.97/cwt -3.93 vs last sale · ≈ $661/hd at 525 lb · 70 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.80/cwt ≈ $914/hd at 678 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,516	5,525	3,217
Feeder cattle	2,695	4,555	2,563
Slaughter cattle	458	691	325
Replacement cattle	363	279	329

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 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
340–345	343	2	162.50–166.00	$164.26	$563	-14.70
370–395	384	12	159.00–166.00	$163.32	$627	-9.90
405–415	411	5	161.00–162.00	$161.39	$663	-3.12
456–475	465	22	151.00–156.00	$153.08	$712	-4.01
503 value added	503	12	164.00	$164.00	$825	—
500–542	524	27	148.00–155.00	$150.21	$787	-3.44
566 value added	566	6	160.00	$160.00	$906	—
565–595	584	19	143.00–152.00	$149.40	$872	+2.67
605–645	632	8	138.00–149.00	$140.64	$889	-8.25
650–690	677	7	130.00–138.00	$134.23	$909	+3.90
705–735	720	3	120.00–132.50	$127.41	$917	-1.71
775–790	783	2	119.00–125.00	$121.97	$955	-20.01
835–845	840	2	115.00–121.00	$117.98	$991	—
860	860	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,015	—
900–935	918	2	114.00–117.00	$115.47	$1,060	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	329	9	166.00–170.00	$166.65	$548	-6.40
360–395	377	9	160.00–166.00	$162.29	$612	-4.26
415–430	424	13	150.00–157.00	$153.29	$650	-7.77
460–490	475	26	127.50–156.00	$144.58	$687	-9.19
505–540	525	12	140.00–152.00	$145.21	$762	-5.71
555–595	578	16	134.00–143.00	$138.92	$803	-7.80
615–645	624	6	120.00–135.00	$129.51	$808	-11.80
660–670	665	4	125.00–128.00	$126.51	$841	—
745	745	2	120.00	$120.00	$894	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–375	369	4	120.00–153.00	$136.26	$503	—
407–430	419	6	118.00–148.00	$133.41	$559	-10.34
455–495	477	15	115.00–147.00	$130.12	$621	-10.06
570–590	585	4	125.00–131.00	$129.54	$758	+4.04
635	635	7	116.00	$116.00	$737	-16.00
675	675	2	120.00	$120.00	$810	-5.00
735–740	737	6	110.00–114.00	$111.34	$821	—
755	755	1	110.00	$110.00	$830	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	3	170.00	$170.00	$374	—
305–345	320	15	139.00–148.00	$141.96	$454	-0.36
350–390	368	22	132.50–142.00	$137.15	$505	+0.46
400–445	425	44	127.55–142.00	$131.77	$560	-1.62
455–495	471	70	120.00–143.00	$128.27	$604	-2.25
500–545	525	66	118.00–133.00	$125.00	$656	-4.90
525 value added	525	4	142.00	$142.00	$746	—
560–590	572	27	115.00–129.00	$123.14	$704	-2.14
610–645	629	9	120.00–126.00	$124.10	$781	+1.75
653 fancy	653	10	125.50	$125.50	$820	—
650–690	670	11	113.00–123.00	$117.96	$790	-0.68
700–720	708	3	115.00–118.00	$116.65	$826	+1.71
850–875	863	2	97.00–101.00	$98.97	$854	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	320	12	125.00–141.00	$134.28	$430	-1.49
350–395	374	36	122.50–142.00	$130.89	$490	-2.89
405–440	426	37	119.00–135.00	$126.71	$540	-4.23
450–495	476	24	118.00–145.00	$127.31	$606	-0.29
505–545	527	31	115.00–125.00	$120.04	$633	-5.02
550–585	564	13	110.00–124.00	$119.73	$675	+0.43
605–645	629	18	105.00–121.00	$116.02	$730	-2.54
660–685	674	8	102.00–115.00	$110.40	$744	-0.96
720–735	728	2	100.00–105.00	$102.53	$746	-5.04
825	825	1	95.00	$95.00	$784	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	328	11	125.00–132.00	$128.25	$421	-2.80
365–395	372	9	120.00–130.00	$123.64	$460	-4.35
405–445	425	10	105.00–127.00	$117.39	$499	-6.70
450–485	466	11	110.00–125.00	$119.98	$559	+1.81
500–535	527	10	110.00–120.00	$115.13	$607	-0.25
560–595	576	9	100.00–115.00	$110.34	$636	-2.07
615–625	618	4	105.00	$105.00	$649	-4.00
670–680	675	6	95.00–101.00	$98.65	$666	-8.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
678 value added	678	60	134.80	$134.80	$914	—
711 value added	711	3	121.50	$121.50	$864	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	2	157.50	$157.50	$375	—
295	295	3	158.00	$158.00	$466	—
300–335	317	13	149.00–157.50	$153.15	$485	-9.37
355–397	385	18	143.00–162.00	$151.07	$582	-6.79
400–445	422	30	127.50–152.00	$142.34	$601	-2.18
455–495	472	28	122.50–147.00	$135.64	$640	-5.71
500–545	522	23	120.00–140.00	$131.20	$685	+0.89
550–590	567	10	123.00–130.00	$125.63	$712	+1.45
615–640	627	10	114.00–125.00	$119.01	$746	-2.00
650–695	666	10	107.00–115.00	$112.22	$747	-1.90
700–745	723	5	105.00–110.00	$107.20	$775	+4.75
750–775	766	8	90.00–104.00	$100.27	$768	-0.90

