Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, November 30, 2021

6,785 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.68/cwt +1.73 vs last sale · ≈ $602/hd at 422 lb · 74 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $147.71/cwt +9.20 vs last sale · ≈ $986/hd at 667 lb · 71 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $130.34/cwt +1.59 vs last sale · ≈ $615/hd at 472 lb · 67 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,785	4,810	5,018
Feeder cattle	5,315	3,873	4,196
Slaughter cattle	1,026	571	623
Replacement cattle	444	366	199

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
345	345	1	215.00	$215.00	$742	+38.00
355–390	368	23	168.00–198.00	$184.48	$679	+5.91
400–447	419	37	158.00–197.50	$179.21	$751	+10.06
452 value added	452	2	188.00	$188.00	$850	—
450–495	478	61	151.00–177.50	$165.20	$790	+0.13
500–540	515	37	143.00–164.00	$160.15	$825	+1.11
550–595	572	33	137.00–160.00	$153.25	$877	-1.69
606–645	621	61	141.00–157.00	$152.13	$945	+2.58
659 value added	659	5	138.00	$138.00	$909	—
654–698	668	66	137.00–154.00	$148.45	$992	+9.94
707–748	731	47	125.00–147.00	$137.90	$1,008	-2.84
760 value added	760	10	134.00	$134.00	$1,018	—
750–785	775	9	129.00–135.00	$132.21	$1,025	+5.21
816 value added	816	5	131.50	$131.50	$1,073	—
848	848	7	124.50	$124.50	$1,056	—
964	964	5	115.00	$115.00	$1,109	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	328	5	174.00–180.00	$177.21	$581	+8.03
365–395	375	12	160.00–175.00	$169.07	$634	-0.61
405–435	422	16	155.00–177.00	$160.33	$677	±0.00
450–495	475	18	148.00–162.00	$152.57	$725	-1.53
505–547	525	54	135.00–158.00	$151.93	$798	+3.33
550–595	571	39	125.00–150.00	$142.54	$814	-1.11
600–645	632	6	130.00–143.00	$137.54	$869	+0.23
655–695	673	36	120.00–141.00	$130.43	$878	-2.10
705–745	721	7	125.00–134.00	$129.99	$937	+7.54
750–778	771	9	115.50–125.00	$117.73	$908	+1.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	172.00	$172.00	$550	+11.50
360–395	371	9	137.00–165.00	$157.94	$586	-0.15
415	415	1	124.00	$124.00	$515	-27.06
560–585	576	5	125.00–135.00	$128.96	$743	+0.65
605–625	618	3	125.00–130.00	$126.63	$783	+5.98

