Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, November 29, 2021

4,810 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $125.70/cwt +5.66 vs last sale · ≈ $660/hd at 525 lb · 45 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $163.92/cwt +11.78 vs last sale · ≈ $698/hd at 426 lb · 43 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $128.75/cwt +1.44 vs last sale · ≈ $612/hd at 475 lb · 43 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,810	3,516	3,512
Feeder cattle	3,873	2,695	2,907
Slaughter cattle	571	458	422
Replacement cattle	366	363	183

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: No trends available due to markets being closed last week in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	183.00	$183.00	$540	—
315	315	2	177.00	$177.00	$558	+12.74
355–395	376	10	174.00–190.00	$178.57	$671	+15.25
430 value added	430	1	192.50	$192.50	$828	—
405–445	433	26	165.00–182.50	$169.15	$732	+7.76
450–485	474	13	157.00–175.00	$165.07	$782	+11.99
505–525	511	10	154.00–167.00	$159.04	$813	+8.83
560 value added	560	3	166.00	$166.00	$930	+6.00
555–595	573	12	151.00–160.00	$154.94	$888	+5.54
600–645	611	28	142.00–156.00	$149.55	$914	+8.91
655–695	664	6	137.00–142.00	$138.51	$920	+4.28
730–745	737	7	132.00–145.00	$140.74	$1,037	+13.33
770	770	1	127.00	$127.00	$978	+5.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	321	9	167.00–176.00	$169.18	$543	+2.53
360–395	374	8	165.00–175.00	$169.68	$635	+7.39
400–445	428	18	154.00–172.00	$160.33	$686	+7.04
455–495	478	15	147.00–165.00	$154.10	$737	+9.52
500–545	523	13	142.00–155.00	$148.60	$777	+3.39
565–590	573	8	141.00–147.00	$143.65	$823	+4.73
610–645	625	11	130.00–142.50	$137.31	$858	+7.80
650–680	667	3	130.00–135.00	$132.53	$884	+6.02
710–740	725	2	120.00–125.00	$122.45	$888	+2.45
750–765	758	3	110.00–120.00	$116.70	$885	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	329	7	152.00–175.00	$160.50	$528	—
365–395	378	8	146.00–172.00	$158.09	$598	+21.83
410–445	423	6	145.00–162.00	$151.06	$639	+17.65
455–495	475	4	140.00–144.00	$142.08	$675	+11.96
505–520	512	8	131.00–138.00	$135.15	$692	—
555–585	574	6	125.00–132.00	$128.31	$736	-1.23
610–640	625	3	120.00–122.00	$120.65	$754	+4.65
655	655	2	118.00	$118.00	$773	-2.00
730	730	2	101.00	$101.00	$737	-10.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
713	713	20	144.50	$144.50	$1,030	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	165.00	$165.00	$346	—
255–285	264	8	134.00–138.00	$136.00	$359	—
300–340	325	33	135.00–152.00	$143.10	$465	+8.82
350–395	374	24	130.00–150.00	$139.71	$523	+8.82
400–445	419	39	127.50–145.00	$133.69	$560	+6.98
450–495	475	43	124.00–137.00	$128.75	$612	+1.44
500–545	525	45	119.00–132.00	$125.70	$660	+5.66
550–595	573	19	115.00–128.00	$119.86	$687	+0.13
605–645	617	14	110.00–121.00	$115.79	$714	-0.23
655–660	656	4	107.50–111.00	$109.88	$721	-0.52

