Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Wednesday, January 5, 2022

2,199 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.02/cwt +4.74 vs last sale · ≈ $632/hd at 424 lb · 42 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $161.95/cwt +16.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,069/hd at 660 lb · 41 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $136.69/cwt +1.95 vs last sale · ≈ $656/hd at 480 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,199	2,164	2,859
Feeder cattle	1,772	1,716	2,272
Slaughter cattle	316	326	379
Replacement cattle	111	122	208

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
355–390	377	8	189.00–195.00	$192.30	$725	+8.34
400–430	410	7	178.00–190.00	$181.88	$746	+5.31
465 value added	465	10	180.00	$180.00	$837	-8.50
455–495	472	19	165.00–177.00	$171.62	$810	+1.71
500–535	520	19	155.00–181.00	$166.56	$866	+1.15
540 value added	540	6	178.00	$178.00	$961	—
560 value added	560	3	174.00	$174.00	$974	+16.00
560–590	565	6	155.00–168.00	$165.74	$936	+5.53
600–611	609	11	140.00–153.00	$151.12	$920	+3.58
660 value added	660	40	162.50	$162.50	$1,072	—
665 fancy	665	1	140.00	$140.00	$931	—
730–745	737	3	130.00–138.00	$134.35	$990	+3.67
765 value added	765	16	153.00	$153.00	$1,170	+8.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	322	21	174.00–195.00	$179.49	$578	+1.58
360–395	377	17	169.00–182.00	$174.69	$659	+1.03
410–445	430	12	156.00–180.00	$168.90	$726	+0.22
455–485	469	8	150.00–178.00	$162.56	$762	-2.02
500–545	531	8	155.00–170.00	$161.33	$857	+4.42
550–585	572	10	141.00–160.00	$151.91	$869	+6.40
605–640	619	4	132.00–156.00	$146.86	$909	+3.35
655–670	663	2	140.00–146.00	$143.03	$948	—
760	760	1	120.00	$120.00	$912	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–430	418	3	150.00–170.00	$159.84	$668	—
510–540	529	4	137.00–154.00	$145.30	$769	+18.64
585	585	1	140.00	$140.00	$819	+1.69
680	680	2	125.00	$125.00	$850	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	164.00	$164.00	$443	+12.69
300–345	333	9	155.00–162.00	$156.50	$521	+5.76
350–395	373	18	150.00–158.00	$152.40	$568	+5.03
395 value added	395	15	164.00	$164.00	$648	—
405–440	424	42	144.00–157.00	$149.02	$632	+4.74
455–495	473	26	139.00–155.00	$145.59	$689	+5.34
480 value added	480	5	150.50	$150.50	$722	—
510–545	521	15	136.00–151.00	$141.94	$740	+1.10
540 value added	540	3	146.00	$146.00	$788	—
550–585	570	24	128.00–145.00	$137.65	$785	+3.46
600–635	612	11	122.00–137.00	$132.07	$808	-0.26
655–665	660	2	122.00–131.00	$126.47	$835	—
730	730	1	120.00	$120.00	$876	-7.61
758 value added	758	7	134.00	$134.00	$1,016	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	323	27	143.00–157.00	$148.38	$479	+3.75
350–395	379	31	135.00–148.00	$144.15	$546	+2.94
400–445	426	29	130.00–145.00	$138.87	$592	+1.56
450–495	480	36	128.00–144.00	$136.69	$656	+1.95
500–545	516	24	125.00–141.00	$134.11	$692	+5.24
555–595	572	20	122.00–136.00	$130.13	$744	+1.93
600–620	613	7	120.00–128.00	$123.28	$756	+1.25
655–695	673	5	110.00–127.00	$120.76	$813	+1.51

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	147.00–150.00	$148.54	$428	+18.54
325–345	337	9	130.00–144.00	$138.53	$467	+2.73
360–380	371	5	132.00–140.00	$135.91	$504	+7.00
405–430	415	3	130.00–135.00	$133.37	$553	+1.93
450–485	472	9	125.00–130.00	$128.05	$604	+3.85
505–530	522	3	120.00–128.00	$122.58	$640	+9.97
565	565	2	125.00	$125.00	$706	+9.60
600–620	613	3	110.00–117.00	$112.28	$688	+7.28
710–730	717	3	110.00–115.00	$113.30	$812	+11.94
760	760	3	100.00	$100.00	$760	-6.95

