Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, December 13, 2021

3,452 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $170.70/cwt +3.35 vs last sale · ≈ $708/hd at 415 lb · 55 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $162.15/cwt +4.56 vs last sale · ≈ $691/hd at 426 lb · 42 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 3 heifers $134.43/cwt +5.68 vs last sale · ≈ $516/hd at 384 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,452	4,153	3,962
Feeder cattle	2,890	3,504	3,235
Slaughter cattle	350	321	490
Replacement cattle	212	328	237

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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
235	235	1	210.00	$210.00	$494	—
290	290	1	197.00	$197.00	$571	—
305–325	315	10	175.00–179.00	$177.17	$558	-4.67
360–390	370	7	171.00–184.00	$176.75	$654	-2.23
415–445	428	26	174.00–180.00	$177.09	$758	+3.98
455–490	471	21	165.00–172.00	$168.25	$792	+1.27
510–545	529	20	151.00–170.00	$161.10	$852	+5.35
555–585	567	27	148.00–159.00	$154.29	$875	+2.03
600–635	615	25	144.00–151.00	$148.80	$915	+2.58
650–690	660	6	138.00–147.00	$142.04	$937	-0.99
705	705	1	135.00	$135.00	$952	-0.62
762 value added	762	6	141.00	$141.00	$1,074	—
765–785	775	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,023	+3.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	321	9	172.00–177.00	$174.33	$560	+4.83
375–395	381	13	168.00–176.00	$170.62	$650	-0.38
405–445	428	8	166.00–173.00	$168.79	$722	+5.88
450–495	478	22	154.00–164.00	$159.98	$765	+8.91
500–540	518	22	145.00–160.00	$153.41	$795	+9.74
565–585	574	8	139.00–153.00	$148.98	$855	+7.49
605–640	620	13	136.00–148.00	$140.24	$869	+3.86
650–690	673	8	131.00–137.00	$134.10	$902	-0.68
705–725	716	6	127.00–171.00	$137.91	$987	+8.51
760–795	773	3	123.00–134.00	$127.92	$989	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	169.00	$169.00	$549	+11.73
360–380	367	3	154.00–164.00	$157.78	$579	+0.30
430–440	435	6	155.00–160.00	$157.67	$686	+4.03
455–495	481	18	149.00–152.00	$150.31	$723	+9.09
515	515	3	148.00	$148.00	$762	+10.40
550–590	573	9	123.00–144.00	$136.61	$783	+1.30
605–635	617	5	127.00–129.00	$128.40	$792	-1.60
660–690	674	7	121.00–130.00	$126.19	$851	-3.02

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	167.00	$167.00	$367	—
255–275	263	8	140.00–143.00	$141.29	$372	-0.36
310–345	328	13	139.00–157.00	$147.35	$483	+8.07
350–390	368	31	136.00–152.00	$143.27	$527	+7.01
400–445	426	21	130.00–145.00	$137.96	$588	+6.19
450–495	475	26	126.00–142.00	$131.72	$626	+4.55
505–545	526	31	120.00–135.00	$125.82	$662	+0.34
550–595	566	21	120.00–132.00	$125.89	$713	+3.13
600–640	620	14	115.00–124.00	$121.16	$751	+5.57
655–690	668	10	110.00–119.00	$113.01	$755	-2.68
710–740	728	4	105.00–114.00	$110.53	$805	+2.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	160.00–164.00	$162.00	$526	+16.66
350–395	378	6	148.00–157.00	$150.71	$570	+8.07
405–435 value added	420	4	152.00–155.00	$153.45	$644	—
405–445	425	27	138.00–146.00	$142.14	$604	+4.08
455–495	475	34	132.00–150.00	$136.92	$650	+0.48
500 fancy	500	1	152.00	$152.00	$760	—
500–545	524	28	128.00–145.00	$132.82	$696	+1.14
560 fancy	560	1	145.00	$145.00	$812	—
555–598	575	29	126.00–140.00	$131.85	$758	+2.19
605–640	615	18	126.00–135.00	$129.34	$795	+4.18
640 fancy	640	1	129.00	$129.00	$826	-2.23
650–687	670	13	120.00–125.00	$120.61	$808	-2.88
715–735	719	6	115.00–120.00	$118.32	$851	-1.86
735 fancy	735	1	124.00	$124.00	$911	—
775–785	780	2	112.00–115.00	$113.51	$885	-2.57