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	146.00	$146.00	$402	—
325–345	331	12	138.00–160.00	$146.07	$483	+4.11
355–395	378	32	137.00–157.50	$145.42	$550	+8.27
415 fancy	415	1	155.00	$155.00	$643	—
400–438	418	40	135.00–152.00	$140.60	$588	+8.83
450–490	471	22	132.50–145.00	$136.60	$643	+8.33
500–545	521	28	129.00–140.00	$132.23	$689	+7.23
555–590	569	29	124.00–137.00	$130.31	$741	+7.17
570–575 value added	573	2	135.00–137.00	$136.00	$779	—
600–635 fancy	620	4	132.00–135.00	$132.74	$823	—
605–645	628	9	120.00–130.00	$123.65	$777	-0.45
670 value added	670	1	127.00	$127.00	$851	—
665–695	677	5	115.00–121.00	$118.18	$800	+0.22
700–725	711	5	110.00–115.00	$111.82	$795	-4.83
755–785	765	3	107.00–110.00	$109.01	$834	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	284	7	147.00–152.00	$149.25	$424	—
305–345	327	22	125.00–147.00	$132.16	$432	+3.91
360–395	381	9	120.00–142.00	$133.96	$510	+10.32
400–445	428	17	118.00–135.00	$126.22	$540	+8.83
450–490	475	10	115.00–127.00	$122.01	$580	+2.03
500–545	521	11	105.00–125.00	$116.84	$609	+1.71
555	555	1	115.00	$115.00	$638	+4.66
600–645	635	8	100.00–112.00	$104.79	$665	-0.21
770	770	1	102.00	$102.00	$785	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
644	644	22	132.00	$132.00	$850	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	283	11	165.00–180.00	$172.12	$487	+14.12
300–340	324	23	157.00–177.50	$165.59	$537	+12.44
350–395	372	26	152.00–167.50	$161.34	$600	+10.27
400–445	418	37	145.00–160.00	$152.88	$639	+10.54
450–495	473	32	138.00–152.50	$145.29	$687	+9.65
505–540	528	21	130.00–142.50	$135.55	$716	+4.35
550–595	575	23	124.00–137.50	$128.35	$738	+2.72
600–640	623	17	119.00–127.00	$122.00	$760	+2.99
655–695	680	9	115.00–120.00	$116.51	$792	+4.29
710–740	730	3	110.00–115.00	$113.38	$828	+6.18
750–760	755	2	107.00–112.00	$109.52	$827	+9.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	180.00	$180.00	$531	—
315–345	332	7	180.00–192.50	$184.50	$613	+20.58
350–390	369	29	160.00–182.50	$173.50	$640	+13.80
405–445	426	43	155.00–172.50	$163.92	$698	+11.78
450–485	466	41	147.00–165.00	$156.34	$729	+14.44
505–545	526	27	140.00–155.00	$147.15	$774	+11.84
550–595	565	16	132.00–147.50	$140.99	$797	+11.83
600–645	623	12	127.00–140.00	$132.29	$824	+6.58
650–660 fancy	653	3	129.00–131.00	$129.99	$849	+3.99
650–680	671	8	119.00–128.00	$123.14	$826	+7.66
700–745	715	7	120.00–125.00	$123.41	$882	+7.42
750–775	760	7	115.00–123.00	$118.72	$902	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	260	3	162.50–170.00	$165.71	$431	—
310–340	326	14	145.00–167.00	$156.78	$511	+8.02
350–395	370	16	140.00–161.00	$152.81	$565	+10.24
400–445	417	14	134.00–147.00	$138.99	$580	+6.08
450–495	485	13	130.00–137.00	$132.58	$643	+2.71
500–545	518	23	120.00–130.00	$125.45	$650	+4.43
550–595	581	12	113.00–122.00	$117.31	$682	+1.08
665–675	668	3	105.00–111.00	$108.98	$728	+1.39
760	760	1	105.00	$105.00	$798	+10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1450	1141	80-85%	53	43.00–61.00	$50.97	$582	+5.24
735–1485	1213	80-85%	72	50.00–66.00	$56.62	$687	—
810–1500	1213	80-85%	33	56.00–72.00	$60.96	$739	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1150	977	85-90%	26	32.00–44.00	$38.81	$379	+1.25
750–1280	1026	85-90%	57	38.00–60.00	$47.38	$486	+4.05
985–1270	1120	85-90%	11	44.00–48.00	$45.82	$513	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1665	1433	75-80%	10	58.00–65.00	$62.13	$890	+8.37
1105–1805	1446	75-80%	28	52.00–61.00	$56.53	$817	+2.77
1385–1735	1535	75-80%	5	52.00–54.00	$53.15	$816	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–2030	1507	23	68.00–83.00	$75.95	$1,145	—
1350–2330	1812	22	77.00–91.00	$83.92	$1,521	—
1620–2310	1980	14	84.00–103.00	$93.29	$1,847	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660–915	752	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	725.00–780.00	$748.82
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	575.00–725.00	$618.75
— fancy	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–835	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	505.00–625.00	$572.05

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
808–1465	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	675.00–875.00	$769.83
985–1370	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	780.00–975.00	$902.57
1160–1325	1263	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	650.00–800.00	$717.87
1140–1565	1358	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	785.00–1,175.00	$1,000.74
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,075.00	$987.50
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–780.00	$752.50
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	865.00–880.00	$871.43
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	900.00–1,210.00	$1,039.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	700.00–800.00	$740.63

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1230	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	600.00–710.00	$654.09
755–1295	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	725.00–850.00	$774.29
970–1440	1173	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	825.00–900.00	$862.43
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–875.00	$825.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	475.00–550.00	$525.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
840–900	872	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–850.00	$825.33
925–980	953	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	575.00–700.00	$639.30
915–1030	973	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00–925.00	$898.52
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00–725.00	$625.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	555.00–730.00	$655.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1075	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00–825.00	$802.08

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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
1155	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00	-215.96
1190–1280	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00–1,050.00	$959.31	—
1165–1410	1378	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	925.00–1,660.00	$1,482.44	—
1390	1390	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	825.00–1,150.00	$960.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	550.00–675.00	$581.25	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030–1075	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–725.00	$712.77	—
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00	$750.00	—

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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.