Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, January 18, 2022

2,403 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.58/cwt +0.52 vs last sale · ≈ $764/hd at 525 lb · 86 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.66/cwt +19.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,069/hd at 754 lb · 70 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.11/cwt +1.78 vs last sale · ≈ $836/hd at 580 lb · 68 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,403	1,452	7,216
Feeder cattle	1,952	1,175	6,351
Slaughter cattle	352	162	594
Replacement cattle	99	115	271

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 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
355–385	370	5	175.00–198.00	$190.07	$703	+0.07
420	420	1	185.00	$185.00	$777	—
450–495	473	5	155.00–180.00	$169.41	$801	—
505–549	522	66	159.00–175.00	$172.90	$903	+0.61
550–580	565	3	158.00–170.00	$164.70	$931	-0.80
610–646	639	35	151.00–154.00	$152.47	$974	-6.53
680–695	689	5	135.00–146.00	$143.43	$988	—
700–711	707	13	140.00–146.00	$144.31	$1,020	-0.69
750–780	758	4	127.00–135.00	$132.94	$1,008	—
805	805	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,119	—
1140	1140	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,026	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	324	10	180.00–190.00	$183.68	$595	-1.74
355–390	366	5	180.00–185.00	$183.22	$671	—
405–445	421	19	151.00–185.00	$174.56	$735	-6.54
455–496	488	16	141.00–176.00	$168.44	$822	+0.67
510–545	531	14	160.00–166.00	$164.24	$872	+1.24
550–565	557	3	160.00–161.00	$160.33	$893	+5.50
610–640	628	7	140.00–150.00	$145.86	$916	-8.38
665–675	672	6	136.00–145.00	$139.65	$938	-7.45
720–735	730	3	125.00–130.00	$126.64	$924	—
780	780	1	125.00	$125.00	$975	-22.00
875	875	1	95.00	$95.00	$831	-24.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	328	6	170.00–178.00	$174.66	$573	+9.78
375–385	376	7	170.00–174.00	$172.28	$648	—
435	435	2	167.00–168.00	$167.50	$729	—
470	470	1	163.00	$163.00	$766	+13.00
540–545	543	2	147.00–152.00	$149.51	$812	—
710	710	1	115.00	$115.00	$816	-11.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	151.00	$151.00	$491	-9.00
355–381	378	8	160.00	$160.00	$605	+10.00
405–445	424	19	131.00–160.00	$147.65	$626	-2.39
455–475	464	22	145.00–155.00	$151.27	$702	+2.97
505–546	525	86	129.00–150.00	$145.58	$764	+0.52
555–593	580	68	135.00–146.75	$144.11	$836	+1.78
620–635	625	6	132.00–142.00	$138.61	$866	+4.12
655–691	688	43	122.00–140.50	$136.16	$937	+5.16
708 value added	708	48	140.00	$140.00	$991	—
700–735	715	16	122.00–140.50	$137.48	$983	+13.78
754 value added	754	69	142.00	$142.00	$1,071	—
780	780	1	118.00	$118.00	$920	-4.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	328	14	131.00–156.00	$148.74	$488	-0.24
365–395	381	19	126.00–155.00	$144.80	$552	-0.84
405–445	423	24	138.00–150.00	$143.30	$606	+2.09
455–485	475	15	130.00–145.00	$136.57	$649	-5.10
500–545	520	26	111.00–143.00	$132.02	$687	-5.39
550–590	574	34	109.00–137.00	$133.03	$764	-2.96
600–645	625	14	116.00–137.00	$123.08	$769	-4.76
650–695	673	6	115.00–127.00	$121.38	$817	-0.48
700–720	706	8	91.00–121.00	$115.89	$818	-0.78
753–785	764	3	91.00–100.00	$94.08	$719	—
845	845	1	75.00	$75.00	$634	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	320	8	119.00–146.00	$138.18	$442	-1.82
355–385	373	11	130.00–148.00	$137.13	$511	-4.94
405–445	423	12	126.00–142.00	$134.39	$568	-4.33
450–495	471	12	110.00–136.00	$126.13	$594	-6.41
505–545	519	12	116.00–130.00	$123.32	$640	-2.46
560–590	574	8	114.00–122.00	$118.16	$678	—
690	690	1	108.00	$108.00	$745	—
705	705	1	110.00	$110.00	$776	—
755	755	2	95.00–110.00	$102.50	$774	—