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	170.00	$170.00	$357	—
300–345	328	14	160.00–170.00	$163.92	$538	-0.81
355–390	375	24	155.00–165.00	$159.70	$599	-1.95
400–430	423	20	145.00–166.00	$152.14	$644	-6.39
450–495	467	31	135.00–147.50	$141.90	$663	-8.93
500–545	525	25	127.50–142.00	$135.31	$710	-2.79
565–595	583	13	122.00–136.00	$129.16	$753	-1.70
600–635	620	13	116.00–135.00	$125.71	$779	+0.06
650–680	661	4	113.00–118.00	$115.48	$763	-2.20
665–670 fancy	668	2	126.00	$126.00	$842	—
715–720	716	4	110.00–118.00	$115.99	$830	+5.98

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	333	8	130.00–160.00	$148.76	$495	-0.08
360–395	379	16	125.00–155.00	$142.57	$540	-9.37
400–445	424	12	122.00–145.00	$132.91	$564	-1.34
450–495	476	18	121.00–137.00	$129.87	$618	+4.26
500–545	523	8	110.00–127.00	$121.02	$633	+3.66
550–590	569	10	110.00–122.00	$116.23	$661	-5.88
605–645	623	6	100.00–115.00	$109.28	$681	-1.72
655–670	664	7	105.00–110.00	$107.59	$714	+2.54
730	730	6	101.00	$101.00	$737	+1.00
790	790	3	95.00	$95.00	$750	+2.75

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1365	1133	80-85%	34	41.00–51.00	$45.73	$518	—
965–1380	1168	80-85%	32	53.00–63.50	$56.07	$655	—
880–1490	1169	80-85%	78	47.00–59.50	$51.53	$602	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1275	990	85-90%	23	34.00–41.00	$37.56	$372	—
805–1250	1045	85-90%	50	40.00–48.00	$43.33	$453	—
1060–1375	1198	85-90%	3	45.00–54.50	$48.96	$587	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1770	1433	75-80%	32	49.00–60.00	$53.76	$770	-5.64
1330–1880	1452	75-80%	13	55.00–60.00	$56.84	$825	+1.24
1060–1810	1491	75-80%	8	44.00–54.00	$50.81	$758	-4.79

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1735	1332	7	68.00–76.00	$72.56	$966	—
1460–1845	1590	3	79.00–90.00	$82.68	$1,315	—
1250–1915	1658	22	79.00–89.00	$82.31	$1,365	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835 fancy	835	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	1,100.00	$1,100.00
920–965	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	505.00–685.00	$566.93

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–785	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	390.00–435.00	$421.19

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1030	1012	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	690.00–700.00	$696.79
920–1565	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	700.00–900.00	$800.68
1040–1355	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	975.00–1,200.00	$1,067.43
1195 fancy	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	52	625.00–1,050.00	$774.23
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,323.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	700.00–1,150.00	$971.88
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	950.00–1,400.00	$1,116.18

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–805	760	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	500.00–570.00	$537.07
770–900	831	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	600.00–750.00	$661.31
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	250.00–500.00	$444.64
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	480.00–600.00	$513.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	500.00–540.00	$513.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	570.00	$570.00
1225	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00–700.00	$675.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	550.00–625.00	$581.82
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	550.00	$550.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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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
1040–1240	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,140.96	—
1165 fancy	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	860.00–1,175.00	$1,024.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	750.00–825.00	$800.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	575.00–775.00	$675.00	—

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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.