Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, January 4, 2022

2,164 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.13/cwt +3.37 vs last sale · ≈ $783/hd at 567 lb · 56 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $160.16/cwt +2.66 vs last sale · ≈ $916/hd at 572 lb · 46 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.28/cwt -0.19 vs last sale · ≈ $620/hd at 430 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,164	1,805	5,745
Feeder cattle	1,716	1,384	4,645
Slaughter cattle	326	267	756
Replacement cattle	122	154	344

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available due to markets being closed for the Christmas and New Years holidays.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	179.00	$179.00	$609	—
360 fancy	360	1	205.00	$205.00	$738	—
350–395	377	12	174.00–207.00	$183.96	$694	-13.54
400–445	415	11	170.00–190.00	$176.57	$733	-3.02
452 value added	452	9	188.50	$188.50	$852	—
455–495	475	13	160.00–186.00	$169.91	$807	+0.01
500–547	527	36	154.00–180.00	$165.41	$872	+2.85
550–597	572	45	150.00–168.00	$160.21	$916	+7.71
575 value added	575	1	158.00	$158.00	$908	-9.50
610–645	629	7	140.00–157.00	$147.54	$928	+2.54
675–695	683	6	140.00–148.00	$145.03	$991	—
720–730	727	3	127.00–138.00	$130.68	$950	—
744 value added	744	8	145.00	$145.00	$1,079	—
750–760 value added	751	20	132.00–146.00	$144.59	$1,086	+7.09
795	795	1	125.00	$125.00	$994	—
800	800	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,160	—
850–868 value added	862	3	125.00–132.00	$129.70	$1,118	—
867	867	7	135.50	$135.50	$1,175	+10.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	319	9	170.00–185.00	$177.91	$568	-3.12
350–395	377	21	170.00–180.00	$173.66	$655	-1.79
410–445	429	14	160.00–178.00	$168.68	$724	-2.48
450–485	466	9	152.00–176.00	$164.58	$767	+5.01
510–545	524	9	150.00–167.00	$156.91	$822	+1.25
552–595	568	13	134.00–154.00	$145.51	$826	-2.84
630–635	633	2	142.00–145.00	$143.51	$908	+4.85

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–310	306	5	157.00–160.00	$157.61	$482	-12.00
350–390	371	9	148.00–165.00	$157.92	$586	-2.07
465–470	468	2	140.00	$140.00	$655	-7.95
520–535	528	2	115.00–138.00	$126.66	$669	—
575–585	578	3	135.00–140.00	$138.31	$799	+0.31

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	20	150.00	$150.00	$1,058	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	155.00	$155.00	$380	—
260–290	275	2	148.00–155.00	$151.31	$416	+5.31
305–345	326	12	145.00–165.00	$150.74	$491	-0.50
355–380 fancy	368	2	157.00–159.00	$157.97	$581	—
350–395	370	33	139.00–159.00	$147.37	$545	+0.41
400–445	430	40	133.00–152.00	$144.28	$620	-0.19
450–495	473	24	130.00–150.00	$140.25	$663	-2.53
500–548	526	38	131.00–145.00	$140.84	$741	+6.24
530 fancy	530	2	147.50	$147.50	$782	—
560 fancy	560	1	142.00	$142.00	$795	—
550–590	564	25	125.00–140.00	$134.19	$757	-0.57
553–571 value added	569	30	141.00–145.00	$141.29	$804	—
616–624 value added	619	13	139.50–142.00	$141.03	$873	+1.03
605–645	622	9	125.00–137.00	$132.33	$823	-1.05
710–730	717	8	120.00–131.00	$127.61	$915	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	272	3	140.00–142.00	$141.33	$384	-6.35
300–345	328	24	138.00–155.00	$144.63	$474	+4.10
350–390	373	22	122.00–155.00	$141.21	$527	-0.85
405–440	423	36	124.00–146.00	$137.31	$581	+0.77
455–495	474	29	120.00–145.00	$134.74	$639	+1.83
505–540	524	23	119.00–140.00	$128.87	$675	-0.29
550–595	573	13	118.00–138.00	$128.20	$735	+3.26
605–645	623	6	115.00–128.00	$122.03	$760	+2.03
665–695	681	7	115.00–125.00	$119.25	$812	—
725	725	1	105.00	$105.00	$761	-6.44