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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	190.00	$190.00	$542	—
330–340	336	4	180.00–195.00	$186.02	$625	+3.69
350–395	377	21	131.00–192.00	$174.53	$658	-4.79
400–445	425	28	135.00–180.00	$167.49	$712	+1.45
465–490	478	17	154.00–170.00	$165.38	$791	+2.35
500–540	524	20	125.00–166.00	$154.20	$808	-0.62
550–590	574	15	135.00–155.00	$143.10	$821	+9.08
600–635	617	17	130.00–140.00	$133.98	$827	+5.48
655–695	673	9	125.00–130.00	$126.77	$853	+6.77
710–740	726	8	110.00–126.00	$122.02	$886	—
760–795	778	3	115.00–123.00	$119.37	$929	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	176.00	$176.00	$387	—
300–340	322	5	160.00–207.00	$177.62	$572	-18.02
350–390	376	18	143.00–207.00	$188.12	$707	-2.26
400–440	422	15	177.00–190.00	$182.13	$769	+1.32
450–495	474	20	141.00–182.00	$173.73	$823	-1.50
500–545	522	16	155.00–173.00	$165.41	$863	+0.32
555–590	567	16	139.00–161.00	$150.82	$855	-2.66
600–645	622	8	140.00–150.00	$143.23	$891	—
655–695	680	8	120.00–140.00	$129.55	$881	+2.53
745	745	1	127.00	$127.00	$946	+3.00
760–765	763	2	120.00–126.00	$122.99	$938	—
870	870	1	78.00	$78.00	$679	—
1035	1035	1	79.00	$79.00	$818	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	291	5	175.00–180.00	$176.96	$515	—
310–320	314	4	170.00–180.00	$175.02	$550	±0.00
375–380	376	4	170.00–173.00	$170.76	$642	+3.06
405–445	422	7	150.00–168.00	$161.88	$683	+4.07
455–495	467	10	140.00–167.00	$157.33	$735	+8.01
505–535	520	4	145.00–154.00	$149.37	$777	+15.37
555–575	569	4	127.00–145.00	$138.05	$786	+11.37
615–625	620	3	125.00–128.00	$126.33	$783	+2.33
690–695	693	2	120.00	$120.00	$832	-2.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1345	1125	80-85%	21	56.00–69.00	$64.00	$720	—
900–1490	1212	80-85%	48	58.00–75.00	$67.79	$822	+9.41
1010–1575	1224	80-85%	32	69.00–89.00	$75.41	$923	+17.03

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1125	974	85-90%	15	46.00–58.00	$52.41	$510	—
745–1155	1010	85-90%	34	45.00–66.00	$58.31	$589	+0.78
970–1220	1064	85-90%	11	57.00–72.00	$66.07	$703	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1575	1324	75-80%	15	74.00–87.00	$79.72	$1,055	—
1215–1975	1432	75-80%	25	62.50–79.00	$72.14	$1,033	-6.47
1310–1740	1549	75-80%	6	61.00–70.00	$67.22	$1,041	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–2280	1492	15	60.00–94.00	$80.41	$1,200	—
1100–2370	1656	20	81.50–103.00	$94.97	$1,573	—
1080–2240	1708	12	102.00–112.00	$105.94	$1,809	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	885.00	$885.00
1170–1200	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,275.00	$1,237.97
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	620.00–1,100.00	$767.11
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	690.00–825.00	$750.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	660.00–860.00	$778.33

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	600.00–700.00	$637.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	440.00–700.00	$610.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	575.00–680.00	$627.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	280.00–330.00	$296.67

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	820.00–1,100.00	$924.29	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	750.00–800.00	$783.33	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	630.00–675.00	$662.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	625.00–725.00	$675.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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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.