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	187.00	$187.00	$533	+8.35
315–345	326	4	177.00–184.00	$181.17	$591	+4.48
355–395	377	13	155.00–180.00	$173.07	$652	+4.89
400–430	418	13	150.00–178.00	$171.88	$718	+8.66
455–495	475	15	145.00–170.00	$158.36	$752	+5.32
500–545	523	14	135.00–163.00	$147.31	$770	+4.25
550–585	568	8	125.00–152.00	$133.11	$756	-0.24
600–635	620	12	120.00–144.00	$129.27	$801	+5.24
655–695	675	3	115.00–127.00	$122.21	$825	+4.21
700–735	716	4	110.00–122.00	$114.81	$822	+4.81
790–795	793	2	98.00–106.00	$102.01	$809	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225	215	2	220.00–235.00	$227.85	$490	—
265–275	270	2	198.00–205.00	$201.44	$544	+11.50
310–345	332	9	185.00–192.00	$188.94	$627	+11.96
360–395	375	10	177.00–194.00	$185.69	$696	-1.27
400–445	417	16	170.00–190.00	$177.83	$742	+2.21
450–495	475	17	162.00–181.00	$170.96	$812	+2.10
505–540	522	9	155.00–170.00	$161.92	$845	+5.35
565–595	578	6	142.00–150.00	$147.80	$854	+2.87
615	615	2	145.00	$145.00	$892	+6.88
655–680	670	3	125.00–136.00	$130.95	$877	+3.22
710–745	722	3	118.00–131.00	$125.36	$905	-5.08
770	770	1	121.00	$121.00	$932	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	180.00	$180.00	$513	+9.51
305–340	317	3	170.00–175.00	$171.79	$545	+7.82
350–390	369	4	160.00–167.00	$164.13	$606	+4.37
425–445	433	4	153.00–162.00	$159.19	$689	+5.88
465–485	473	6	145.00–154.00	$149.62	$708	+11.51
500–545	522	7	130.00–140.00	$136.27	$711	+5.52
565–585	575	2	130.00	$130.00	$748	+8.54
640	640	1	130.00	$130.00	$832	+17.01
665	665	1	127.00	$127.00	$845	+17.99
710–715	714	4	110.00–115.00	$111.24	$794	—
795	795	2	102.00	$102.00	$811	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1520	1129	80-85%	33	51.00–67.00	$58.98	$666	+1.63
890–1310	1160	80-85%	15	66.00–80.00	$74.79	$868	—
950–1645	1177	80-85%	47	55.00–75.00	$67.68	$797	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1205	1012	85-90%	21	35.00–53.00	$47.27	$478	—
875–1130	1040	85-90%	14	47.00–84.50	$66.80	$695	—
910–1305	1069	85-90%	28	42.00–57.00	$51.70	$553	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1395	1329	75-80%	5	72.00–78.00	$74.26	$987	-5.77
1160–1630	1452	75-80%	13	61.00–73.00	$66.48	$965	-2.65
1365–1650	1520	75-80%	4	52.00–60.00	$56.20	$854	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1890	1641	9	93.00–104.00	$100.13	$1,643	—
1075–1955	1653	11	73.00–91.00	$84.21	$1,392	-5.92
1100–2005	1704	17	85.00–98.00	$91.44	$1,558	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	895.00	$895.00
950–1035	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	625.00–640.00	$632.82

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–720	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	450.00–500.00	$474.29

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1050–1330	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	775.00–985.00	$875.05
1275–1545	1410	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,200.00	$1,104.12
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	975.00–1,175.00	$1,080.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	575.00–750.00	$636.67
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	725.00–1,050.00	$887.35

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	825.00–925.00	$865.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	550.00–775.00	$717.86

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145 fancy	1145	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640	640	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00

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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
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	700.00–900.00	$815.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	900.00–1,350.00	$1,138.89	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	700.00–850.00	$764.29	—

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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.