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	283	7	130.00–157.00	$137.38	$389	—
300–340	318	25	130.00–152.00	$140.42	$447	+4.44
355–395	384	39	127.00–145.00	$134.43	$516	+5.68
415–445	426	32	124.00–140.00	$130.40	$556	+5.45
470–495	488	30	116.00–132.00	$125.07	$610	+4.39
505–535	519	7	122.00–127.00	$125.00	$649	+5.94
550–575	563	5	113.00–122.00	$116.40	$655	+5.02
615–645	639	8	105.00–111.00	$108.53	$694	—
670	670	1	107.00	$107.00	$717	+0.85
755	755	2	102.00	$102.00	$770	+7.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	3	180.00	$180.00	$468	—
305–330	318	17	178.00–200.00	$183.63	$584	+3.48
350–395	373	27	172.00–187.00	$177.59	$662	+0.91
400–445	415	55	165.00–178.00	$170.70	$708	+3.35
450–495	471	32	150.00–167.00	$158.41	$746	+1.35
500–540	521	21	145.00–157.00	$151.15	$787	+5.99
550–580	563	8	140.00–151.00	$143.63	$809	+2.13
564 fancy	564	5	153.00	$153.00	$863	—
610 fancy	610	1	148.00	$148.00	$903	—
605–640	616	11	137.00–143.00	$141.25	$870	+10.43
650–675	661	4	130.00–140.00	$134.46	$889	+4.68
710	710	2	127.00	$127.00	$902	+7.09
760	760	1	116.00	$116.00	$882	+3.50
815	815	1	117.00	$117.00	$954	—
852	852	8	110.00	$110.00	$937	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	275	5	173.00–190.00	$178.28	$490	—
305–345	316	25	165.00–185.00	$172.16	$544	+1.23
350–395	378	19	163.00–175.00	$168.58	$637	+3.58
400–445	426	42	151.00–170.00	$162.15	$691	+4.56
450–495	479	28	140.00–158.00	$151.63	$726	+4.57
500–540	519	17	136.00–149.00	$143.73	$746	+9.19
555–595	575	13	129.00–140.00	$135.02	$776	+4.77
605–645	629	10	126.00–135.00	$130.92	$823	+6.17
655–690	673	11	120.00–125.00	$123.43	$831	+9.91
720–740	733	4	112.00–115.00	$112.75	$826	-4.75
760	760	2	111.00–112.00	$111.50	$847	+1.58
800–820	807	3	102.00–106.00	$103.32	$834	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–340	321	9	160.00–177.00	$168.93	$542	+3.93
360–395	381	13	147.00–167.00	$155.78	$594	+0.14
400–445	428	26	130.00–157.00	$149.56	$640	+0.34
455–480	464	9	138.00–146.00	$143.23	$665	+6.69
515–545	526	4	130.00–140.00	$136.66	$719	+8.68
550–595	568	12	120.00–136.00	$130.13	$739	+9.03
605	605	1	124.00	$124.00	$750	+3.27
655–695	668	4	112.00–118.00	$114.97	$768	+2.88
710–725	718	2	110.00–115.00	$112.53	$808	-0.27

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1260	1105	80-85%	42	49.00–62.00	$55.04	$608	+1.67
850–1540	1178	80-85%	66	54.00–68.00	$60.10	$708	-4.44
820–1415	1262	80-85%	32	60.00–74.00	$68.84	$869	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1205	951	85-90%	37	40.00–55.00	$46.55	$443	—
750–1215	982	85-90%	16	34.00–48.00	$39.23	$385	—
845–1315	1106	85-90%	22	46.00–60.00	$53.23	$589	+6.18

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1610	1406	75-80%	15	62.00–65.00	$63.31	$890	+1.89
1180–1695	1419	75-80%	15	55.00–68.00	$60.66	$861	-0.76
1385–1605	1476	75-80%	7	51.00–60.00	$54.49	$804	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1945	1521	8	73.00–82.00	$77.53	$1,179	—
1425–1920	1659	12	81.00–90.00	$86.07	$1,428	+4.33
1650–1855	1734	4	94.00–96.00	$94.73	$1,643	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	400.00–560.00	$480.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1350	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	875.00–1,025.00	$935.14
1015–1355	1152	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–885.00	$855.37
1135–1215	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,176.68
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	785.00–870.00	$848.75
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,000.00–1,165.00	$1,082.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	700.00–990.00	$905.83
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	900.00–1,200.00	$1,036.54

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1145	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	925.00–1,075.00	$1,001.00
955–1590	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	775.00–850.00	$815.04
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	920.00–980.00	$945.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	640.00–725.00	$675.00

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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
1265–1425	1345	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,192.70	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	925.00–1,050.00	$1,008.33	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	925.00–1,100.00	$1,033.33	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,325.00	$1,262.50	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1275	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1455	1455	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00	$875.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	650.00–875.00	$800.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	685.00	$685.00	—

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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.