Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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

Sale of Tuesday, January 25, 2022

5,620 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.60/cwt -4.27 vs last sale · ≈ $767/hd at 523 lb · 102 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $141.57/cwt -0.98 vs last sale · ≈ $674/hd at 476 lb · 92 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.70/cwt +0.31 vs last sale · ≈ $708/hd at 470 lb · 88 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,620	3,921	3,410
Feeder cattle	4,775	3,293	2,803
Slaughter cattle	609	422	417
Replacement cattle	236	206	190

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 1.00 to 4.00 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
245	245	1	210.00	$210.00	$514	—
310–345	335	7	197.00–212.00	$203.62	$682	+2.14
360–395	373	21	187.00–196.00	$191.00	$712	-5.87
400–435	413	35	168.00–190.00	$185.13	$765	-3.40
450–490	469	27	164.00–180.00	$176.30	$827	-2.82
519–539 value added	525	10	180.00–181.00	$180.31	$947	-7.19
503–545	531	49	157.00–178.00	$169.35	$899	-4.30
560–564 value added	562	11	171.00–176.00	$173.72	$976	-2.28
550–585	569	29	150.00–170.00	$158.15	$900	-7.12
605 value added	605	9	167.00	$167.00	$1,010	—
600–645	617	63	141.00–157.00	$153.55	$947	-4.94
650–695	682	34	131.00–153.00	$148.89	$1,015	+4.93
700–747	726	16	131.00–146.00	$141.84	$1,030	+5.59
756–765 value added	761	17	144.00–147.50	$145.64	$1,108	+0.64
750–791	785	37	124.00–143.00	$141.04	$1,107	+2.42
827	827	12	135.00	$135.00	$1,116	—
831 value added	831	4	138.00	$138.00	$1,147	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	316	9	167.00–189.00	$180.80	$571	-5.30
355–395	377	38	166.00–187.00	$179.16	$675	-3.35
405–445	429	26	163.00–180.00	$174.81	$750	-2.82
450–495	479	30	151.00–185.00	$167.33	$802	-3.68
500–540	530	20	145.00–167.00	$161.69	$857	-3.18
555–595	576	29	138.00–160.00	$153.69	$885	-3.75
610–630	621	5	142.00–155.00	$149.80	$930	+2.44
655–685	665	4	145.00–150.00	$147.53	$981	+6.48
705–715	713	12	118.00–142.00	$137.09	$977	+9.67
755–770	765	3	111.00–114.00	$113.01	$865	—
776 value added	776	65	143.75	$143.75	$1,116	—
808 value added	808	62	142.25	$142.25	$1,149	—
815	815	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,092	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	316	7	170.00–180.00	$177.22	$560	-14.78
370–395	377	11	163.00–175.00	$168.38	$635	-10.94
420–445	427	9	144.00–168.00	$159.24	$680	-5.76
452–485	461	10	149.00–165.00	$157.31	$725	—
510–515	511	4	147.00–157.00	$153.25	$783	+0.81
555–595	584	5	137.00–145.00	$143.48	$838	—
640	640	1	130.00	$130.00	$832	-2.00
708	708	2	120.00	$120.00	$850	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	160.00	$160.00	$352	—
310–345	331	8	146.00–162.00	$153.21	$507	-0.59
350–397	379	33	137.00–166.00	$153.52	$582	-0.13
400–448	428	39	139.00–164.00	$156.17	$668	+2.38
455	455	1	145.00	$145.00	$660	-4.80
450–495	470	86	130.00–162.00	$150.66	$708	+0.86
495 fancy	495	1	160.00	$160.00	$792	+4.76
500–515 fancy	508	3	158.00–161.00	$159.65	$811	+2.91
510 value added	510	4	156.00	$156.00	$796	±0.00
500–545	524	95	127.00–159.00	$145.79	$764	-0.44
550–585	565	64	122.00–151.00	$140.78	$795	+0.42
566–586 value added	578	21	152.50–154.00	$153.06	$885	—
615 value added	615	3	144.00	$144.00	$886	—
600–645	623	45	120.00–142.00	$135.73	$846	-2.86
627 fancy	627	4	142.50	$142.50	$893	—
665 fancy	665	6	137.00	$137.00	$911	+1.90
655–695	669	25	117.00–135.00	$127.68	$854	-2.37
691 value added	691	7	143.00	$143.00	$988	—
705–745	728	10	115.00–131.00	$122.66	$893	+1.67
758 value added	758	8	135.00	$135.00	$1,023	—
755–798	784	9	115.00	$115.00	$902	+3.00
815	815	1	107.00	$107.00	$872	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	150.00	$150.00	$345	—
250	250	1	140.00	$140.00	$350	-12.50
300–345	327	22	133.00–165.00	$148.82	$487	-4.68
353–395	380	58	128.00–159.00	$148.57	$565	-0.23
400–445	421	52	129.00–156.00	$142.26	$599	-4.03
455–495	476	92	123.00–154.00	$141.57	$674	-0.98
505–545	524	36	115.00–147.00	$132.63	$695	-4.56
555–595	573	34	117.00–140.00	$129.33	$741	-3.00
600–645	614	26	111.00–135.00	$122.19	$750	-3.68
650–695	673	11	115.00–123.00	$119.09	$801	-3.91
705–745	734	4	109.00–115.00	$111.02	$815	-5.46
765	765	1	110.00	$110.00	$842	-3.35