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
882	882	15	135.50	$135.50	$1,195	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	153.00	$153.00	$405	+7.00
320–345	335	13	138.00–162.00	$143.68	$481	-2.39
350–398	382	41	134.00–158.00	$146.14	$558	+0.72
400–445	422	74	131.00–152.00	$142.68	$602	+2.08
450–490	461	23	125.00–150.00	$134.11	$618	-2.49
500–548	525	56	123.00–142.00	$133.65	$702	+1.42
540 fancy	540	2	139.00	$139.00	$751	—
555–563 fancy	557	15	133.00–134.00	$133.27	$742	—
550–595	571	47	122.00–135.00	$131.47	$751	+1.16
620 fancy	620	1	130.00	$130.00	$806	-2.74
621 value added	621	4	130.00	$130.00	$807	—
605–645	628	38	120.00–133.00	$128.81	$809	+5.16
655–697	680	26	115.00–132.00	$128.56	$874	+10.38
700–745	722	9	109.00–125.00	$117.20	$846	+5.38
732 fancy	732	3	127.00	$127.00	$930	—
753 fancy	753	3	125.00	$125.00	$941	—
750–795	774	8	101.00–122.00	$113.26	$877	+4.25
815	815	1	99.00	$99.00	$807	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	272	6	155.00–160.00	$156.75	$426	+20.75
305–345	330	16	130.00–150.00	$141.50	$467	-1.60
370–395	385	21	123.00–152.00	$141.47	$545	+1.76
400–445	428	54	120.00–148.00	$137.60	$589	+3.91
452–495	472	67	114.00–139.00	$130.34	$615	+1.59
500–545	528	65	125.00–132.00	$128.84	$680	+3.14
550–585	568	43	102.00–130.00	$125.13	$711	+5.27
600–645	627	32	112.00–126.00	$119.66	$750	+3.87
650–695	675	14	109.00–123.00	$114.79	$775	+4.91
715–740	732	6	96.00–119.00	$108.95	$798	—
755–795	777	8	103.00–116.00	$109.54	$851	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	5	140.00–147.00	$144.23	$401	-5.02
310–345	329	9	132.00–152.00	$138.70	$456	+6.54
355–395	367	16	126.00–137.00	$134.60	$494	+0.64
408–445	423	14	105.00–138.00	$127.50	$539	+1.28
451–490	468	27	101.00–131.00	$123.24	$577	+1.23
515–530	524	7	106.00–125.00	$114.87	$602	-1.97
565–590	584	4	117.00–120.00	$118.00	$689	+3.00
605–640	623	2	110.00–112.00	$111.03	$692	+6.24
675–695	681	5	105.00–113.00	$110.16	$750	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521	521	38	144.50	$144.50	$753	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	283	4	158.00–190.00	$172.34	$488	+0.22
300–345	325	22	158.00–180.00	$168.18	$547	+2.59
350–395	379	15	140.00–180.00	$159.80	$606	-1.54
405–447	433	42	130.00–177.00	$153.26	$664	+0.38
450–495	475	54	138.00–162.00	$150.47	$715	+5.18
500–545	525	38	132.00–147.50	$140.78	$739	+5.23
550–590	568	39	120.00–143.00	$134.66	$765	+6.31
600–640	616	31	122.00–135.00	$127.64	$786	+5.64
650–690	675	12	110.00–123.00	$118.20	$798	+1.69
710–745	724	7	105.00–115.00	$109.72	$794	-3.66
755–795	776	8	91.00–122.00	$109.52	$850	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–220	213	3	180.00–184.00	$182.03	$388	—
295	295	2	195.00–222.00	$208.50	$615	+28.50
310–345	331	16	162.00–217.50	$176.67	$585	-7.83
350–395	370	29	153.00–195.00	$170.02	$629	-3.48
400–445	424	29	144.00–190.00	$167.03	$708	+3.11
425 fancy	425	1	180.00	$180.00	$765	—
455 fancy	455	1	164.00	$164.00	$746	—
450–495	472	34	138.00–177.00	$157.07	$741	+0.73
500–545	522	33	123.00–157.50	$146.76	$766	-0.39
565 fancy	565	1	145.00	$145.00	$819	—
550–595	573	25	132.00–150.00	$140.33	$804	-0.66
605–635 fancy	615	3	136.00–138.00	$136.98	$842	—
600–635	620	29	118.00–142.00	$132.13	$819	-0.16
650–695	669	17	120.00–140.00	$130.69	$874	+7.55
710–740	721	28	117.00–125.00	$123.06	$887	-0.35
755–795	765	12	111.00–128.00	$121.46	$929	+2.74
830–835	833	2	108.00–113.00	$110.51	$921	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	177.00	$177.00	$478	+11.29
305–345	326	4	145.00–168.00	$162.12	$529	+5.34
350–395	371	4	150.00–157.00	$154.77	$574	+1.96
400–445	420	7	125.00–157.00	$142.03	$597	+3.04
450–495	472	8	137.00–152.00	$140.87	$665	+8.29
505–545	528	17	120.00–136.00	$127.81	$675	+2.36
550–590	565	9	115.00–121.00	$118.24	$668	+0.93
610–645	625	3	115.00–120.00	$117.37	$734	—
660–685	671	4	110.00–117.00	$113.47	$761	+4.49
710	710	1	112.00	$112.00	$795	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1475	1144	80-85%	44	57.00–69.00	$61.63	$705	+10.66
780–1665	1179	80-85%	128	50.00–61.00	$56.12	$662	—
755–1470	1204	80-85%	91	46.00–57.00	$50.76	$611	-5.86

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1310	1001	85-90%	76	37.00–56.00	$48.14	$482	+0.76
725–1250	1012	85-90%	57	35.00–50.00	$44.24	$448	-3.14
755–1270	1052	85-90%	30	42.00–61.00	$50.68	$533	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1570	1366	75-80%	20	61.00–70.00	$65.27	$892	—
1045–1846	1422	75-80%	59	52.00–63.00	$57.57	$819	-4.56
1285–1870	1452	75-80%	23	46.00–58.00	$53.10	$771	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–2010	1500	23	65.00–80.00	$71.44	$1,072	-4.51
1240–2330	1729	29	77.00–88.00	$82.81	$1,432	—
1260–2350	1900	11	85.00–93.00	$88.98	$1,691	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–1000	843	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	630.00–800.00	$749.82
865–1035	914	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	300.00–520.00	$433.57

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970 thin fleshed	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–850.00	$800.00
1085	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1135	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	560.00–950.00	$738.89
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	750.00–875.00	$828.13
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	650.00–1,200.00	$947.32
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	700.00–1,175.00	$825.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,135.00	$1,117.50
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,037.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–925	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	485.00–500.00	$493.21
965	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	495.00	$495.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	600.00–700.00	$666.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	390.00–800.00	$649.64
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	500.00–1,000.00	$778.05

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1185	1118	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–735.00	$720.88
1315–1490	1403	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	860.00–950.00	$907.81
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	675.00–950.00	$853.33
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	650.00–875.00	$731.25

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	575.00–625.00	$596.43

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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
1165	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	-25.00
1360	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	-582.44
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	35	850.00–1,150.00	$987.86	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,275.00–1,325.00	$1,300.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1060	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00	$700.00	-12.77
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	560.00–875.00	$834.83	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	480.00–700.00	$643.64	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,050.00–1,150.00	$1,108.33	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	300.00	$300.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	675.00–750.00	$712.50	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
915	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.