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	130.00	$130.00	$377	—
315–345	325	12	125.00–142.00	$135.80	$441	-2.02
370–395	379	6	125.00–136.00	$128.91	$489	-4.16
400–425	414	9	122.00–140.00	$131.44	$544	-3.56
455–495	469	11	120.00–132.00	$124.20	$582	+0.03
505–535	513	4	110.00–120.00	$112.61	$578	-9.33
560–575	572	5	111.00–120.00	$115.40	$660	+4.21
645	645	1	105.00	$105.00	$677	—
655–695	670	4	105.00–110.00	$106.99	$717	+1.99
710–735	721	6	100.00–108.00	$101.36	$731	—
765–775	770	2	100.00–114.00	$106.95	$824	+11.95
848	848	4	94.00	$94.00	$797	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	10	135.00	$135.00	$837	—
745 fancy	745	11	142.00	$142.00	$1,058	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	283	3	177.00–182.00	$178.65	$506	+3.83
305–345	325	12	170.00–182.00	$176.69	$574	+3.52
350–395	373	20	160.00–180.00	$168.18	$627	-0.12
400–445	428	22	150.00–175.00	$163.22	$699	+4.45
450–495	471	20	125.00–168.00	$153.04	$721	+1.21
500–545	528	15	126.00–156.00	$143.06	$755	+0.63
565–595	581	6	130.00–136.00	$133.35	$775	-1.23
600–645	631	17	109.00–140.00	$124.03	$783	+1.52
695	695	1	118.00	$118.00	$820	+3.19
740	740	1	110.00	$110.00	$814	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	273	2	188.00–192.00	$189.94	$519	+1.04
335–340	338	2	174.00–180.00	$176.98	$598	-5.38
360–385	372	6	173.00–192.00	$186.96	$695	+7.01
420 fancy	420	1	177.00	$177.00	$743	—
405–445	424	30	160.00–185.00	$175.62	$745	+2.01
455–485	469	15	160.00–178.00	$168.86	$792	+5.96
505–545	523	21	146.00–171.00	$156.57	$819	+5.16
555–585	571	6	140.00–158.00	$144.93	$828	-3.80
610–640	622	7	129.00–145.00	$138.12	$859	—
650–680	662	6	120.00–139.00	$127.73	$846	-2.27
720–745	733	2	127.00–134.00	$130.44	$956	+4.44
765	765	1	126.00	$126.00	$964	+7.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	279	4	167.00–175.00	$170.49	$476	+5.49
325–345	335	5	160.00–168.00	$163.97	$549	+0.64
350–385	367	10	150.00–165.00	$159.76	$586	+5.33
410–445	427	12	140.00–165.00	$153.31	$655	+5.27
450–470	461	6	115.00–150.00	$138.11	$637	-1.58
500–530	520	8	120.00–138.00	$130.75	$680	+2.87
555–590	572	6	117.00–125.00	$121.46	$695	—
615–620	618	2	110.00–116.00	$112.99	$698	-7.01
670–690	678	3	107.00–110.00	$109.01	$739	—
755–765	758	3	100.00–108.00	$104.98	$796	+1.06

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1335	1100	80-85%	19	53.00–62.00	$57.35	$631	—
1040–1445	1202	80-85%	27	66.00–84.00	$73.54	$884	+11.06
840–1660	1236	80-85%	38	60.00–75.00	$65.04	$804	-5.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1790	1322	75-80%	30	70.00–88.00	$80.03	$1,058	+9.51
1305–1640	1430	75-80%	5	59.00–65.00	$62.53	$894	—
1165–1760	1459	75-80%	19	62.00–82.00	$69.13	$1,009	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1225	957	85-90%	14	34.00–59.00	$47.18	$452	—
755–1215	959	85-90%	24	40.00–65.00	$53.50	$513	—
720–1205	998	85-90%	14	45.00–63.00	$52.25	$521	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1845	1500	12	74.00–83.00	$78.61	$1,179	—
1240–1995	1670	12	84.00–103.00	$90.13	$1,505	-4.55
1160–2150	1827	12	90.00–111.00	$101.78	$1,860	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–1350	937	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	565.00–1,055.00	$800.41
910–980	963	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	870.00–875.00	$871.18

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–965	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–900.00	$852.02
1015 fancy	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
955–1070	1017	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,226.61
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
975–1200 fancy	1114	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,425.00–1,600.00	$1,507.62
1405	1405	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	600.00–800.00	$730.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	800.00–950.00	$883.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00–925.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–1270	1065	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00–800.00	$785.09
1405	1405	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	885.00	$885.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–725.00	$708.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00	$775.00
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	450.00–475.00	$462.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	690.00	$690.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–935	833	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	650.00–830.00	$759.40
830–1035	905	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	800.00–925.00	$885.91

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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
1240	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1470	1470	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	775.00–950.00	$862.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00	$600.00	—

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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.