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	268	5	135.00–157.00	$143.78	$385	-11.32
300–345	324	14	137.00–155.00	$147.36	$477	-2.05
350–390	368	32	130.00–150.00	$137.94	$508	-9.10
400–440	421	21	125.00–145.00	$137.97	$581	-2.28
450–495	477	16	120.00–140.00	$130.85	$624	-2.65
515–525	522	5	118.00–132.00	$126.39	$660	-3.67
550–590	576	8	117.00–127.00	$121.87	$702	-0.87
605–630	613	3	117.00–120.00	$118.97	$729	+0.97

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	215.00	$215.00	$591	+10.05
305–345	329	14	184.00–207.00	$191.41	$630	-5.19
350–395	374	26	170.00–202.00	$186.70	$698	-0.14
400–445	425	43	164.00–190.00	$179.12	$761	-0.27
455–495	471	41	155.00–179.00	$169.02	$796	-2.43
500–545	523	47	150.00–173.00	$159.70	$835	-4.48
560–585 fancy	573	2	152.00–155.00	$153.53	$880	—
550–595	575	34	136.00–164.00	$149.75	$861	-5.01
600–620	608	10	136.00–148.00	$140.24	$853	-6.48
650–690	670	11	130.00–147.00	$136.60	$915	+3.76
700–740	723	10	122.00–139.00	$133.02	$962	+3.78
755–775	765	3	115.00–122.00	$119.70	$916	-0.80
775 fancy	775	1	125.00	$125.00	$969	—
805–820	813	2	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$902	-5.01
875	875	1	110.00	$110.00	$962	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	220	4	185.00–200.00	$191.51	$421	—
305–345	326	10	168.00–195.00	$179.23	$584	-6.05
350–395	370	30	158.00–187.50	$173.66	$643	-3.61
400–445	425	30	150.00–180.00	$170.12	$723	+0.23
450–495	476	40	145.00–169.00	$162.03	$771	+2.46
500–545	523	46	140.00–164.00	$156.00	$816	-0.59
555–595	576	18	135.00–156.00	$145.23	$837	-0.05
605–645	628	16	125.00–140.00	$132.83	$834	-3.45
650–690	663	8	120.00–129.00	$126.02	$836	+1.65
710–740	725	5	117.00–120.00	$118.82	$861	-1.43
765–795	779	7	107.00–117.00	$113.14	$881	+6.86

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	282	3	152.00–160.00	$154.79	$437	-26.62
320–325	321	7	150.00–170.00	$167.11	$536	-4.73
350–395	378	15	137.00–177.00	$164.78	$623	+1.89
405–445	426	15	137.00–165.00	$155.87	$664	-7.78
450–495	474	17	126.00–155.00	$141.42	$670	-17.80
515–540	526	10	130.00–153.00	$143.24	$753	-3.59
565–595	576	7	125.00–135.00	$129.15	$744	-6.82
615–645	623	4	127.00–130.00	$129.22	$805	+6.43

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1480	1081	80-85%	57	54.00–70.00	$63.21	$683	—
705–1790	1127	80-85%	86	60.00–75.00	$69.22	$780	—
945–1570	1190	80-85%	33	66.00–86.00	$75.50	$898	+12.36

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1255	914	85-90%	27	39.00–60.00	$48.84	$446	—
745–1240	1016	85-90%	34	50.00–72.00	$59.30	$602	—
810–1260	1037	85-90%	48	45.00–68.00	$56.15	$582	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1605	1345	75-80%	15	73.00–89.00	$78.34	$1,054	+2.32
1150–1560	1371	75-80%	13	61.00–69.00	$64.86	$889	-8.15
1090–1775	1399	75-80%	31	63.00–80.00	$71.32	$998	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1825	1466	28	78.00–92.00	$85.27	$1,250	—
1275–1970	1612	33	84.00–99.00	$93.28	$1,504	+2.13
1515–2265	1905	13	95.00–108.50	$103.59	$1,973	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1060	894	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	350.00–776.00	$632.85

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–655	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	250.00–260.00	$255.12

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,110.00	$1,046.25
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	700.00–975.00	$830.89
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	600.00–875.00	$747.60
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	725.00–1,150.00	$960.95

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–935	918	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	625.00–650.00	$637.26
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	575.00–800.00	$650.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	650.00–875.00	$773.21

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	380.00–750.00	$626.11
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	610.00–760.00	$673.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	600.00–800.00	$755.56

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
905	905	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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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
1165	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	-107.78
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	-25.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	900.00–1,200.00	$1,007.33	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00	$875.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	525.00–725.00	$625.00	—

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	825.00	$825.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	330.00	$330.00	—

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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.